Michael Feagles made history Thursday, shooting a 12-under 59 at the Korn Ferry Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-Am in Greer, South Carolina.
Playing the Thornblade Club — Thornblade and Carolina Country Club are being used for the event — Feagles started his day on No. 10 with a birdie. He’d make five more on Nos. 12, 14, 15, 16 and 18 to make the turn with a 6-under 30.
Feagles made one birdie on Nos. 1-4 — the par-5 second — but went on an absolute tear to finish his day. He birdied his last five holes, including the par-3 ninth, to solidify his 59.
“It was pretty surreal for me because I wasn’t really ever thinking about it out there. I had an eagle putt on 5 that would have gotten me to 9 under and I missed, and I basically just dropped the 59 thought. It was just, ‘oh, play good coming in,'” he said after his round. “And then hit it to like a foot on six, two feet on seven and then I’m like, ‘okay, well, if I can birdie the last two, I can do it,’ and I did.
“But honestly, like until the actual ball went in the hole, I was like ‘I don’t think this is going to happen. There’s no way this happens, right?’ People don’t just shoot 59. And it did, yeah. Feeling great, feel great.”
He led Josh Teater by two shots after the morning wave.
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Michael Feagles finishes with five straight birdies @BMWCharityProAm to record the ninth sub-60 round in #KornFerryTour history. pic.twitter.com/AHAHT1vHDy
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) June 8, 2023
Feagles, who turned pro in 2021, is from Phoenix and played his college golf at Illinois. In 10 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour this season, Feagles has missed seven cuts and has yet to crack the top 20.
In April, Mac Meissner eagled his final hole to card a 59 at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Lecom Suncoast Classic.
