Will a 57 ever be shot on the PGA Tour?
On the latest Baycurrent Traditional in Japan, a PGA Tour occasion, Matt McCarty stood on the ultimate tee needing a birdie to shoot 58.
A par for a 59 would nonetheless have been a magic second for the left-hander.
However after eight straight birdies, the golf gods hit again. McCarty blocked his tee-shot approach left and needed to re-load from the tee.
He really made birdie together with his second ball however the bogey-5 meant the American needed to accept a 60.
However McCarty’s burst of scoring nonetheless sparked loads of dialog.
Had he made birdie, the 27-year-old’s unimaginable 58 would have tied Jim Furyk for the bottom spherical in PGA Tour historical past.
Some even pointed to a special end result.
If McCarty had discovered the golf green together with his preliminary drive and holed out together with his wedge – one thing he wasn’t far off doing together with his second ball – he would have carded a 57!
So is that extraordinary quantity really achievable?
With so many birdie-fests on the PGA Tour and balls flying additional, super-low numbers are inside vary increasingly.
To date in 2025 we’ve had a 59 from Jake Knapp and 60s from McCarty, Kurt Kitayama and Adam Svensson.
In 2024 there have been two 59s: one by US Ryder Cup star Cam Younger and the opposite by Hayden Springer. There have been additionally seven 60s.
Okay, these are superb numbers however can the boundaries actually be pushed additional?
Supporting proof is supplied from excursions throughout the globe.
Bryson DeChambau made headlines and generated clicks galore on his socials when blasting a 58 at LIV Golf Greenbrier in 2023.
Two years earlier, Korea’s S.H. Kim signed for a 58 on the Japan Tour whereas native Ryo Ishikawa additionally fired 58 in one other Japanese Tour occasion approach again in 2010.
Returning to American shores and Frankie Capan III (2024) and Stephan Jaeger (2016) have additionally joined the ‘58’ membership on the Korn Ferry (previously Internet.com) Tour.
Spaniard Alejandro del Rey shot that very same quantity – on a par 72! – on the Problem Tour.
However take a look at the Korn Ferry all-time lists and, sure, there it’s: a 57!
That tough-to-comprehend spherical was fired by Chile’s Cristobal del Photo voltaic within the Astara Golf Championship in 2024.
Not surprisingly, it earned him the nickname “Mr 57”.
So perhaps it’s only a matter of time earlier than he has to share that nickname with a PGA Tour star.
May it occur this 12 months?
There are 4 occasions left – the Financial institution of Utah Championship, the World Vast Know-how Championship, the Bermuda Championship and the RSM Traditional.
The bottom rounds in these occasions?
60 – Adam Svensson (Financial institution of Utah)61 – Roland Thatcher, Viktor Hovland (World Vast Know-how)61 – Taylor Pendrith (Bermuda Championship)60 – Sebastian Munoz (RSM Traditional)
A 57 or perhaps a sub-60 appears optimistic however who can say?
And, if not this 12 months, what about subsequent?
McCarty’s spherical on the Baycurrent was one thing particular and a reminder that if these guys get on a roll – the lefty is just not even on this planet’s high 50 – scores that appear mindblowing to the beginner are inside attain.
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