Scottie Scheffler failed to convert a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole 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.
Scheffler was at 16 under, two shots ahead of Viktor Hovland with the afternoon starters still 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 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.
"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 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.
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 but 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 US Open.
His last victory was The American Express in January, his first start of the year.
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