Appleby drops final round 59 to win by 1

Stuart Appleby just posted a final round 59 to become the 5th player in PGA Tour history to accomplish the feat. He did it at the Greenbrier Classic in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Oh by the way he won the tournament by 1 stroke. I mentioned a couple weeks ago when Paul Goydos did the same thing, that is what we call video game status. Tough to really appreciate how impressive a 59 really is unless you play golf. I consider myself an average at best golfer (generally around bogey golf) and I have shot a 59 on just 9 holes a handful of times in my life.

Appleby started the final round 7 strokes behind the leader and when his 59th shot dropped in the bottom of the cup he was the leader in the clubhouse. He did have to wait it out and watch the final few pairings but his score of -21 was the eventual winning number. This was Appleby’s first tour victory in 4 years. You can see the new logo that he recently had put on all his golf balls. Pretty sick when you have your own logo on your ball and then go out and drop a 59 with it. 

As I said this is the 5th 59 of all time, and the second in the last month. There were also only 14 60′s ever shot on tour before the last month. In that time we’ve seen 3 60′s and 2 59′s…hmm PED’s?, I don’t know but something sketchy about that. Not about to give any athlete credit for any amazing accomplishment until after we test them these days.

Oh yeah this is a golf post so I just wanna say that Tiger Woods mobs!

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