Just two measly shots. How Geoff Ogilvy would love to have another go at those on St Andrews' brutal back nine in the opening round.
Those errors unravelled most of the hard work that had propelled Ogilvy to six-under par, just one shot off the lead with six holes to play.
Considering that he leaked five shots in five holes, the Victorian showed remarkable composure to par the 495 yards 17th where he needed driver and a three-wood approach into the headwind just to reach the green to eventually sign for a one-under 71.
"I guess you've got to take advantage of the downwind holes and I did. And I played s…t on the way in. Actually, I didn't play s…t, I just hit a couple of bad shots. That's the way it goes,'' Ogilvy said.
"I had one really bad shot on (par five) 14 which was horrible. But it could've ended up in normal grass and it ended up in grass where I had two full swings at it and I moved it about three yards. And I made a good double (bogey) really, it could've been anything when I was in that grass.
"At 15, I hit two great shots, it just went through the wind and I had 80 feet and three-putted. Sixteen, I had two pretty good shots and had a 50 footer and three putted. There you go, five shots in three holes.''
Ogilvy's front nine assault included a remarkable 50m putt for birdie at the par-five fifth as he reached the turn at four-under, picked up more shots at the 10th and 12th before the howling easterly wind ruined his handiwork.
"That was the longest putt I've ever holed by a long way. He (caddy) pulled the pin out of the hole and I couldn't see the hole,'' he said.
"I knew it (putt) was kind of in the ballpark, but a putt that long you can't really get any depth perception. I was just hoping to two-putt because I drove it in the bunker which is a massive error on that hole.''
Ogilvy at least has an early tee time for the second round with, hopefully, the most favourable conditions in a horrendous weather forecast to regroup from the back nine fadeout.
"It's just annoying more than anything. The forecast has got that look that you need to be four or five under (par) because it's going to be completely unplayable tomorrow afternoon, but the morning doesn't look like too much fun either. Everyone is going to go backwards tomorrow by the looks of it,'' he said.
"The call is still for more wind than this and rain, just not blowing 50 (mph). So, pick your poison. 20 mile an hour wind and rain or 50 (mph wind) and nothing.
"Tomorrow is going to be bad all day and slightly better in the morning. Looking at the forecast, even par tomorrow would be an unbelievable score. Anything under par after two rounds will be really good.
"It's a very weird wind direction for this golf course, 12 through 17 play really hard. 17 is one of the hardest holes I've ever seen. St Andrews is always easy one way and hard the other.
"I've been playing well for ages, it would've been nice to finish a few better, but there's 54 holes to go.''
Bruce Matthews is a Herald Sun sports writer