Daniel Augustus was left to ponder what might have been after finishing tied for 20th at the 85th Rhode Island Open Championship yesterday.

The Bermuda golfer completed the 54-hole tournament at the Kirkbrae Golf Club with a three-day total of five-over-par 215.

Augustus started the final round tied for eighteenth and was unable to make further inroads after coming in at two-over-par 72 for the second straight day as putting woes again took their toll.

“If half the putts I had from six feet went in, I would have won the event,” he said. “One player told me if I knew the greens better I would have run away with the tournament. It was a week that I should have won the event.”

Augustus, a former Bermuda Open and Bacardi Par 3 winner, made a promising start to his final round at the 6,585-yard, par-70 course.

He played the front at two under after rattling off three birdies, including back-to-back at the second and third holes, to move to even par for the tournament.

However, his fortunes took a turn for the worst on the back nine as he carded three bogeys and a double bogey at the par four 11th after coming unstuck with the putter.

“It was probably the most frustrating week of golf I’ve had in a long time,” he said. “I stroked it well, but nothing went in.

“I cannot emphasise how well I played. I hit the ball so well, even my putts. But when the ball doesn’t go in from five feet all week it leaves any pro golfer frustrated. I do spend tons of time on and around the greens, but when the ball doesn’t drop it doesn’t drop.

“I’m frustrated but focusing on the fact that I did strike it so well and the only thing to do now is continue to grind, stay positive and things will change. I know they will.

“I will win a few events soon with the way I’m playing. If one or two shots are the worst I can do, which is what’s happening, then the best is yet to come.”

Overnight leader Jeffrey Evanier, of the Clinton Country Club, won the tournament by two shots.