58 Roundup! Jim Furyk Posts Record 58 At The Travelers!

A year shy of the 40th anniversary of Al Geiberger's 59 (and five subsequent amazing rounds), Jim Furyk broke the barrier at the 2016 Travelers. Golf Channel scrapped their pregame and CBS moved Jim Nantz and Peter Kostis into the booth early for what a historic day on what was looking like it would be an otherwise ho-hum morning in Connecticut.

Brian Wacker takes us through the round at GolfDigest.com and included this from Furyk:

“Had I never shot 59 before, I probably would have been thinking 59, the barrier. . . . Having that experience in the past, and this one mimicked it a lot, it was comforting for me. You don't wake up on Sunday morning with an 8:41 tee time thinking that anything exciting is going to happen. I mean, really on those days the most exciting thing that can happen is the group in front of you plays quick and your flight takes off a little early and you get home is usually what you're looking to do. To get out there and make a bunch of birdies and get the juices flowing and feel like I was in the hunt in a golf tournament was kind of cool.”

Ryan Lavner on Furyk's swing tip from dad that helped get things squared away for him to deliver the lowest score in PGA Tour history.

Furyk birdied three of the last four holes Friday just to make the cut. After a third-round 72, he retreated to the range to hit a big bag of balls. He became so frustrated with his ball-striking that he instructed caddie Mike “Fluff” Cowan to take pictures of his swing to send back home to his father/swing coach, Mike. The fix was a tighter, shorter backswing.

Stephen Hennessey with 7 amazing facts from the day, including this which is kind of fun in a big picture sense.

Experience on his side: The 46-year-old shot the last 59 on the PGA Tour -- in the third round of the BMW Championship in 2013.

Furyk is the first-ever player to shoot two sub-60 rounds -- and he's now the oldest to do it. The five other rounds of 59: Al Geiberger (1977, Memphis Classic), Chip Beck (1991, Las Vegas Classic), David Duval (1999, Bob Hope Classic), Paul Goydos (2010, John Deere Classic), Stuart Appleby (2010, Greenbrier Classic).

G.C. Digital with more fun stats from the round: