Brandt Snedeker shoots 59!

Brandt Snedeker fires first-round 59 at Wyndham Championship

Thursday’s early morning first round didn’t get off to the best start for Brandt Snedeker – as he hooked a 3-wood off the 10th tee into trouble.  He would bogie the hole.

Then the magic kicked in, as Snedeker would go on to make a bunch of birdies, and a hole-out eagle at the 6th hole, and post an amazing score of 59.

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It’s not a huge surprise that Snedeker pulled off this feat of a sub-60 round on the PGA Tour, as he’s almost done it before.  During the 3rd round of the 2012 HSBC in China, Snedeker needed a birdie at the 18th hole to shoot 59.  He couldn’t convert the birdie putt and settled for 60.  That is still tied for the lowest round ever on the European Tour.

Can Snedeker keep the momentum going?  He’s not having his best year – missing 8 cuts – his most since 2011.

He has been trying to convince himself that his game is coming around.  He’s been putting in a lot of quality practice, but he’s not seeing the results on the golf course yet.

“As much as I tried to positive self talk myself into playing good, I didn’t see 59 coming today, to be honest with you,” Snedeker said.  “But I kind of found something late yesterday on the golf course that kind of built on what I was working on earlier in the week.”

Snedeker didn’t feel like he was doing anything special on the first nine.  But, he kept the momentum going by making a few long putts and several par saves.

Once he made the turn, something clicked.  He birdied the first 3 holes, hitting his approach shots to 4 feet, 2 & 1/2 feet, and 5 feet respectively.  He had another tap-in birdie at the par 5 5th.

“You can see why I shot 59” Snededker said.  “I had a lot of tap-ins.”

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