Keith Mitchell\u2019s playoff hopes were dashed in the span of four holes Saturday morning at the Wyndham Championship.<\/p>\n
With play being suspended for darkness on Friday night, Mitchell was among the players who returned to Sedgefield Country Club the next morning to complete their second rounds.<\/p>\n
Mitchell entered the week in Greensboro, North Carolina, ranked No. 72 in FedExCup points. With the top 70 players advancing to the playoff opener, the FedEx St. Jude Championship next week in Memphis, Mitchell still had work to do. But at 4 under, a couple shots clear of the cut line, he was in position to at least buy himself two more rounds.<\/p>\n
Then disaster struck. Facing a 50-footer for birdie at the par-5 15th hole, Mitchell left the try about 6 feet short. He raced his par save past the hole, then did the same with his bogey putt. The double bogey dropped him below the cut line.<\/p>\n
Mitchell would give himself good looks for birdie on each of the next two holes. But he only converted one of them, whiffing on a hard-breaker from 5 feet at the par-3 16th before getting an 11-footer to drop at the par-4 17th.<\/p>\n
Back inside the number, Mitchell yanked his drive on the par-4 finishing hole into the rough. Upon handing his driver back to his caddie and taking his glove off, Mitchell pulled his visor down over his eyes in frustration. He then left his approach just short of the green, chipped about 7 feet past the cup and missed his par save.<\/p>\n
The bogey didn\u2019t just send Mitchell home at 2 under, it ended his playoff chances. He won\u2019t be eligible to return to competition until the fall opener in Napa.<\/p>\n
\u201cGave it my all this year, probably too much,\u201d said Mitchell, whose season included a runner-up, two top-10s, seven top-25s and 15 of 20 made cuts. He didn\u2019t notch a top-25 showing since his T-7 at the Truist, though. \u201cPhysically my game has shown signs, but I just haven\u2019t shown up in the moment when it counts the most.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nKeith Mitchell entered @WyndhamChamp<\/a> No. 72 in the #FedExCup<\/a>, needing to make the cut for a chance to make the Playoffs \ud83d\udc94<\/p>\n
\u201cGave it my all this year, probably too much … Physically my game has shown signs, but just haven\u2019t shown up in the moment when it counts the most.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/BG0KY50wJt<\/a><\/p>\n