Jim Furyk Shoots 58 (Par 70)

[Gunther]

2 hours ago, natureboy said:

That's true that he didn't 'sleep on the lead', which is different kind of pressure. But also think about what kind of pressure you've felt when you knew you were approaching a 'best round' or breaking 90, 80, or par let a lone a score that almost no one has shot in their lifetime.

No one is saying there was no pressure.  Just teeing it up in a PGA event comes with some intensity.  But there are degrees.  Furyk is 46, been on tour 20 years, has a major, has broken 60, no-brainer HoF'er, and he had a stroke to play with on 17 amd 18.  

My initial post was in response to someone who tried to compare the final group's performance with Furyk's.  The pressure on the final group from the 1st hole was immensely more than what Furyk felt.  He acknowledged today on MD that having done it already had a calming effect on him.  Then you add that the wind kicked up in the pm and 70+ plus players and their caddies had traipsed the greens in the interim, I just wanted to point out the variation between the rounds.

Furyk's achievement is singular, can't take anything away from it.  But he didn't have championship-type pressure.

[natureboy]

14 minutes ago, Gunther said:

No one is saying there was no pressure.  Just teeing it up in a PGA event comes with some intensity.  But there are degrees.  Furyk is 46, been on tour 20 years, has a major, has broken 60, no-brainer HoF'er, and he had a stroke to play with on 17 amd 18.  

My initial post was in response to someone who tried to compare the final group's performance with Furyk's.  The pressure on the final group from the 1st hole was immensely more than what Furyk felt.  He acknowledged today on MD that having done it already had a calming effect on him.  Then you add that the wind kicked up in the pm and 70+ plus players and their caddies had traipsed the greens in the interim, I just wanted to point out the variation between the rounds.

Furyk's achievement is singular, can't take anything away from it.  But he didn't have championship-type pressure.

No 'chaser' who's 5 or more shots out of the lead ever does feel that pressure from the first tee.

A round in the 50's by a 54 hole leader to catch someone who shot 60 in his group or the group ahead round would definitely be more pressure. When it happens in the next 50 to 100 years, I'm sure the added pressure and difficulty will be duly recognized.

[Buckeyebowman]

Some good points, but all this discussion leads me to believe that we golfers might be the most anal people on the planet. It strikes me as somewhat absurd that we are arguing the relative merits of sub 60 rounds!

[Wally Fairway]

Tom Lewis, playing the Euro event, is at -11 through 14 and just bogeyed a hole to get there. Par 71 so 4 holes left with a shot at 59 ... 58 ... ??

10 birdies,  2 pars an eagle and a bogey so far