re: LSU's Sam Burns shanks short putt to extend playoff, Ancer takes FedEx

Shank?? Ha-Ha! OP has definitely no idea about how easy it is to miss a 5-6' right to left putt for a "righty", especially under pressure.

I don't think I've ever been more perturbed at a sports analyst than when an ESPN reporter stated that Tom Watson had "choked" by bogeying 18 in The British Open a few years back - hitting an 8 iron dead online from 180 yds and allowing for at least 50' of rollout and still having the ball trickle over the back edge for a difficult "up and down" is not a "choke". Neither is Sam's "lip out" a "shank" or "choke".

Insofar as the putt is concerned, the golf analysts were all saying the putt from the other side of the hole "should" break right-to-left. Matsayama's putt did not - plus, Sam's previous short putt from the other side of the hole was shorter and a bit more from the lower side of the hole. Ancer's putt and Harris' putt both broke (a lot), and I believe Sam thought it best to ram it in rather than risk playing the putt outside the hole and it not breaking in. He hit a good putt, but in retrospect, should've allowed for slightly more break. Tough lip-out and great courage coming back from the double-bogey. The back 9 played tough, if anyone was paying attention to that. Sam went 2-under, even with that double.

Choker/Shanker?? No way! OP should stick to hopscotch or tiddly-winks - something he maybe knows something about.