Ryan Gerard struggled to erase the pain etched on his sweat-soaked face after absorbing a gut-wrenching playoff defeat against J.T. Poston to finish the 2026 Memorial Tournament on June 7 at Muirfield Village Golf Course.
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Thanks to storms forcing the suspension of the third round June 6 while he and Poston were on the sixth hole, the two ground through 31 holes plus two more in a playoff forced when each made clutch putts on the 18th green to end the fourth round.
All of that, plus sweltering heat on a difficult course baked in sun, not to mention a tightly-packed leaderboard, made Gerard look like he’d just finished a double shift in a coal mine rather than 33 holes of a golf tournament.
The putt for par that he missed from 5 feet, 9 inches on the second playoff hole, which led to Poston's win, made it even more draining.
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Thanks to storms forcing the suspension of the third round June 6 while he and Poston were on the sixth hole, the two ground through 31 holes plus two more in a playoff forced when each made clutch putts on the 18th green to end the fourth round.
All of that, plus sweltering heat on a difficult course baked in sun, not to mention a tightly-packed leaderboard, made Gerard look like he’d just finished a double shift in a coal mine rather than 33 holes of a golf tournament.
The putt for par that he missed from 5 feet, 9 inches on the second playoff hole, which led to Poston's win, made it even more draining.
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