PGA Tour
Wyndham Championship 2018
August 16-19
Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
$6,000,000
August 16-19
Sedgefield Country Club, Greensboro, North Carolina
$6,000,000
Round 1
Brandt Snedeker fires 59 to take 1st round lead
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
August 16, 2018
Brandt Snedeker became only the ninth golfer in US PGA Tour history to fire a 59 on Thursday, his 11-under effort putting him in the lead in the first round of the Wyndham Championship.
Snedeker rolled in a 20-foot birdie putt at his final hole, the par-4 ninth, to join one of golf's most exclusive clubs.
"To roll that putt in was such a cool feeling," said Snedeker, whose 10 birdies, six pars and one eagle virtually erased any memory of an opening bogey at the 10th hole.
"I got so excited, goosebumps ... jumping around like I won the golf tournament and it's Thursday morning," Snedeker said. "I'll have to get the emotions in check this afternoon, get back to reality."
Snedeker finished with a four-shot lead over Ryan Moore and John Oda at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, North Carolina.
He improved on his career best of 61 -- which he has shot three times on tour -- and came up one shot shy of Jim Furyk's record low of 58 for a single PGA Tour round, achieved at the 2016 Travelers Championship.
The 37-year-old American, whose most recent of eight PGA triumphs came in 2016 at Torrey Pines, made an inauspicious start when he went way left off the 10th tee beyond a cart path on his way to an opening bogey.
Snedeker turned things around with 26-foot birdie putts at the par-4 13th and 14th holes, missed a 30-foot eagle putt at the par-5 15th but tapped in for birdie, then completed a run of four consecutive birdies with a 14-foot putt at the par-3 16th.
He ran off three birdies in a row after making the turn, all from within 5 1/2 feet, and sandwiched two more short birdie putts at the par-5 fifth and par-3 seventh around his greatest shot of them all: a hole out from 176 yards out in the fairway for eagle at the sixth.
"After I birdied seven, my 16th hole of the day, I knew I was 10 (under) with two to play," he said. "I had two great birdie opportunities, two short par-fours with wedges in your hand, so I told myself 'I'm going to do it. I'm going to shoot 59.'"
But at the par-4 eighth, Snedeker missed a six-foot birdie putt and tapped in for par.
"Walking to the ninth tee I kept telling myself "I cannot let this opportunity get out of my hands," he said, and he didn't.
"To step up and have a 20-footer (at the final hole) and know what it means, when I knocked that putt in it was really special to know that I'm part of a small club on tour," he said.
The 59 broke the course and tournament record of 60 set in 2016 by South Korea's Kim Si-woo.
Snedeker also fired the first sub-60 round to open with a bogey.
It was the US PGA's first 59 since Canada's Adam Hadwin at last year's Careerbuilder Challenge.
Other 59s were fired by Al Geiberger in 1977, Chip Beck in 1991, David Duval in 1999, Paul Goydos in 2010, Australian Stuart Appleby in 2010, Furyk in 2013 and Justin Thomas in 2017.
Only five players have gone on to win the tournament in which they shot 59, and Snedeker knew he had work to remain on top come Sunday.
Behind Moore and Oda, seven players were tied on 64 and a group of nine on 65 included US Ryder Cup captain Jim Furyk.
"The hardest thing to do in golf is follow up a great round," Snedeker said. "I'm very aware there's a lot of golf left. This means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of this golf tournament."
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Brandt Snedeker | USA |
-11 |
59 |
T2 |
John Oda | USA |
-7 |
63 |
T2 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-7 |
63 |
T4 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Brett Stegmaier | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
D. A. Points | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
David Hearn | CAN |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Martin Flores | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T11 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-5 |
65 |
T20 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Harris English | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Jamie Lovemark | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Michael Thompson | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Sam Saunders | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Webb Simpson | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T32 |
Alex Cejka | GER |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Brian Davis | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Cameron Percy | AUS |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Dylan Meyer | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Kevin Tway | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Scott Stallings | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Zac Blair | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T45 |
Andrew Yun | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Blayne Barber | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Chad Campbell | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Doc Redman | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Doug Ghim | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Henrik Stenson | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Ken Duke | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Matthew Every | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Norman Xiong | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Wesley Bryan | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Xinjun Zhang | CHN |
-2 |
68 |
T73 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Bill Haas | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Carl Pettersson | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Chris Kirk | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Conrad Shindler | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Hideki Matsuyama | JPN |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
James Driscoll | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Lanto Griffin | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Martin Laird | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Mickey DeMorat | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Nicholas Lindheim | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Rory Sabbatini | RSA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Shane Bertsch | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Stuart Appleby | AUS |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
T. J. Vogel | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
William McGirt | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T96 |
Ben Crane | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Brendan Steele | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Brian Gay | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Grayson Murray | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
John Huh | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Martin Piller | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Nick Watney | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Rob Oppenheim | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Steve Stricker | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Stewart Jolly | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
Par |
70 |
T116 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Bronson Burgoon | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Chris Stroud | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Davis Love III | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Jason Bohn | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
John Merrick | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Jonathan Randolph | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Julian Suri | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Retief Goosen | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Robert Garrigus | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Steve Wheatcroft | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Will Zalatoris | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Zecheng Dou | CHN |
1 |
71 |
T137 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Dicky Pride | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
George McNeill | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Kris Blanks | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Kyle Thompson | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Matt Atkins | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Sean O'Hair | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Talor Gooch | USA |
2 |
72 |
T148 |
Robert Streb | USA |
3 |
73 |
T148 |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
3 |
73 |
T148 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
3 |
73 |
T151 |
Cody Gribble | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Daniel Summerhays | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Ethan Tracy | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
4 |
74 |
156 |
Charles Frost | USA |
5 |
75 |
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
1 |
Brandt Snedeker | USA |
-11 |
59 |
T2 |
John Oda | USA |
-7 |
63 |
T2 |
Ryan Moore | USA |
-7 |
63 |
T4 |
Abraham Ancer | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Brett Stegmaier | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
D. A. Points | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
