"Not out here to finish 2nd" - JT Poston says he was 'trying to win' as his aggressive play cost him $260K on the final hole

Following the 72nd hole blunder due to the aggressive approach at the 3M Open, JT Poston said that he wasn't playing the tournament for the runner-up finish and that he would do it again if he found himself in this situation.

Poston carded a 2-under 69 in the final round of the 3M Open and settled for the T2 finish at 17-under, 7 short of the winner, Lee Hodges. However, after 17 holes, he was just three strokes behind Hodges.

While Hodges's tee shot on the 18th landed into the rough, Poston went to the right inside the red hazard line. His second shot hit the rock near the water and landed on the '3M Open' sign inside the lake after bouncing.

The two-time winner on the PGA Tour took a drop on the third, and his fourth shot fell 98 yards away from the hole. He missed the green on the fifth too, and on the seventh, he missed the putt from 30 feet away.

These errors cost him a solo runner-up finish at the TPC Twin Cities. Instead, he ended up in a three-way tie with Martin Laird and Kevin Streelman.

J.T. Poston needed eagle on the 72nd hole for a chance to win.

His aggressive approach hit a rock and found the water.

A triple bogey cost him $260,000.

Following the final round, Kyle Porter of CBS tweeted that the final hole cost him $260,000. He wrote:

"J.T. Poston needed to make a 7 at the last to wrap up solo second and win $850K. He made an 8 to fall into T2 and win $590K. A $260K hole. 😳"

J.T. Poston needed to make a 7 at the last to wrap up solo second and win $850K. He made an 8 to fall into T2 and win $590K. A $260K hole. 😳

Poston, however, was quite clear on why he opted for the aggressive approach on the 72nd hole.

He replied:

"Not out here to finish 2nd. Trying to win. Would make that decision 10 times out of 10 under circumstances"

Not out here to finish 2nd. Trying to win. Would make that decision 10 times out of 10 under circumstances twitter.com/kyleportercbs/…

While Laird fired a low 64 on Sunday, Streelman also shot an impressive 66 for the joint runner-up finish at the 3M Open.

What's next for JT Poston?

After a great week at TPC Twin Cities, JT Poston will next be seen competing at the Wyndham Championship, the last event of the PGA Tour season before the FedEx Cup Playoffs.

The 2023 Wyndham Championship will take place from Thursday, August 3 to Sunday, August 6, at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. The tournament will offer a prize pool of $7.6 million, with 14 of the top 50 golfers competing in the event.

Poston is currently 49th in the FedEx Cup standings, and he doesn't need to worry much about his place in the playoffs. For the uninitiated, the top 70 players in the standings will qualify for the Memphis event.

Here's the field for the 2023 Wyndham Championship:

Ludvig Aberg
Tyson Alexander
Byeong Hun An
Ryan Armour
Sam Bennett
Christiaan Bezuidenhout
Akshay Bhatia
Zac Blair
Ryan Brehm
Sam Burns
Cameron Champ
Stewart Cink
Eric Cole
Trevor Cone
Austin Cook
MJ Daffue
Joel Dahmen
Cam Davis
Thomas Detry
Luke Donald
Zecheng Dou
Jason Dufner
Tyler Duncan
Nico Echavarria
Austin Eckroat
Harrison Endycott
Harris English
Dylan Frittelli
Brice Garnett
Brian Gay
Ryan Gerard
Doug Ghim
Michael Gligic
Lucas Glover
Will Gordon
Tano Goya
Brent Grant
Ben Griffin
Chesson Hadley
Adam Hadwin
James Hahn
Paul Haley II
Harry Hall
Nick Hardy
Scott Harrington
Russell Henley
Jim Herman
Kramer Hickok
Garrick Higgo
Lee Hodges
Billy Horschel
Beau Hossler
Mark Hubbard
Mackenzie Hughes
Sungjae Im
Stephan Jaeger
Zach Johnson
Si Woo Kim
Michael Kim
S.H. Kim
Chris Kirk
Patton Kizzire
Russell Knox
Kelly Kraft
Matt Kuchar
Martin Laird
Andrew Landry
Nate Lashley
K.H. Lee
Nicholas Lindheim
David Lingmerth
David Lipsky
Luke List
Adam Long
Davis Love III
Justin Lower
Shane Lowry
Peter Malnati
Ben Martin
Hideki Matsuyama
Brandon Matthews
Jon Mayer
Denny McCarthy
Max McGreevy
Troy Merritt
Keith Mitchell
Taylor Moore
Ryan Moore
Trey Mullinax
Matt NeSmith
Alex Noren
Henrik Norlander
Vincent Norrman
Andrew Novak
Augusto Núñez
Ryan Palmer
C.T. Pan
Taylor Pendrith
Scott Piercy
J.T. Poston
Andrew Putnam
Aaron Rai
Chad Ramey
Chez Reavie
Doc Redman
Kyle Reifers
Davis Riley
Patrick Rodgers
Kevin Roy
Sam Ryder
Rory Sabbatini
Adam Schenk
Matti Schmid
Matthias Schwab
Adam Scott
Robby Shelton
Greyson Sigg
Webb Simpson
Alex Smalley
Austin Smotherman
Brandt Snedeker
J.J. Spaun
Scott Stallings
Sam Stevens
Robert Streb
Kevin Streelman
Brian Stuard
Justin Suh
Adam Svensson
Callum Tarren
Ben Taylor
Justin Thomas
Davis Thompson
Brendon Todd
Kevin Tway
Erik van Rooyen
Jimmy Walker
Matt Wallace
Nick Watney
Trevor Werbylo
Richy Werenski
Kyle Westmoreland
Danny Willett
Gary Woodland
Brandon Wu
Carson Young
Kevin Yu
Carl Yuan