LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Jim Furyk birdied two of his last holes, stuffing a gap wedge into just over 3 feet on his final hole Friday at the BMW Championship, and knocked in the putt to become the sixth player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59.
Standing in the ninth fairway at Conway Farms, 103 yards from a front pin, Furyk didn't want to let his chance get away from him.
The gallery lined both sides of the fairway about 150 yards down from the green and gave him a huge ovation when he walked onto the green.
He made the putt and repeatedly pumped his fist, turning for the gallery in the grandstands to see, and then he hugged caddie Mike "Fluff" Cowan and tapped him on the head. It looked like a Sunday afternoon, and had the occasion of a winning putt.
This at least gave Furyk a share of the lead at the BMW Championship with Brandt Snedeker, who was nine shots clear of Furyk at the start of the day and shot 68.
It was the first 59 on the PGA Tour since Stuart Appleby in the final round of The Greenbrier Classic in 2010.
The others with a 59 were Al Geiberger in the 1977 Memphis Classic; Chip Beck in the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational; David Duval in the 1999 Bob Hope Classic; and Paul Goydos in the 2010 John Deere Classic.
LPGA TOUR
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) - Mika Miyazato of Japan shot a 6-under 65 to take the lead after the rain-delayed first round of the Evian Championship, the year's fifth and final major.
The tournament was shortened to 54 holes after Thursday's play was washed out.
Top-ranked Inbee Park, making a bid for golf history, got off to a bad start with a 74. The 25-year-old South Korean is trying to become the first professional to win four majors in a season. But she double bogeyed the second hole and capped a frustrating day with a bogey on the 18th.
Suzann Pettersen of Norway bogeyed the last hole to fall one shot behind Miyazato, along with Hall of Famer Se Ri Pak of South Korea and Sandra Gal of Germany.
Miyazato is looking for her first LPGA title this year. This month, Pettersen won the Safeway Classic for the second time in three years for her 12th Tour victory.
EUROPEAN TOUR
ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) - Pablo Larrazabal shot a 4-under 66 to join fellow Spaniard Miguel Angel Jimenez atop the leaderboard after the second round at the KLM Open.
First-round leader Jimenez, who won the tournament in 1994, shot a bogey-free 67. The co-leaders are at 9-under totals of 131. The 49-year-old veteran is chasing his 20th European Tour title.
Larrazabal briefly held the outright lead before he bogeyed the 16th.
Three-time champion Simon Dyson matched the course record at the Kennemer Golf & Country Club with a 63 to join fellow Englishman Oliver Fisher and Julien Quesne of France in a tie for second - one shot behind the leaders.
Jorge Campillo of Spain also shot a 63 - which included six birdies on the front nine - and is in a tie for seventh at 6 under. He was in position to break the record but bogeyed the 18th.
WEB.COM TOUR
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Seung-Yul Noh shot a 6-under 65 in cool, breezy conditions to take a two-stroke lead in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship.
Noh had a 9-under 133 total on Ohio State's Scarlet Course in the third of four events in the Web.com Tour Finals series. Two players were unable to finish the second round because of darkness after a long rain delay Thursday pushed back play.
The bulk of the field is made up of players in the top 75 on the Web.com Tour money list and Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup standings. The top 25 on the Web.com regular-season money list are assured PGA Tour cards for the 2013-14 season, while the other players are fighting for 25 additional cards through earnings in the finals.
Chesson Hadley was second after a 67.