Started tied for 70th, moved into a tie for 5th, although will likely drop to somewhere between 9th and 12th by round's end, as many people at -8 thru -10 have yet to tee off on what's obviously an easy day for scoring.
Weird thing about this 58, and the past 59, is that Furyk can actually go so low.
He is the poster child for "Steady Eddie" - (fairways and greens), so if you looked at his game over the years you wouldn't really peg him as the guy to do this. He would be more like the guy who made the most consecutive cuts or something.
Because these 62, 61 and lower scores are so rare, you'd think that a bomber on a heater would be the guy going low.
Probably some random variance in Furyk having multiple sub-60 rounds. But Furyk is also deadly accurate with his irons when he's on... so I guess as long as it's not an insanely long course, he's got as good a chance as anyone.
A lot of these rounds happen on Par 70s, which often play into the shorter hitters and place a premium on accuracy over distance.
I remember 4 years ago at East Lake the course was playing pretty tough and Furyk started with seven threes seemed like he was inside 10 feet on every hole. He fizzled out on the back 9, but I can't really think of anyone else who looks so in control of their approach shots when running hot.
Probably some random variance in Furyk having multiple sub-60 rounds. But Furyk is also deadly accurate with his irons when he's on... so I guess as long as it's not an insanely long course, he's got as good a chance as anyone.
A lot of these rounds happen on Par 70s, which often play into the shorter hitters and place a premium on accuracy over distance.
Ah well, -1 over the final 4 holes for a 60. I guess now that Furyk has a 58, 59 might lose some of its luster. Aside from 60 being a nice round number, 59 is just tied for 2nd-best at this point.