That record might last all of five hours.
Soon after Scheffler signed for the 11th 59 in PGA Tour history, Dustin Johnson was beginning to explode. He opened his second round on the front nine by going birdie-eagle-birdie-eagle-birdie before finally cooling off with a ho-hum par at the par-4 sixth. His response? Back-to-back birdies at the seventh and eighth holes, setting up a chance to shoot a front-nine, 10-under 26.
Johnson’s drive at the ninth found the right rough, but he did knock his second on the green, leaving him with a 51-footer. He two-putted for par and an opening-nine nine-under 27, which was enough to clip Scheffler’s stellar front nine by three strokes.
Per stats guru Justin Ray, Johnson’s 27 is just the sixth nine-hole score of nine under in PGA Tour history.
The 21-time tour winner has kept it rolling on the back nine, making birdies at the 10th and the 11th holes to reach 11 under through 11 holes. According to Ray, that’s never been done in PGA Tour history.
If Johnson were to shoot a 58 or lower, he’d become the second player to ever do it on tour, the only other being Jim Furyk in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship. To do that, he’ll need just two birdies (and no bogeys) on his final seven holes.
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