He is the golfer who set a course record at the Travelers Championship and shot the PGA Tour’s first 60 by an amateur

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One of the most iconic rounds in PGA Tour history came at the Travelers Championship in 2016 when Jim Furyk shot a 58 on his way to finishing fifth at TPC River Highlands.

It says a lot about the level of scoring at TPC River Highlands that the two lowest rounds in the Travelers Championship‘s history have come from players who have actually failed to win those particular events.

Jim Furyk finished three shots back of Russell Knox nine years ago, while Cameron Young could only finish in a tie for ninth last year despite shooting 59 in the third round in Connecticut.

And it turns out that it was a similar story for the player who lost their course record to Furyk five years later.

The player who broke the course record at the 2011 Travelers Championship and became the first amateur to shoot 60 on the PGA Tour

The 2011 Travelers Championship was won by Freddie Jacobson. The Swede shot rounds of 65, 66, 63, 66 to finish the week on 20 under par.

Nine shots back of Jacobson however, was a player who made PGA Tour history that week as he became the first amateur to ever shoot a round of 60.

Of course, everyone now views Patrick Cantlay as a stalwart of the tour. He has been a key component of USA teams in the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup in recent years, while he is one of those players who appears to be simply too good not to win a major at some stage.

He actually went into the 2011 Travelers Championship having finished as the low amateur at the US Open – won by Rory McIlroy – the week before.

And while he ended up in a tie for 24th at TPC River Highlands, Cantlay certainly made his mark on the tournament with his course record round of 60 on Friday.

Interestingly, Cantlay would make his first appearance as a professional at the following year’s Travelers Championship. However, he proved to be much less successful and missed the cut.

The players who have won as amateurs on the PGA Tour

There have been eight players who have won PGA Tour events as an amateur to date, with Nick Dunlap proving to be the most recent after last year’s American Express. Like Cantlay, he shot a 60 that week on his way to victory.

There had been a long wait before that, with Phil Mickelson winning the Northern Telecom Open in 1991.

With so many impressive players coming through right now, it is hard to imagine that there will be another 33 year wait for the next amateur to win on the PGA Tour.