John Catlin shoots 59, lowest rating in Asian Tour historical past

John Catlin holed a 20-foot eagle putt on Saturday for an 11-under 59 within the Worldwide Collection Macau, changing into the primary participant in Asian Tour historical past with a sub-60 spherical.

Catlin, a 33-year-old Californian with seven worldwide victories, grew to become the fourth participant this 12 months to interrupt 60 following Joaquin Niemann at LIV Golf Mayakoba, and Cristobal Del Photo voltaic and Aldrich Potgieter on consecutive days within the Astara Golf Championship in Colombia on the Korn Ferry Tour.

Del Photo voltaic shot 57, matching the bottom rating on excursions acknowledged by the Official World Golf Rating.

Catlin performed bogey-free at Macau Golf and Nation Membership, the place smooth situations allowed gamers to raise, clear and place their golf balls within the fairway. He completed birdie-eagle to take a two-shot lead over Jason Kokrak going into the ultimate spherical.

Catlin stated all his passwords finish with 59, although he by no means imagined himself posting what lengthy has been thought of golf’s magic quantity.

“It’s fairly loopy. It hasn’t completely sunk in but,” he stated.

Catlin is a three-time winner on the European tour whose dip in kind despatched him to Asian Tour qualifying college, the place his profession started. Catlin, who performed faculty golf at New Mexico, has 4 Asian Tour titles.

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