# Jim Furyk shoots a 58

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**Created:** [August 7, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059 "2016-08-07T18:07:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059/1 "2016-08-07T18:07:13Z")

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The new all-time record. Previously 6 golfers have shot 59.

You can see the highlights [here](http://www.pgatour.com/video/2016/08/07/highlights-from-jim-furyk-s-historic-58-at-travelers-championshi.html#ooid=RyNG02NTE6wvAKj0SNEbTTI0lI6cTd_0). He was 11 under after 12 holes!

He had good chances to score even better - he played the par 5 on the back nine indifferently and only got a par. And there was a bad lip-out as well.

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2016, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059/2 "2016-08-07T20:08:14Z")

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Well, he’s no Kim Il-sung, but I guess he can keep practicing.

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059/3 "2016-08-11T06:10:50Z")

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> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Well, he’s no Kim Il-sung, but I guess he can keep practicing.

Kim Jong Il was the record-setting one.

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**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059/4 "2016-08-11T14:34:55Z")

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I know this’ll sound stupid, but I’ve always found it kind of surprising the record was that high.

Yeah, yeah, I know, 58 is incredible. But when I first learned 59 was the record I remember thinking, geez, all the rounds of golf that have been played, and someone like Nicklaus didn’t have one lucky day where he had fourteen birdies, an eagle, and no bogies? Just once?

But there it is.

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**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059/5 "2016-08-11T15:28:27Z")

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Oh, please. Why all the fuss? I card 58 all the time on my home course.

Granted, it’s only 9 holes.

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**Author:** ![CAMJAY77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5fc32e/32.png) [@CAMJAY77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAMJAY77)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-furyk-shoots-a-58/762059/6 "2016-08-11T21:11:31Z")

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I’ve shot lower than that many times.

But par was 57