Scottie Scheffler did not convert a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th gap on the Vacationers Championship, narrowly lacking out on an opportunity to affix Jim Furyk as the one gamers in PGA Tour historical past with two sub-60 rounds.
Scheffler needed to accept a 10-under 60 on the smooth TPC River Highlands course, setting an early goal atop the scoreboard on a day of utmost low scoring on the last signature occasion of the common season.
Scheffler was at 16 underneath, two photographs forward of Viktor Hovland with the afternoon starters nonetheless on the course.
“Going out yesterday [Thursday] in the afternoon, when the greens get firm out here and the wind starts to blow, it can get tricky pretty quickly,” Scheffler mentioned.
“Going out this morning, you undoubtedly had a sense the circumstances had been going to be simpler, so that you must go on the market and attempt to make the most of it.
“At the end of the day, I was very focused on just my execution out there. Who knows what the lead is going to be after today. I’ve put myself in position now this week. Go home, get some rest, and get ready for tomorrow.”
Scheffler shot 59 in his rookie season in 2020 within the second spherical of The Northern Belief on the TPC Boston, one other rain-softened course that featured low scoring.
Dustin Johnson was 11 underneath by 11 holes that day and needed to accept a 60.
Furyk shot his first sub-60 spherical within the second spherical of the 2013 BMW Championship at Conway Farms outdoors Chicago, a 59 that included a bogey on his card.
Three years later, he set the PGA Tour report on the Vacationers Championship with a 58 within the last spherical however Furyk didn’t win both event.
“It was like, it would be cool to shoot 59, but somebody has already shot 58 here, so it’s not even the course record,” Scheffler mentioned.
Scheffler, who received the Vacationers Championship two years in the past, is coming off a tie for fourth within the US Open.
His final victory was The American Categorical in January, his first begin of the yr.
Watch spherical three of the PGA Tour’s Vacationers Championship stay on Sky Sports activities+ from 7pm on Saturday. There’s additionally protection on Sky Sports activities Golf and Sky Sports activities Most important Occasion from 10pm. Stream Sky Sports activities with no contract.
Get the most effective costs and e book a spherical at one in all 1,700 programs throughout the UK & Eire
