CROMWELL, Conn. – Jim Furyk hit the magic number Sunday at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship.
Three years after Furyk became the sixth player on tour with a 59, he took it even lower Sunday with a 58.
Furyk, 46, bounced in an eagle from 135 yards on his third hole, ran off seven straight birdies around the turn and picked up his final birdie on the 16th hole with a putt from just inside 24 feet. He rolled in a short par putt on the final hole, thrust his arms into the air and waved his cap to salute thousands of fans who had rushed to the amphitheater around the 18th green to catch a stunning slice of history.
"There's a lot of rounds by a lot of great players ahead of me that have never reached 58, so to hold that record alone right now, on the PGA Tour at least ... is phenomenal," Furyk said. "To have a little, small place in history is something you dream of."
And it could have been even lower.
Furyk reached 11 under on the par-70 course with his seventh straight birdie at No. 12. He missed a 12-foot birdie attempt on the 14th hole, and after nearly he nearly drove the par-4 15th, his 8-foot birdie putt lipped out.
It might be one of the best rounds hardly anyone saw. Furyk started the final round 16 shots out of the lead and had fewer than a dozen fans watching when he teed off at 8:41 a.m. He finished his round before Golf Channel coverage began.
Furyk is the only player to break 60 twice. He shot a 59 at Conway Farms in the second round of the 2013 BMW Championship with a bogey on his card.
