Love Gets Third Eagle to Finish Round of 60
Davis Love III capped a 12-under-par 60--a score bettered only twice in PGA Tour history--with his third eagle of the day and surged into a four-stroke lead Friday in the Hawaiian Open.
A 253-yard three-wood to the par-five 18th set up a downhill, 10-foot eagle putt.
He also scored eagles on the first and ninth holes and had six birdies in the round that fell a stroke short of the 59s compiled by Al Geiberger in Memphis in 1977 and Chip Beck in the 1990 Las Vegas Invitational.
Love’s round in near-ideal conditions gave him a 128 total, 16 under par, for two rounds.
“When I was putting for eagle on the 13th, I was thinking, ‘If I make this, I have a shot at 59,’ ” Love said. “That’s the only time I lost focus.”
Australian Brett Ogle and first-round leader Robin Freeman shared second at 132.
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