Chad Collins just misses sub-60 round at Barbasol Championship.
Chad Collins missed a chance for the 10th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history and third of the season, parring the final two holes for an 11-under 60 on Friday in the second round of the Barbasol Championship in Opelika, Ala. Collins hit his approach into the back fringe on the par-4 18th, leaving a 70-foot downhill birdie try that he hit 5 feet past. He missed a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th. Collins, 38, had five birdies in a front-nine 30 on Grand National’s rain-softened Lake Course, parred the 10th and ran off six consecutive birdies to get to 11 under for the round. Collins topped the leaderboard at 15-under 127 halfway through the round. He is four strokes ahead of Grayson Murray and Cameron Tringale. Tag Ridings (Arkansas Razorbacks) is tied for sixth at 9 under. Ken Duke is at 4 under and in a tie for 48th. Collins made the 36-hole cut for only the fifth time in 23 events this year. He had missed five consecutive cuts and 11 of 12. Jim Furyk shot a record 58 last year in the Travelers Championship in Connecticut and is one of eight players to shoot 59. Justin Thomas and Adam Hadwin shot 59s in January — Thomas in his victory in the Sony Open in Hawaii, and Hadwin in the CareerBuilder Challenge in California.