Scheffler Becomes 12th PGA Tour Player To Join The ‘Sub-Sixty’ Club – A Northern Trust 59

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American Scottie Scheffler has added his name to the record books.

The 24-year-old shot a 59 (-12) at TPC Boston in the second round of the Northern Trust.

It is just the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history and with Scheffler now the second-youngest to achieve the majical golfing achievement.

Scheffler had a clean card on Friday, firing 12 birdies and six pars.

The American was having a good round through 13 holes as he was eight-under and quickly moving up the leaderboard. Scheffler then caught fire and picked up a birdie on four of his final five holes.

Needing a birdie on the par-5 18th to make history, he put his drive just left of the fairway, and left himself 82 feet for eagle with his second shot, his third shot came up four feet short and he completed his round with a birdie putt.

“Yeah, today was obviously a good day on the course,” said Scheffler in what was an under-statement.

“I got off to a really good start. Made a bunch of birdies on the front nine. Had some key up-and-downs at the beginning of the round that kind of got me rolling, freed me up a little bit. Then the momentum just kind of kept going. Never really lost momentum which was nice.

“A lot of times when you’re playing well you can lose that momentum towards the end of the round or have a hiccup here or there. The momentum stayed the whole time and I made a lot of putts.”

Jim Furyk has the only 58 on the PGA Tour. Furyk is also one of the players to record a 59.

Hereunder is a full of those to have broken 60 on the PGA Tour:-

  • Al Geiberger, 1977 Memphis Classic
  • Chip Beck, 1991 Las Vegas Invitational
  • David Duval, 1999 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic
  • Paul Goydos, 2010 John Deere Classic
  • Stuart Appleby, 2010 Greenbrier Classic
  • Jim Furyk, 2013 BMW Championship
  • Jim Furyk, 2016 Travelers Championhip (58)
  • Justin Thomas, 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii
  • Adam Hadwin, 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge
  • Brandt Snedeker, 2018 Wyndham Championship
  • Kevin Chappell, 2019 Greenbrier
  • Scottie Scheffler, 2020 Northern Trust


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