Cristobal Del Photo voltaic owns a little bit of golf historical past together with his opening spherical rating on the Korn Ferry Tour’s Astara Golf Championship.
Del Photo voltaic recorded the lowest-ever spherical at a PGA Tour-sanctioned occasion when he shot a 13-under 57 on the Nation Membership de Bogotá-Pacos in Bogota, Colombia, on Thursday.
The Chilean golfer made par on the ultimate gap of the day and had simply missed a shot from 6 ft out that will have given him a 56.
Del Photo voltaic shot a 27 by the primary 9 holes of the day and recorded a 30 on the again 9.
The course itself proved to be an enormous assistance on Thursday, as soggy circumstances from rain earlier within the week allowed gamers to carry, clear and place their balls beneath most popular lie guidelines.
The course itself is 6,254 yards and performs brief.
“[There were] lots of holes that have been drivable; I wouldn’t say drivable, however inside 20 yards of the inexperienced,” the 30-year-old Del Photo voltaic stated, in response to ESPN. “I wouldn’t essentially get on the inexperienced, however I used to be round it. The course was positively set as much as shoot a low rating.”
However naturally, he wasn’t anticipating to shoot in addition to he did on Thursday.
“Now, whenever you go onto a course like this, you don’t suppose, ‘I’m going to shoot 57.’ You simply go on the market and do your greatest and hope it’s a extremely low rating. You’ve nonetheless received to do it, clearly,” