Snedeker: no way this was missing
BREAKING 60: AMERICAN STAR JOINS EXCLUSIVE CLUB
He becomes the ninth player to card 59 on the US Tour.
Greensboro
Brandt Snedeker shocked himself as much as anyone with his 11-under-par 59 in the opening round at the Wyndham Championship on Thursday.
The 37-year-old American offered a reminder of the fickle nature of the game when he recorded the 10th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history.
“To step up and have a 20-footer (at the final hole) and know what it means, when I knocked that putt in it was really special to know that I’m part of a small club on tour,” Snedeker said after becoming the ninth player to record 59 on the PGA tour.
Jim Furyk holds the record with a 58. Furyk also has a 59, the only player with two sub-60s.
“Crazy day. You start off with a bogey, a snap hook three-wood off the 10th tee, but I made some long putts on the front nine and got hot on the back nine.”
There was little hint early in Snedeker’s round that something special was in the offing in perfect morning conditions, with little wind and soft greens offering a low score to anyone on their game.
Four consecutive birdies from his fourth hole got the ball rolling, before he plundered his inward half, roaring home in 27 strokes with six birdies and an eagle.
It was not until the eagle at the par-four sixth, a seven-iron uphill from 176 yards, that 59 seemed a realistic goal.
With one side of the hole badly damaged, officials took the unusual step of cutting a new one a couple of feet away.
A five-iron to two feet at the par-three seventh left Snedeker needing one more birdie for 59.
He promptly missed a five-foot birdie chance at his penultimate hole, leaving him needing a birdie at the par-four ninth.
“About six feet to go, I said no way this thing’s missing,” Snedeker said. – Reuters