American Express: John Senden Blows Up on Thursday

John Senden should have known that Thursday was not going to be his day at the American Express. It started on the first hole, and it got much, much worse as the veteran got to the fifth hole.

Back to the first, where Senden, playing with Abraham Ancer and Scottie Scheffler, matched his playing partners early on. As Ancer and Scheffler stuck their shots near the cup, so did Senden, who nestled his approach on the par four about five feet from the cup. It seemed like he was on his way to an opening birdie.

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Instead, Senden missed the putt and settled for par. It was an opportunity missed for sure.

On the second hole, Senden had 12 feet for birdie. But again, he missed. On the third, it was a 16-foot birdie opportunity that also missed. Still, he was even par through three holes.

On the par-3 fourth hole, Senden’s tee shot landed on the green, but he was more than 40 feet from the hole. He lagged to about four feet and made his par.

Then came the par-5 fifth hole, which signaled the end of Senden’s day. And probably his week.

His tee shot on the par five landed in the water. After taking a penalty, he hit his third shot into the drink as well.

For his fifth shot, Senden played back into the fairway but still had 172 yards to the hole. His shot somehow came up 60 yards short of the green, where he was in six.

His seventh shot got him onto the green, but he was still more than 40 feet from the cup. His lag putt got him to about six feet from the cup. He was able to convert that putt and to avoid making a 10 on a single hole.

Senden would go on to par the last four holes of his front nine. That’s eight pars and a quadruple bogey, which added up to a 4-over par 40.

The back nine was a different story, as Senden bogeyed the 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th holes. He stopped the bleeding with pars on the 14th and 15th holes.

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Then, Senden recorded a birdie on the 16th hole, his first birdie of the day. But he followed that with a double bogey on the 17th. He would par the 18th for a 9-over par 81. He is currently in last place.

All of the trouble started with one bad hole on the front side for Senden. But Thursday just wasn’t his day.

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