David Skinns of England missed a 9-foot putt for 59 however was thrilled to shoot a career-best and tournament-record 60 to take the lead after one spherical of the Sanderson Farms Championship on Thursday in Jackson, Miss.
Skinns teed off on the again 9 on the Nation Membership of Jackson and rolled in six birdies on every 9. After watching a 54-foot birdie putt fall on the par-3 seventh gap, he hit his second shot on the par-4 eighth to about 2 ft to arrange his twelfth birdie.
However at his ending gap, No. 9, Skinns’ likelihood at golf historical past turned left too rapidly and he needed to accept par. At 12 underneath, he leads by three strokes over Michael Thorbjornsen.
Solely 14 rounds of 59 have been recorded on the PGA Tour, together with two earlier this 12 months — by Cameron Younger on the Vacationers Championship and Hayden Springer on the John Deere Traditional.
Skinns, 42, is a veteran of golf excursions world wide who’s gunning for his first PGA Tour title. He entered the week ranked No. 108 within the FedEx Cup Fall standings and will catapult to No. 63 with a win. The highest 125 on the finish of the autumn are assured a tour card for subsequent 12 months.
Thorbjornsen, a 23-year-old who turned professional earlier this 12 months, put up 9 birdies and not using a bogey for the second-best spherical of the day. Tied for third are Gary Woodland and Ben Griffin at 8-under 64.
Rickie Fowler opened with a 3-under 69, and defending champion Luke Listing shot a 3-under 70.
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