Matsuyama was forced to take drop after drop at the 18th, much like West Texas driving range pro from the classic film "Tin Cup."
After shooting his tee shot into the pond that guards the right side of the final par 5, the 2021 Masters champion decided to drop as close to the water as he could, landing his ball in the rough on a slight side slope far below him.
He had to choose whether to take a headcover off one of his woods and attempt the heroic shot or to play it safe, lay up, and attempt to get up and down for par from the fairway.
Matsuyama's third shot, which was directly in line with the flag, splashed into the same pond just outside the green.
World No. 14 hit a similar shot after falling again in the exact location, but he took it slightly further to the left and believed he would be just short of the green. He had the wrong idea.
Matsuyama eventually made it to the green before realizing his fifth ball had also landed in the penalty area, forcing him to return to the fairway. Fortunately, he could get much closer since his fifth shot, which was taken farther up the left side of the pond, crossed into the penalty area.
His seventh shot, which he was now using iron, soared well over the green and landed against the underside of a grandstand that overlooked the last hole at TPC Twin Cities.
His flop shot on the eighth hole at the 18th hole carried far beyond his landing location. But it rattled off the flagstick's bottom and fell right near the spot, making a tap-in quadruple bogey.
After the catastrophe on the 18th, Matsuyama finished his round in 5-over 41, where he had begun the day on the 10th hole.
Matsuyama eventually shot a 6-over 77. According to the PGA Tour, he withdrew from the competition on Thursday night, citing a "sore wrist."
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