Paul goydos shot the fourth 59 in pga tour history and the first in 11 years thursday at the john deere classic in silvis, ill. Breaking the 60 barrier is incredibly difficult, even during a practice round on a defenseless golf course. Each shot 59, meaning they pulled off the feat at a par72 course. Canadian adam hadwin shoots under 59 in careerbuilder. The masters champion shot a underpar 59 on wednesday to win the pga grand. Watch justin thomas eagle his final hole to shoot 59 at. He made a 3footer at the par4 ninth hole, his final hole, to shoot 12under 59. Brandt snedekers opening round at the wyndham championship puts him in the history books. Heres a look at those players, when and where they shot those rounds and how. Canadas nesbitt makes history with pga tour latinoamerica. Fisher needed to twoputt from 40ft at the 18th to secure the magic number.
Golfers who have broken 60 in history in professional golf golfweek. Kevin sutherland shot the first 59 in champions tour history saturday. Oliver fisher shot a 59 at the portugal masters image. Stuart appleby shot 59 in the final round to win the inaugural tournament in 2010 by one stroke, and kevin chappell. Chappell shot an 11under 59 in the second round of a military tribute at the greenbrier. Pga tour ends contract with west virginia governors. Brandt snedeker shoots 59 at wyndham championship, one. The firstever player to shoot 59 during the second round of the 1977 memphis classic at colonial country club. The 29yearold canadian shot the ninth sub60 round in pga tour history and the second in 10 days to take the thirdround lead. Justin thomas shot a 11under 59 in round 1 of the sony open on thursday to take the lead just four days after winning the tournament of champions.
Isnt it fair to say that shooting 59 on a par 72 is better than shooting the same. Jim furyk shoots 59 at bmw championship, tying pga tour. Jim furyk shoots a 58 the lowest round in pga tour history. Getty fisher shot 10 birdies and an eagle on his way to a 12underpar firstround finish the etch his name into the history books. The australian stuart appleby shot only the fifth round of 59 in pga tour history to win the greenbriers classic by one shot from jeff overton. The englishman made 10 birdies and an eagle in his bogeyfree 12underpar. The world record lowest 18hole golf scores liveabout. Doug dunakey shot 59 in 1998 on the nike tour during the. There are 11 pga tour players who have posted a sub60 round in history. Furyk, one of six to have shot 59, says record something you dream of. Since the formation of the european tour in 1972 there had been 19 rounds of 60 but.
Tour veteran jim furyk, who has shot 59 twice, has the pga tours lowest round, when he shot a 58 at the travelers championship in june, 2016. But today, david duval carved his place in history during a memorable final round of the bob hope chrysler classic. Just a year agojustin thomas, adam hadwin, and woody austin of the champions tour all recorded a sub 60 round within a week of each other. Jim furyk became the sixth golfer in the history of the pga tour to join the 59 club by shooting a 12under 59 at the bmw champioship, conway farms. Making his 73rd pga tour start, hadwin entered this weeks careerbuilder. Brandt snedeker shoots 10th sub60 round in pga tour. Oliver fisher has carded the first round of 59 in european tour history on day two of the portugal masters in vilamoura. Kevin sutherland shoots first 59 in champions tour history. That time phil mickelson shot a 59 that didnt count in the record books. He shot a secondround 61 in 2015 on his way to finishing t6. Will wilcox shot a 12under 59 in the final round of the 20 utah championship, becoming the fourth player in the history of the tour to card golfs magic number. Adam hadwin fired a under 59 at the 2017 careerbuilder challenge, becoming the eighth player in pga tour history to shoot 59.
Oliver fisher shoots way into european tour history books with. The 2018 usa ryder cup captain has a special spot in golfs record books. He missed a 10foot birdie putt on the par4 ninth to fall a stroke short of jim furyks tour record. Paul goydos became the fourth player to shoot a 59 in pga tour history when he bettered par by 12 strokes in the first round of the john deere classic on thursday. The neny pga has been home to several golfing luminaries, including gene sarazen. The lowest single round ever carded in a pga event was a 58 shot by furyk during the 2016 travelers championship. Golfer jim furyk sets record low score for pga tour with first 58 in. Thanks in large part to those bookend eagles on thursday, thomas became the seventh player in. Here is the list of players who achieved this rare feat which one is your favorite. Porto feliz, brazilcanadian drew nesbitt made history saturday morning at the brazil open when he completed his second round at the weatherdelayed event and shot the first 59 in pga tour. In the history of professional golf, 25 players have shot rounds of 59 or better in a tournament on a major tour. Brandt snedeker shoots a 59 to become the 10th ever player. Furyk, 46, is just three years removed from shooting a 12under 59 in the second round of the bmw classic in lake forest, ill. And the mostrecent, prior to geibergers 59, was sam snead s 60 at the 1957 dallas open.
Fishers 59 was the first sub60 round in european tour history. Snedeker shot an 11underpar 59 on thursday, falling one shot shy of matching the pga tour record. That time phil mickelson shot a 59 that didnt count. Players to shoot 59 or better on the pga tour national club golfer. Jim furyk became just the sixth player in pga tour history to shoot a 59 during the second round of the bmw championships on friday. Brandt snedeker is all smiles after carding the 10th sub60 score in pga tour history 2 7 he shot an opening 59 at the wyndham championship in north carolina to reach the feat.
