Records tumble as Munoz goes low, really low

Sebastian Munoz’s one-stroke lead is his sixth career 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA Tour. Photo: Golfpost.com
Sebastian Munoz’s one-stroke lead is his sixth career 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA Tour. Photo: Golfpost.com

Sebastian Munoz shot a career-low 60 to tie the course record and was the lowest first-round score of the season at the RSM Classic.

Munoz’s one-stroke lead is his sixth career 18-hole lead/co-lead on the PGA Tour (0-for-5 to date).

 

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The scoring average of 66.31 on the Seaside Course is the second-lowest scoring average on a single course in a single PGA Tour round on record (1983-present). Lowest: 66.28 (2003 American Express, Indian Wells).

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Munoz’s previous career low on Tour is a 61 in R1 of the 2017 Greenbrier Classic.

 

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Ties the Seaside Course record (Tommy Gainey, R4/2012).

This is the lowest score on Tour since Bryson DeChambeau at the 2021 BMW Championship (60/R2).

Also the lowest first-round score on Tour since Mackenzie Hughes at the 2020 Travelers Championship (60).

 

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Corey Conners carded a front-nine 29, tying his career-low nine-hole score on Tour, and made six consecutive birdies, (Nos. 5-10), the longest streak of his Tour career and the longest streak on Tour this season. All six birdie putts in that stretch came from inside 5 feet.

Rory Sabbatini was disqualified for a violation of Rule 4.1 (non-conforming external attachment to the face of a club).

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