How did Hull end up four‑putting the 17th?

A misread of green speed and an overly tentative first lag created a follow‑up of defensive strokes and missed opportunities, culminating in four distinct putts on the same green.

How rare is a four‑putt at this level?

Very rare; professionals almost always two‑ or three‑putt, so a four‑putt typically signals a breakdown in pace control or composure rather than pure technique.

What should Hull do next to recover?

Simplify: adopt a conservative approach on the closing hole, rehearse lag putts under pressure, lean on caddy communication, and focus on controlled routines to rebuild confidence.

Gobsmacked at the 17th: Hull’s Lead Unraveled by a Four‑Putt Catastrophe

There are moments in sport that feel less like mistakes than like inevitabilities, and Hull’s four‑putt on the 17th was one of them. He had just taken the lead — a small, bright margin earned through solid tee-to-green play — when a routine-looking lag putt collapsed into a sequence of errors that stunned the gallery.

Technically it was ugly but simple: a misread of pace, a tentative stroke, and then panic management rather than correction. Four putts on a single green are rare at this level; the result was a dropped scorecard and an evaporating advantage as rivals smelled blood and tightened up.

This was as much psychological as it was mechanical. The Guru sees finishing holes as psychological battlegrounds — the 17th at this course has a memory and it takes advantage of hesitation; Hull’s caddy and swing coach will want answers about pace control and on‑green decision making before the 18th can be faced again.

My recommendation is blunt: stop trying to be brilliant and start being boring. Park the heroics, simplify the routine, rehearse lag putts under pressure and let the leaderboard come back to you; do that and Hull can still salvage a top finish this week and return to contention next time out.