Scott would have run away with the tournament with a few more made putts.
"It's quite a feeling to make a couple of putts to win a tournament, " he said.
To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.
"I made a lot of good putts for pars on the front nine, " he told reporters.
In addition, he rolled in a half-dozen par putts in the four to 10 foot range.
Even without the three-putts it wouldn't have been enough to keep up with McIlroy.
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As part of this stereotype, the players are usually powerful businessmen negotiating between drives and putts.
But the former No.1 struggled on the greens and he finished with 32 putts.
"I felt good about my game and made a few extra putts, " said Byrd.
"He made some long putts and got it going, " US captain Pavin said of Cink's performance.
Many feel that anchor putting helps with the short putts but reduces feel on longer putts.
But even then you are giving yourself long lag-putts on lightning, sloping greens - not easy.
She also made six par-saving putts of 5-6 feet in matching the best round of the day.
Like being able to hit a 400-yard drive, sink 35-foot putts, and occasionally rank in the top-5.
Take those away, and I missed two short birdie putts, and it was actually a decent score.
Woods backed off putts three times, once glaring long and hard at an offender in the crowd.
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He chipped up and took four putts from 15 feet, giving him eight putts in two holes.
And those are the sort of putts that are important to keep the momentum of the round going.
"I missed a couple of birdie putts in the middle but overall not a bad round, " Guan said.
He took 28.2 putts per round (fourth best in the field) over his four rounds of 71-69-70-71 (281).
You're hitting in there 10 feet, 12 feet, 15 feet and they are double-breaking putts all the time.
With that birdie putt, Woods was 11-of-12 in putts between 10 feet and 20 feet for the tournament.
For example, the average number of putts used to hole out from 7 feet 10 inches is 1.5.
Mickelson missed back-to-back birdie putts of five feet at the 14th and 15th before a run of bogeys.
In fact, the average on Saturday was 2.2 putts per player, making it the toughest green on the course.
"I was nervous at the start but made a few putts to calm my nerves, " he told BBC Sport.
The biggest remaining weakness for Rose is putts of 6 feet of less.
But the nine-time major winner missed makeable putts on the final two greens.
You always want to pull the roller at the same pace, so the speed of your putts will be consistent.
On the 16th hole at Belmont, Brady and Damon Huard, his backup, each had 30-foot putts to win the match.
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