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Shigeki Maruyama of Japan took golf’s magic number a notch lower Monday by shooting a 58 in the first round of qualifying for the U.S. Open.
The score will not be recognized as a PGA Tour record because it happened in a qualifying round. The lowest score in tour history is a 59 set by five players–David Duval, Chip Beck, Al Geiberger on the PGA Tour; and Doug Dunakey and Notah Begay on the Nike Tour.
Maruyama had 11 birdies and an eagle on the par-71 South course at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Md., one of 12 qualifying sites for next week’s U.S. Open.
– Ben Pettit of Carroll, Iowa, fired a 1-over-par 71 to lead rain-shortened U.S. Open sectional qualifying at Knollwood Club in Lake Forest. The final 18 holes will be Tuesday.
