Jim Furyk shot a 12-under 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship to record the lowest score in PGA Tour history.
Furyk sparked his day with a hole-out from 135 yards for eagle on No. 3, then reeled off four straight birdies on Nos. 6-9 to make the turn at TPC River Highlands in 8-under 27. He added three more birdies on Nos. 10-12 to extend his run to seven in a row, then rolled in a 23-footer for birdie on No. 16 to reach 12 under for the day.
Furyk then parred No. 17 and two-putted for par from 27 feet on the final green for a piece of history.
“Late in the front nine I had a special feeling, and to turn in 27 you can’t help but think about it, especially on a par-70 golf course,” Furyk said. “To turn around and make the putts on 10, 11 and 12 and already be 11 under par with six to play, it just kind of became a little bit of a mental game.”
Furyk, 46, was already the most recent player to shoot a 59 on the PGA Tour, having done so at the 2013 BMW Championship at Conway Farms. At that point, Furyk became the sixth player to shoot 59 on the PGA Tour, and he is now the first player to shoot 58 and the first with multiple sub-60 rounds.