David Hearn | CAN |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Jonathan Byrd | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Martin Flores | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T4 |
Ollie Schniederjans | USA |
-6 |
64 |
T11 |
Aaron Baddeley | AUS |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Brice Garnett | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Cheng Tsung Pan | TPE |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Corey Conners | CAN |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Jim Furyk | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Keith Mitchell | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Nick Taylor | CAN |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Ryan Armour | USA |
-5 |
65 |
T11 |
Sung-Hoon Kang | KOR |
-5 |
65 |
T20 |
Billy Horschel | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Denny McCarthy | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Harold Varner III | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Harris English | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Jamie Lovemark | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Jason Dufner | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Michael Thompson | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Peter Malnati | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Ricky Barnes | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Sam Saunders | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Sergio Garcia | ESP |
-4 |
66 |
T20 |
Webb Simpson | USA |
-4 |
66 |
T32 |
Alex Cejka | GER |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Brian Davis | ENG |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Cameron Percy | AUS |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Dylan Meyer | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Hudson Swafford | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Kevin Tway | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Ryan Blaum | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Sang-Moon Bae | KOR |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Scott Stallings | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Stephan Jaeger | GER |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Tommy Gainey | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Trey Mullinax | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T32 |
Zac Blair | USA |
-3 |
67 |
T45 |
Andrew Yun | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Billy Hurley III | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Blayne Barber | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Chad Campbell | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Chesson Hadley | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Danny Lee | NZL |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Doc Redman | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Dominic Bozzelli | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Doug Ghim | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Ernie Els | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Fabian Gomez | ARG |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Henrik Stenson | SWE |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Joaquin Niemann | CHI |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Ken Duke | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Mackenzie Hughes | CAN |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Matthew Every | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Norman Xiong | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Patrick Rodgers | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Rafael Cabrera Bello | ESP |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Richy Werenski | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Roberto Diaz | MEX |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Russell Henley | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Scott Brown | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Shawn Stefani | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Tyrone van Aswegen | RSA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Vaughn Taylor | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Wesley Bryan | USA |
-2 |
68 |
T45 |
Xinjun Zhang | CHN |
-2 |
68 |
T73 |
Adam Schenk | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Bill Haas | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Carl Pettersson | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Chris Kirk | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Conrad Shindler | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
David Lingmerth | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Hideki Matsuyama | JPN |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
J. J. Henry | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
James Driscoll | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Jason Kokrak | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Jonas Blixt | SWE |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Lanto Griffin | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Martin Laird | SCO |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Mickey DeMorat | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Nicholas Lindheim | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Padraig Harrington | IRL |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Rory Sabbatini | RSA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Shane Bertsch | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Shane Lowry | IRL |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Stuart Appleby | AUS |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
T. J. Vogel | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
Tom Hoge | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T73 |
William McGirt | USA |
-1 |
69 |
T96 |
Ben Crane | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Brendan Steele | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Brian Gay | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Daniel Berger | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Graeme McDowell | NIR |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Grayson Murray | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Hunter Mahan | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Jhonattan Vegas | VEN |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
John Huh | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Johnson Wagner | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Martin Piller | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Matt Jones | AUS |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Matthew Fitzpatrick | ENG |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Meen-Whee Kim | KOR |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Nick Watney | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Rob Oppenheim | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Scott Piercy | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Steve Stricker | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Stewart Jolly | USA |
Par |
70 |
T96 |
Tyler Duncan | USA |
Par |
70 |
T116 |
Andres Romero | ARG |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Benjamin Silverman | CAN |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Brendon de Jonge | ZIM |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Bronson Burgoon | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Cameron Tringale | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Chris Stroud | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Davis Love III | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Derek Fathauer | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
J. T. Poston | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Jason Bohn | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
John Merrick | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Jonathan Randolph | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Julian Suri | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Parker McLachlin | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Peter Uihlein | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Retief Goosen | RSA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Robert Garrigus | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Satoshi Kodaira | JPN |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Steve Wheatcroft | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Will Zalatoris | USA |
1 |
71 |
T116 |
Zecheng Dou | CHN |
1 |
71 |
T137 |
Arjun Atwal | IND |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Brandon Harkins | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Brian Stuard | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Dicky Pride | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
George McNeill | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Kris Blanks | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Kyle Thompson | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Matt Atkins | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Sam Ryder | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Sean O'Hair | USA |
2 |
72 |
T137 |
Talor Gooch | USA |
2 |
72 |
T148 |
Robert Streb | USA |
3 |
73 |
T148 |
Rod Pampling | AUS |
3 |
73 |
T148 |
Si-Woo Kim | KOR |
3 |
73 |
T151 |
Cody Gribble | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Daniel Summerhays | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Ethan Tracy | USA |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Seamus Power | IRL |
4 |
74 |
T151 |
Tom Lovelady | USA |
4 |
74 |
156 |
Charles Frost | USA |
5 |
75 |