Gary Woodland reacts to a missed birdie putt on the fifth green during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at Bellerive Country Club, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Stop grousing about that 10-foot putt you barely missed costing you 10 bucks. Nobody wants to hear it. Besides, it could be worse. You could be missing it on the PGA Tour, where one stroke sometimes costs you more than 10,000 times as much as that.

Gary Woodland’s 16-foot birdie putt on No. 18 in the 100th PGA Championship at Bellerive Country Club came up an inch short, bumping him from what would have been a three-way tie for fourth place with Stewart Cink and Jon Rahm into a four-way tie for sixth with Thomas Pieters, Francesco Molinari and Justin Thomas.

That one stroke was the difference between making $452,833 and $334,712.50. In other words, one inch equated to $118,120.50.

Woodland’s frustration over the putt coming up short had nothing to do with $118,120.50. At this point, every putt that drops draws him a little closer to joining the best of the best American golfers and becoming a player who could represent his country in the Ryder Cup. His effortless swing produced terrific results for him all week and he had an incredible day with the putter on Aug. 9 to become the first-day leader on his way to becoming the second-day leader.

He didn’t play as well on the weekend, but could move himself from the outside looking in at Ryder Cup contenders to gaining serious consideration if he can get hot in the first three of four FedExCup playoff tournaments. Woodland is taking off this week’s Wyndham Championship to gear up for the Northern Trust at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J. the following week.

Caddie Chevy Hartzog has been pointing the way for Chris Thompson during his strong finish to the Web.com season. Thompson heads into the final round of the KC Golf Classic tied for third. (Photo by Tom Keegan)

On the same day Woodland completed his strong PGA performance with a 69, 2,000 miles to the west, Web.com touring pro Chris Thompson made a 15-foot putt on No. 18 that gave him a 64 for the day and a solo third-place finish. He made $40,800 in the tournament. Had he missed it, he would have been in a seven-way tie for third, which would have paid him $25,843. So that’s a difference of $14,957, basically a grand per foot.

Again, it’s not the money itself that made it such a big putt. It’s what the money did for Thompson’s standing on “The 25,” which is what the Web.com Tour calls its money list because the top 25 finishers on the money list in the regular season earn PGA Tour cards. He stands at 19th with one tournament remaining. Had he missed the putt, he would be in 24th, $16 ahead of Ben Taylor, squarely on the bubble heading into the Portland Open, which has an $800,000 purse.

The higher purse means there could be more movement than usual in “The 25,” but it would take an awful lot of things to have to happen for Thompson to drop below 25. For example, if Thompson didn’t earn any money, then the six players directly behind him all finished in the top 13 in the tournament, that would do it, but that’s not very likely to happen.