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Max Schreiber

As Sub-60 PGA Tour Rounds Become More Frequent, They’re Still Illustrious—for Now

Jake Knapp shot the 15th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history in Round 1 of the Cognizant Classic. | TOM D'ANGELO/THE PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — For Jake Knapp, shooting 59 in Round 1 of Cognizant Classic soars right to the top with any moment of his golf life. 

“It’s hard not to put (the 59) kind of as No. 1 right now that I can think of,” Knapp said Friday; he leads by one heading to Sunday. “Obviously, winning in Mexico (last year as a rookie) is for sure No. 1, but then shooting 59 out here—I don’t think I realized how few times or how few people have actually done it.”

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