Former US Open winner Jim Furyk fired the lowest single round score in PGA Tour history Sunday by shooting a 58 during the final round of the Travelers Championship. The 46-year-old American's 12-under round bettered the previous record of 59 which had been shot six times, including by Furyk himself. Furyk two-putted on the 18th green after setting the nine-hole record with an eight-under 27. He shot a 31 on the back nine in his closing round. Furyk also shot the most recent 59 on the Tour at the 2013 BMW Championship. Furyk made six birdies and an eagle through his first nine holes of his historic round. He added birdies at the 10th, 11th and 12th. A birdie at the 12th hole was his seventh straight and he finished with a two-foot par putt on 18 at the River Highlands course in Cromwell, Connecticut. Two other professionals have recorded 58s: Germany's Stephan Jaeger on the Web.com Tour in this year's Ellie Mae Classic and Japan's Ryo Ishikawa on the Japan Golf Tour at the 2010 The Crowns. Furyk began the day 16 shots back of leader Daniel Berger in 70th place at one-over 211 after opening 73-66-71. He vaulted into solo possession of fifth after finishing at 11-under 269. Furyk, who is ranked 24th in the world, won the 2003 US Open and is a 17-time winner on the US PGA Tour. He last won at the 2015 RBC Heritage. On Saturday, American Berger moved within sight of his second victory in two months when he opened a three-shot lead after the third round of the Travelers Championship. Berger, last season's rookie of the year on the PGA Tour, picked up nine birdies to surge clear with an eight-under-par 62 at the TPC River Highlands. The 23-year-old posted a 15-under 195 total, three ahead of Scotland's Russell Knox (64), South African Tyrone Van Aswegen (65) and American Russell Henley (65). Low scores were plentiful on a day when Ernie Els made his first ace on the PGA Tour since 2004, using a seven-iron from 171 yards at the 16th. Berger, who won the St Jude Classic in June, was not the only player to go low. Knox adopted a simple attitude and it paid off with birdies at the first three holes.
