SILVIS, Ill. — Hayden Springer posted the 14th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history when he completed eagle-birdie in the John Deere Classic on Thursday for a 12-under 59.
Springer shot 27 on the entrance 9 of the rain-softened TPC Deere Run, after which his hopes of a sub-60 round appeared to fade with 5 straight pars. But he completed in type with an 18-foot birdie putt on the fifteenth, holing out for eagle from 55 yards on the par-5 seventeenth and pumping his fist when his 12-foot birdie dropped on the last gap.
The PGA Tour report is a 58 by Jim Furyk at the Travelers Championship in 2016. Furyk is also amongst 13 gamers with a 59.
Springer is the second participant in three weeks to interrupt 60. Cameron Young additionally had a 59 at the Travelers Championship this 12 months.
This was the eighth sub-60 round in golf worldwide this 12 months, the lowest a 57 by Cristobal del Solar of Chile in a Korn Ferry Tour occasion in Colombia.
Springer solely tied the report at the TPC Deere Run. Paul Goydos shot a 59 in the first round of the John Deere Classic in 2010.
