Ontario: Ten months after shooting 59, Brandt Snedeker almost matched the feat when he carded a 10-under-par 60 in the second round at the Canadian Open in Ontario on Friday.
Alhough he ended the day one stroke behind American leaders Matt Kuchar and Scott Brown, Snedeker was the star of the show, driving the ball with laser-like accuracy and wielding a hot putter at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
“My putting, when I get hot the hole (looks like) a beach ball to me. Today I felt like that,” the American told Golf Channel after posting an 11-under 129 halfway total, tied for third with Canadian Nick Taylor (65).
Kuchar and Brown shot matching 63s to set a cracking pace, while Rory McIlroy, in his first appearance at the event, carded a 66 to trail the leaders by five strokes.
First-round leader Keegan Bradley (71) slipped six behind, while world No. 1 Brooks Koepka (66) and defending champion Dustin Johnson (65) trailed by eight.
Snedeker shot his 59 at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro last August and on Friday came within a whisker of becoming the second man to twice break 60 on the PGA Tour.
Jim Furyk is the only one to accomplish the feat, managing a 58, an all-time record, as well as a 59.
