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| - American Scottie Scheffler fired a stunning 12-under par 59 Friday to grab a share of the clubhouse lead during Friday's second round of the US PGA Northern Trust. The 24-year-old rookie from Texas had six birdies on both the front and back nine in a bogey-free tour of TPC Boston to become the 12th player with a sub-60 round on the US PGA Tour. Scheffler, the second-youngest to manage the feat, was one shy of the all-time tour record score of 58 set by Jim Furyk in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship. "I did a good job of staying in the moment and trying to make every putt," Scheffler said. "It's great to get in that zone. "It feels awesome. It'll be better if I can keep it going the rest of the weekend." Reaching the par-5 18th hole needing a birdie to break 60, Scheffler missed the fairway and was short of the green in two, then knocked the ball to 4 1/2 feet and sank the tense putt to complete his 59. "All I was thinking of over the ball was trying to let my putter swing," Scheffler said. Scheffler, who broke the course record by two strokes, was on 13-under 129 for 36 holes and level atop the leaderboard with Australia's Cameron Davis, who followed his opening 64 with a 65 on Friday. It was the second 59 of the year for Scheffler, who also fired the score in a casual round in Dallas while the tour was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. World number 45 Scheffler made 23 putts and reached 16 of 18 greens in regulation despite finding only seven of 14 fairways. The only younger player to fire a 59 in a PGA event was American Justin Thomas, who was 23 when he did it in the first round of the 2017 Sony Open in Hawaii. An opening 70 had given Scheffler no inkling about what was to come. "After yesterday, I was very frustrated. I turned it around on the back nine and made some silly mistakes," he said. "I didn't have any expectations going into the round. I wanted to have a good start. I got some up and downs early and that got me into the round." Scheffler opened with a par and at the par-5 second he blasted out of a bunker to just inside four feet and made a birdie putt. He ran off four birdies in a row starting at the par-4 fourth, three on putts of less than six feet and the other at the par-4 fifth from just inside 13 feet. Scheffler closed out the front nine with a 19-foot birdie putt, then followed with a five-foot birdie at 10 and a 14-footer at the par-3 11th. After missing a nine-foot birdie putt at the par-4 13th, Scheffler added up his score. "I was like, 'Huh, I wonder what I'm at?'" he said. Once he realized, he birdied the next three holes on putts between seven and 14 feet, parred 17 after missing the fairway, then birdied the 18th. "I was definitely nervous coming down the stretch but I think it helped me focus a little bit more," Scheffler said. js/bb
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