Jim Furyk shoots first 58 in PGA Tour history

It might be one of the best rounds hardly anyone saw.

Scotland’s Russell Knox rocketed into Ryder Cup consideration when he sank a 12-foot par putt at the final hole to beat Jerry Kelly by one stroke and win the Travelers Championship in Connecticut Sunday.

Scotland’s, Russell Knox, has won his second PGA Tour title with victory at the Travelers Championship today but it was the heroics of Jim Furyk that stole the show.

“Better not be opposite anything (on the Champions Tour)”, said Kelly, who gave Knox a hug as the victor made his way to the scoring trailer.

Meanwhile, Furyk spoke of his delight to collect the award and said: “To win an award that has his name on it and to look at the recipients below me is an honour, and it’s humbling to be here to accept it”. “I could have ripped my shirt off”.

Knox closed with a 2-under 68 for a 14-under 266 total at TPC River Highlands.

For Knox, it was a second triumph of the season after his maiden victory at the WGC – HSBC Champions in November, and will keep him in the thoughts of European Ryder Cup captain Darren Clarke for next month’s contest at Hazeltine. But he couldn’t make one more as the crowd around the 18th green warmed the heart of the 49 year old.

Knox trailed Dan Berger by three shots heading into the final round.

Furyk finished in a tie for fifth at 11 under.

Harrington – who had shot a fine 65 on Saturday – had made the turn in one-under but he struggled on the back nine with a six-over-par 41.

“I tell myself every day I’m good enough to win tournaments, it’s been an enjoyable ride, ” he said after holing a par-putt on the last and flinging his baseball cap off the green in triumph. He didn’t tear his shirt off, but did send his hat flying in celebration.

“Everyone dreams of making a putt on the last home to win a tournament”, Knox said. “I’m glad it went in”. He had five birdies in a row to conclude his front nine. Rodgers shot a 68.

At that point he knew he only needed to finish par-par to make history. He was previously one of only six players to shoot a round of 59, which he did in the second round of the 2013 BMW Championship.

Durant, 52, won on the par-5 18th after closing with a birdie on the hole in regulation for a 9-under 63.

An innocent mistake, but one that would have seen Furyk disqualified from the tournament for submitting the incorrect score and the golfing history books staying as they were.

It was tougher for the leaders in the afternoon.

About the time Berger was imploding, Kelly hit his biggest shot of the day: a 113-yarder for eagle on No. 12. After two-putting from 24 feet at the par-3 fifth, Furyk birdied the final four holes on the front to shoot 8-under 27.

The PGA Tour now heads to Silvis in IL for the rescheduled John Deere Classic. I’ve gotten on some bad draws in the majors, and there’s nothing you can do about that.

It will also be remembered as the best chance Jerry Kelly had to winning a tour event in the state he went to college in nearly three decades ago.

Knox made back-to-back birdie putts inside 7 feet after great approach shots on 13 and 14.

He flirted with disaster on No. 16 when he put his tee shot inches from a water hazard. He bounced his next shot over the hole and had to settle for a bogey, before surviving the final two holes. When he won the FedEx St. Jude Classic earlier this year, he took a three-stroke lead into Sunday.