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Watch: Alabama’s Nick Dunlap lips out birdie putt for a would-be 59

A sub-60 round has never happened in college golf.

A sub-60 round has never happened in college golf.

Nick Dunlap was a lip-out birdie putt from being the first.

Playing with his Alabama Crimson Tide teammates in the Hamptons Intercollegiate at Maidstone Golf Club in East Hampton, New York, Dunlap was on his 36th hole of the day.

He had already posted a 69 and he was 12 under through 17 on his second 18 when he faced a putt of about eight feet for a closing birdie. Had it dropped, he would’ve notched a 59 and become the first to reach that hallowed ground in the college game.

But – if we haven’t spoiled the video yet – it wasn’t meant to be.

Dunlap opened par-eagle-birdie to get things going and made the turn in 5-under 30. He then birdied the 10th, parred the 11th and then ripped off six straight birdies. He had 10 birdies in all but couldn’t quite get that last one to drop.

Nonetheless, Dunlap signed for a 60 to become the 18th golfer in the men’s college game to do so.

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Rickie Fowler shoots 60 during third round of 2023 Travelers Championship

Rickie with a career round!

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Only 12 golfers in PGA Tour history have shot better scores than what Rickie Fowler did Saturday.

He carded an 10-under 60 on Saturday during the third round of the 2023 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. He made an eagle on the par-4 sixth, his 15th hole of the day, and proceeded to birdie the No. 8 to reach 60. He had a chip from the fringe on his final hole of the day for 59 but narrowly missed.

Fowler was looking to be the first player since Scottie Scheffler in the 2020 Northern Trust to shoot 59 in a PGA Tour event. Jim Furyk shot 12 under at TPC River Highlands in 2016 for the only 58 in Tour history.

During the first round, Denny McCarthy shot 60, so Fowler isn’t the first one to reach that milestone this week.

Fowler started his round on the back nine and picked up birdies at Nos. 12, 13, 15, 17 and 18, turning in 5-under 30. He also birdies Nos. 1 and 2 to sit at 7 under after 11. He rattled off three straight pars before the eagle and birdie to shoot 60, his best round on the PGA Tour.

Fowler moved to 15 under overall, good for a tie for third, with the leaders still having most of the back nine to play.

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