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06/26 15:19 CDT Scottie Scheffler misses out on another sub-60 round and posts
60 for early target at Travelers
Scottie Scheffler misses out on another sub-60 round and posts 60 for early
target at Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) --- Scottie Scheffler could not convert a 25-foot birdie
putt on the 18th hole Friday at the Travelers Championship, narrowly missing
out on a chance to join Jim Furyk as the only players in PGA Tour history with
two sub-60 rounds.
Scheffler had to settle for a 10-under 60 on the soft TPC River Highlands
course, setting an early target atop the scoreboard on a day of extreme low
scoring at the final signature event of the regular season.
"Going out yesterday in the afternoon, when the greens get firm out here and
the wind starts to blow, it can get tricky pretty quickly," Scheffler said.
"Going out this morning, you definitely had a feeling the conditions were going
to be easier, so you need to go out there and try and take advantage of it."
Scheffler was at 16-under 124, two shots ahead of Viktor Hovland with the
afternoon starters still on the course.
"At the end of the day, I was very focused on just my execution out there,"
Scheffler said. "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."
Playing three groups in front of Scheffler, Hovland needed to birdie the final
two holes for a 59. He settled for a pair of pars and a 61, matching his career
best on tour.
"Certainly it was more gettable today than it was even yesterday," Hovland said.
Akshay Bhatia had a 62 to match first-round leader Eric Cole at 12 under. Cole
parred the final eight holes in a 65.
"I know how this golf course can play," Bhatia said. "You got to kind of keep
making birdies and try and limit mistakes."
Scheffler shot 59 in his rookie season in 2020 in the second round of The
Northern Trust at the TPC Boston, another rain-softened course that featured
low scoring. Dustin Johnson was 11 under through 11 holes that day and had to
settle for a 60.
"Some days they're kind of hanging on the edge and not quite going in, and then
other days they're finding the bottom of the cup," Scheffler said. "Today was a
day definitely in which most of them were finding the bottom of the cup."
Furyk shot his first sub-60 round in the second round of the 2013 BMW
Championship at Conway Farms outside Chicago, a 59 that included a bogey on his
card. Three years later, he set the PGA Tour record at the Travelers
Championship with a 58 in the final round.
Furyk did not win either tournament.
"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 said.
Scheffler, who won the Travelers Championship two years ago, is coming off a
tie for fourth in the U.S. Open when he played in the final round. His last
victory was The American Express in the California desert, his first start of
the year.
Scheffler bogeyed the par-4 second, leaving a wedge from the fairway well short
and missing an 8-foot par try.
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