Hayden Springer joined an unique membership Thursday on the John Deere Basic, firing a 59 on the Fourth of July.
The 27-year-old Tennessean shot the 14th sub-60 spherical in PGA Tour historical past, and simply two weeks after its most up-to-date incidence when Cameron Younger shot 59 on the Vacationers Championship.
Springer caught hearth early at TPC Deere Run, taking pictures an 8-under 27 on the entrance 9, beginning with an eagle on the par-5 2nd gap. He then birdied his subsequent 4 holes, then the eighth and ninth.
On the again 9 he got here again to Earth with only one birdie over seven holes, however a holeout eagle out of tough from 55 yards on the par-5 seventeenth gap introduced 59 into play if he may birdie the 18th on the par-71 course.
Right here’s what that regarded like:
“It is fairly particular to have the ability to do this. I imply, performed effectively final week, nevertheless it’s been somewhat bit robust to type of discover something and get stuff going and go low,” stated Springer, who has missed eight of 14 cuts this season and ranks 127th in FedEx Cup factors.
You already know, so it’s particular. It feels good to be standing right here and to have shot spherical of golf.
Springer had two eagles and eight birdies in all for the spherical reverse zero bogeys. He led by 4 pictures after the morning wave in Thursday’s first spherical on the John Deere Basic.
Paul Goydos additionally shot 59 at TPC Deere Run, within the first spherical of the 2010 John Deere Basic (he completed the event second, behind Steve Stricker. The bottom rating in Tour historical past stays Jim Furyk’s 58, shot in 2016 on the Vacationers Championship on the par-70 TPC River Highlands.
“That is a fairly cool checklist so as to add my title to,” Springer stated.