GREENSBORO, N.C. – Brandt Snedeker predicted low scores at the Wyndham Championship — but not this low.
Snedeker shot an 11-under 59 on Thursday, falling a shot shy of the PGA Tour record.
He made a 20-foot putt on his final hole for his 59, the 10th sub-60 round on the PGA Tour and the ninth man to get there. Jim Furyk set the record with a 58 in the final round of the Travelers Championship in 2016, and he also has one of the 59rs.
"To know I'm a part of a small club on tour and not very many people have done this, really cool feeling right now," Snedeker said.
This is the third consecutive year the PGA Tour has had a sub-60 round, and Sedgefield Country Club was a threat to give one up. Si Woo Kim shot 60 here two years ago.
Snedeker — who had predicted a "birdiefest" — began his round with a bogey at No. 10. He made birdies on Nos. 13-16, then made six birdies and an eagle after the turn, shooting 27 on his second nine. He holed out from 176 yards for the eagle,
Regrets? He missed a 3-foot birdie putt on No. 8. "Could have been even more special," he said.
Snedeker leads by four strokes over Ryan Moore and John Oda shot 63s.
