Westchester’s Young fires rare 59 at Travelers
CROMWELL, Conn. — Cameron Young made a par putt from just inside 10 feet for an 11-under 59 on Saturday in the Travelers Championship, the first sub-60 round on the PGA Tour in nearly four years.
Despite the historic round, Young, who stands at 13-under, is five strokes behind third-round leader Tom Kim. Kim has a oneshot lead on Scottie Scheffler and Akshay Bhatia, while Xander Schauffele is two back.
Young, who grew up playing Sleepy Hollow Country Club in Westchester County, made two eagles on par 4s, holing out with wedge from 142 yards on the third hole and driving the 280-yard 15th hole to within 4 feet.
It was the 13th sub-60 round since Al Geiberger first shot golf ’s “magic number” at the 1977 Memphis Classic. Scottie Scheffler
had been the most recent at the TPC Boston in 2020, shooting a 59 at The Northern Trust.
“I can’t say I was expecting it,” Young said. “I’ve been playing better than the results have shown. Waking up this morning, I wasn’t really thinking I’m going to be 5 under through four. It was a lot of fun to do.”
This didn’t even get Young the distinction of owning the course record at the TPC River Highlands. Jim Furyk shot a 58 in 2016 at the Travelers Championship, the lowest round in PGA Tour history.
Young could have gone even lower. After his eagle on the 15th hole, Young hit his tee shot to 7 feet on the par-3 16th and missed the short birdie putt. On the closing hole, needing birdie to tie Furyk’s record, his drive settled on the steep face of a fairway bunker and Young was unable to get it on the green.