Tag: Paul Goydos

  • Wyatt Shoots 57 At Alabama Junior

    Bobby Wyatt shot a 57 on Wednesday in the AGA State Boys Junior Championship at the Country Club of Mobile.
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    17 year old Bobby Wyatt of Mobile Alabama just one upped everybody this week. In the second round of the Alabama Boys State Junior Championship at the 6638 yard Country Club of Mobile, Wyatt shot a 14 under 57! Just for the record, that’s two shots better than Paul Goydos’ recent 59 at the John Deere Classic, and one shot better than Ryo Ishikawa’s 58 on the Japan PGA Tour earlier this year. Sure, Wyatt isn’t a pro. Hell, he’s barely old enough to drive, but no matter where you are or what course you are playing, shooting 57 is no small feat.

    Wyatt made 12 birdies and an eagle on the par 71 layout, where his family have been members since Bobby was a little kid. His front-nine 26 included seven birdies and an eagle. He birdied #10 and #11 to get to 11 under through 11 holes, and closed with birdies on #13, #16 and #17 before leaving his birdie putt hanging on the lip on 18 for a 56.

    “It was the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes,” said Trey Mullinax, who played alongside Wyatt. “It was the smoothest swing I’ve seen from Bobby in a long time, and I’ve known him for a very long time.”

    “I’ve played (the Country Club of Mobile) at least a thousand times,” Wyatt said. “I was hitting the shots I’ve hit all my life. It really allowed me to just play shot by shot.”

    Wyatt and Mullinax will be moving into an apartment at the University of Alabama on Aug. 13 to start their freshman year with the Crimson Tide.

    It’s possible Wyatt’s score set a world record as the lowest score in competitive play on a golf course of more than 6,500 yards, which the Guinness Book of World Records uses as the standard. The course as played by Wyatt today measured 6,643 yards.

    The Guinness Book has recognized a pair of 58s, posted by Jason Bohn in the final round to win the Canadian Tour’s Bayer Championship, and by Shigeki Maruyama who posted the round in a U.S. Open sectional qualifier.

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  • Paul Goydos Shoots 59 at John Deere Classic

    Paul Goydos Shoots 59 @ John Deere Classic
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    Two time winner on the PGA Tour Paul Goydos shot only the fourth 59 in the history of the PGA Tour today at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, IL. It was the first round of the John Deere Classic. Goydos, nicknamed “Sunshine” by his friends, joins Al Geiberger (1977), Chip Beck (1991) and David Duval (1999) in the 59 club. He shot 12-under on the par 71 layout, with eight birdies on the back nine, including birdies on Nos. 17 and 18, to post his 59. He missed only one fairway and two greens in regulation all day. He made a seven foot birdie putt on the final hole to accomplish the feat.

    David Duval was the last PGA Tour player to shoot 59 when the former world No. 1 did it during the final round of the 1999 Bob Hope at the PGA West’s Palmer Course. While certainly a very rare occurance on the PGA Tour, it happens more often in other events and tours around the world. The last 59 carded on a major professional tour was done by Jason Gore, who did it during the second round of the Nationwide Tour’s 2005 Cox Classic. Annika Sorenstam is the only LPGA Tour player to have ever shot 59. She did it in the second round of the 2001 Standard Register PING tournament, which she went on to win.

    Although 59 is the lowest score in official competition, it’s not the lowest score we’ve seen in competition. Shigeki Maruyama shot a 58 at a U.S. Open qualifier in 2000, scoring 29s on both sides of Woodmont Country Club to post a score that wasn’t even eligible for the record books. Why? Who knows. Another Japanese player, young phenom Ryo Ishikawa recently shot a 58 at The Crowns for his seventh Japan Tour title. He had 12 birdies in his bogey-free round on the 6,545-yard Nagoya Golf Club course. Harrison Frazar and David Gossett also shot 59s during PGA Tour qualifying school.

    In casual and practice rounds, we’ve heard stories of Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson also shooting 59s and 58s, but neither has managed to put such a score together in official tournament competition.

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