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Jim Furyk shoots PGA Tour record 58 in final round of Travelers Championship

Jim Furyk
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Jim Furyk set a PGA Tour record Sunday, shooting a 58 during the final round of the Travelers Championship, which was won by Russell Knox, who saved par with a 12-foot putt on the final hole to beat hometown favorite Jerry Kelly by a stroke.

The 46-year-old Furyk got it going early, making his first birdie on his second hole at the TPC River Highlands course, then holing out for an eagle from 135 yards on the par-four third hole. He finished his first nine holes in a course-record 27 shots.

Furyk shot 31 on the back nine, finishing with a two-foot par on the final hole. The final birdie of his bogey-free round came on the par-three 16th, when he sunk a putt from just under 24 feet from the right of the hole.

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Furyk, who has 17 PGA Tour victories, was already one of six golfers to shoot a 59 in his career. He did that during the second round of the BMW Championship in 2013.

Knox closed with a two-under 68 for a 14-under 266 total at TPC River Highlands. The 31-year-old Scot won for the second time on the tour, following his breakthrough victory in China in November in the World Golf Championships-HSBC Champions.

Kelly, the 49-year-old former University of Hartford player, finished with a 64.

Furyk tied for fifth at 11 under. He opened with rounds of 73, 66 and 72.

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