In the history of professional golf, 25 players have shot rounds of 59 or better in a. Brandt snedeker shoots 59 at the wyndham championship. Annika sorenstam became the first lpga player to shoot a 59, doing so in the second round of the standard register ping in phoenix in 2001 in other official golf tournaments ryo ishikawa shot 58 in 2010 on the japan golf tour at the crowns. Justin thomas makes pga tour history, youngest to shoot 59. Jim furyk shoots first 58 in pga tour history with. On friday in his first pga tour event since surgery, he had the 11th sub60 round in tour history. Adam hadwin shoots 59 in pgas careerbuilder challenge.
Oliver fisher has made history by carding the first round of 59 on the european tour at the portugal masters. The nine players who have fired sub60 rounds on the pga. The northeastern new york pga was one of the first pga sections established. Two players shoot 59 but scores wont go into history books. Two players shot 59 in the nelson mandela championship today but they will not go into the history books as the championship adopted preferred lies. However, those two will be joined when the book is next updated by two golfers who carded 58s in 2016, both of whom did it for the first time ever. Phil mickelson ended his magical year with golfs magic number. For several decades 59 has been the magic number on the pga tour. Al geiberger, who shot the first 59 in pga tour history, expects more. Notah begay iii shot 59 in 1998 on the nike tour during the las vegas invitational. In between brosch and snead, bill nary, ted kroll, wally ulrich, tommy bolt and mike souchak had also recorded 60s, so they all shared the record that geiberger broke. Brandt snedeker carded an 11under 59 on thursday at the wyndham championship, the 10th sub60 round in pga tour history. Oliver fisher shoots round of 59 at portugal masters in.
It was formed in 1927, 11 years after the pga of america was founded in new york city in 1916. Thats when stephan jaeger, a germanborn 27yearold, shot the firstever 58 in a pga tour sanctioned event. He shot 12 under on the par70 tpc stonebrae in the opening round of. When adam hadwins tee shot towards history was yanked on his final hole of the day saturday, television microphones picked up a voice groaning oh.
Whats the greatest single round in pga tour history. Nine have been 59s, and jim furyk has the only 58 on the pga tour. Adam hadwin stopped counting at 59 under 59, that is. Furyk was one of only six men in pga tour history to shoot 59 coming into sunday and became the first golfer to shoot two different rounds in the 50s on. The nine players who have fired sub60 rounds on the pga tour. American scores 12 under par, bringing him to 11 under for tournament. He made a 20foot putt on his final hole to become the 10th player in tour history to break 60. On this day, in 1999 david duval shoots a 59 in the final. With an eagle on the final hole from 14 feet, 11 inches, thomas became the seventh player and the youngest to shoot 59 in pga tour history.
Adam hadwin becomes first canadian to shoot a 59 on pga. Kevin chappell shoots 11under 59 at the greenbrier the. Jim furyk fires sixth 59 in pga tour history at bmw. Paul goydos races into the history books on the pga tour at the 18th hole to complete an opening round 59 during first round coverage of the 2010 john deere classic. To shoot a 59 you need precision, skil and a bit of luck. Phil mickelson nearly became the sixth player in pga tour history to record a 59 in competition thursday at the waste management phoenix open before his putt. Players who have shot sub60 rounds on the pga tour published on thursday, january 24, 2019 20 years ago, david duval became the third player in pga tour history to shoot a 59 in an official event. This is a list of those plus other notable rounds of 59 or better. Fisher makes history with first round of 59 on european tour. Brandt snedeker joins elite group by shooting a 59 the. Jim furyk shoots 59 to equal the record for the lowest 18hole score in pga tour history in round two of the bmw championship in illinois. Stuart appleby shoots fifth 59 in pga tour history golf.
Furyk made 11 birdies and holed out for eagle on the par4 15th hole. Greg norman, vijay singh and brooks koepka are the only golfers to record two rounds of 63 in the majors. Sutherland shoots firstever 59 in champions tour history. Brandt snedeker first player to shoot 59 on pga tour this year. Goydos becomes fourth to shoot 59 in pga tour history. There have been 10 sub60 rounds shot in pga tour history. After adam hadwin became the second player in as many events to card a 59 on the pga tour, we look back at the others to have shot sub60. Stephan jaeger shoots firstever 58 in pga toursanctioned. He almost went one better, with his birdie attempt.
The first golfer who shot 60 on the pga tour was al brosch at the 1951 texas open. American brandt snedeker shot the 10th sub60 round in pga tour history when he carded 11underpar 59 in the opening round at the wyndham championship on thursday after missing a short birdie. Two of the 11 sub60 rounds in pga tour history were shot at the greenbrier. Oliver fisher shoots way into european tour history books. When duval did it he was just hitting his stride and was the third man in history to do it on the pga tour. There have been 10 sub60 rounds recorded on the pga with jim furyk recording both a 58 and 59. Brandt snedeker shot an 11underpar 59 on thursday at the wyndham championship, falling one shot shy of matching the pga tour record. In professional competition a round of 59 or less is. Snedeker shot an 11under 59 on thursday, falling one shot shy of matching the pga tour record. Kevin chappell 59 cards 11th sub60 round in pga tour history. The 59 club on the pga tour is so rare that its quite possibly the only list in the sport that doesnt include the.
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