Cristóbal del Solar shoots 57 on Korn Ferry Tour for lowest score in history at a PGA Tour-sanctioned event
The low-scoring record in the PGA Tour universe has fallen as Cristobal del Solar carded a 13-under 57 in the first round of the Astara Golf Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour on Thursday and carded the lowest round in PGA Tour history. -Approved event. The previous record of 58 was held by Jim Furyk, both on the PGA Tour (2016 Travelers Championship) and Stephan Jaeger on the Korn Ferry Tour (2016 Ellie Mae Classic). According to Justin Ray57 was also shot on the Alps Tour in 2019.
Del Solar started his day in style at the Country Club de Bogotá-Paco in Bogotá, Colombia. Placing only one four on his scorecard during his front nine, Del Solar turned in 8-under 27, thanks to an eagle on the par-4 ninth, ending his opening half. Del Solar’s front-nine score matched the Korn Ferry Tour’s low nine-hole score, but the Chilean failed to get there.
Three consecutive threes to kick off his back nine put Del Solar on the fast track to history; The final four holes came at the par-5 12th for his second at eagle. Now 11 under for his round, the 30-year-old was on pace to card a sub-60 round. Six straight pars would have been enough, but back-to-back birdies on Nos. 14-15 sent Del Solar into uncharted territory ahead of the efforts of Furyk and Jagger.
While additional birdies were likely to come, including a 10-footer on the closing 18th, three finishing pars put the finishing touches on the back-nine 30 and an incredible day on the difficult 6,300-yard par 70. At 13 under, Del Solar took a five-stroke lead as Round 1 action ended.
