CROMWELL: Golfer Jim Furyk shot the lowest-ever PGA Tour round on Sunday, returning a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship at the TPC River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut.
The 12-under-par round took Furyk to 11-under for the tournament and fifth place in the clubhouse. His first three rounds were a three-over 73, a four-under 66 and a two-over 72.
America’s Daniel Berger led after the third round at 15-underpar, and had not teed off when Furyk two-putted the 18th for his record. Russell Knox of Scotland, Tyrone Van Aswegen of South Africa and another American, Russell Henley, were tied for second at 12-under.
Furyk set a course record on the opening nine holes, reaching the turn in 27 shots. That score tied the 46-year-old American for the second-best nine holes in PGA Tour history: Corey Pavin shot 26 on the front nine at US Bank Championship in Milwaukee in 2006.
The previous nine-hole record at the TPC River Highlands course was a 28, shared by three golfers who did it on the course’s back nine. The previous best front-nine score was a 29, a feat accomplished by six golfers since the course in Cromwell began hosting the Connecticut PGA Tour stop in 1984.
{{/usCountry}}The previous nine-hole record at the TPC River Highlands course was a 28, shared by three golfers who did it on the course’s back nine. The previous best front-nine score was a 29, a feat accomplished by six golfers since the course in Cromwell began hosting the Connecticut PGA Tour stop in 1984.
{{/usCountry}}Furyk, who was said by former pro and commentator David Feherty to have a swing “like an octopus falling out of a tree”, has 17 PGA Tour victories, and is one of six golfers to have shot a 59. He did that during the second round of the BMW Championship in 2013.