Sutherland Asked If Any Champions Had Shot 59 Before His 59

Wes Gilbertson talks to Kevin Sutherland about shooting 59 last week in a round where the Champions Tour player was 14 under for the round before a bogey at the 18th. It turns out, he had randomly asked Paul Goydos and his caddie if the magical score had ever been shot on the geezers tour.

Gilbertson writes:

“Last week, I actually asked Paul Goydos and his caddie, Chris Mazziotti, ‘Has anybody shot 59 out here on the senior tour?’” Sutherland admitted Monday from Seattle, where he’ll tee it up in the Boeing Classic before heading north to Calgary next week for the Shaw Charity Classic at Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club.

“And they said, ‘No,’ and I was kind of surprised, knowing how low the scores are out here in some of these events … Obviously, I didn’t have a conscious mind that I was going to shoot 59. I was just wondering if someone had, and it turns out later that week that I did.

“I figured people would not believe me if I said that, but Paul will vouch for me, I think.”