Brandt Snedeker Shoots 59 At Wyndham Championship

Brandt Snedeker has become the 10th man to shoot below 60 on the PGA Tour

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Brandt Snedeker Shoots 59 At Wyndham Championship - Snedeker has become the 10th man to shoot below 60 on the PGA Tour

Brandt Snedeker Shoots 59 At Wyndham Championship

Brandt Snedeker has become the 10th player to shoot sub-60 on the PGA Tour after a 59 on day one of the Wyndham Championship.

They say all the best rounds start with a bogey and that's exactly how Snedeker began his on Thursday at Sedgefield Country Club.

Starting on the 10th, the American opened up with a 5 on the par-4 and then bounced back with four birdies to go out in three under.

His back nine (the front nine of the course) was remarkable, as he came back in 27.

Snedeker made five birdies on his inward half plus an eagle to come down the last hole at 10 under par on the par-70 layout.

His eagle at the 7th was a slam-dunk from the fairway and he didn't even know about it until he got up closer to the green.

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He managed to make his 10th birdie of the day by rolling it in from just off the green at the ninth.

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Snedeker, an eight-time PGA Tour winner, was some way off of making the 2018 USA Ryder Cup team in 37th position.

He was well out of the frame for a captain's pick but a win at the Wyndham may well get captain Jim Furyk thinking.

The 37-year-old has made two Ryder Cup appearances, in 2012 and 2016.

His 59 is the first on the PGA Tour since Adam Hadwin shot the score at the CareerBuilder Challenge in January 2017.

That came just a week after Justin Thomas also shot a 59 to open up the Sony Open.

Jim Furyk, who shot 59 at the 2013 BMW Championship, holds the record for the lowest round on the PGA Tour after a 58 at the 2016 Travelers Championship.

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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


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