Canadian Amateur Golfer Climbs Tree to Look for His Ball and Preserve a Tournament Lead

Scott Piercy lost after going into the final round of the 3M Open with a four-stroke lead on Sunday, but it wasn’t the worst final-round collapse this weekend in the world of golf.

At the Alberta Mid Amateur Championship in Canada, a decidedly less high-profile event than the PGA Tour stop in Minnesota, Ryan Werre entered the final hole of the tournament with a two-stroke lead. His second shot on the par-4 18th, however, went into a tree.

After not seeing the ball come down, Werre went vertical, climbing the 40-foot tree to look for the ball.

THIS IS THE CRAZIEST GOLF MOMENT I’VE EVER FILMED!

Ryan Werre 2 shot lead on 18 but his 2nd shot went 40-Feet up a tree, he raced up to find it, never did, was exhausted, shot a 9, lost the provincial Mid Am.

Golf is wild & heartbreaking.

Tell me your craziest golf moment ⛳️ pic.twitter.com/EZeRqdj9vC

— Kevin Smith (@Global_Smith) July 22, 2022

It was actually a great strategy because if he found it in the three-minute window he had, he would’ve been able to get lateral relief and take a clean third shot.

Alas, the ball was not recovered, and Werre was unable to recover mentally. His next shot was out of bounds, and he carded a nine. Needless to say, he fell from the lead and finished tied for fourth.

Jesse Galvon was the beneficiary and had this to say of the strange turn of events:

“[It was] the craziest finish I’ve ever seen in person, I don’t know if there’s a crazier finish that people know of. He [Werre] literally climbed a 40-foot tree almost and he’s shaking the whole tree … it was a whirlwind, it was a very interesting last hole.”

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