{"id":10324,"date":"2016-08-08T06:17:26","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10324"},"modified":"2016-08-08T06:17:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:17:26","slug":"golfer-jim-furyk-sets-record-low-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/golf\/golfer-jim-furyk-sets-record-low-score.html","title":{"rendered":"Golfer Jim Furyk Sets Record Low Score"},"content":{"rendered":"

Golfer Jim Furyk Sets Record Low Score<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Golfer Jim Furyk Sets Record Low Score<\/strong>: Golfer Jim Furyk sets record low score for PGA Tour with first 58 in history.<\/span>The 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of rounds by a lot of great players ahead of me that have never reached 58, so to hold that record alone right now, on the PGA Tour at least … is phenomenal,\u201d Furyk said. \u201cTo have a little, small place in history is something you dream of.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

America\u2019s Daniel Berger led after the third round at 15-under-par, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

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.<\/span><\/p>\n

The previous nine-hole record at the TPC River Highlands course was a 28, shared by three golfers who did it on the course\u2019s 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. <\/span><\/p>\n

Furyk, who was said by former pro and commentator David Feherty to have a swing \u201clike an octopus falling out of a tree\u201d, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was sense of \u201chere we go again\u201d on Sunday, he said, because he also shot eight-under par on the front nine then.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m hitting it well,\u201d he said, \u201cI\u2019m putting it well, it\u2019s trying to find a way to stay out of your own way really. And don\u2019t let any thoughts leak in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The other golfers to have shot a 59 are Al Geiberger at the 1977 Memphis Classic; Chip Beck at the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational; David Duval at the 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic; Paul Goydos at the 2010 John Deere Classic and Stuart Appleby at the 2010 Greenbrier Classic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/strong><\/span> : https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2016\/aug\/07\/jim-furyk-golf-pga-tour-record-58<\/span><\/p>\n

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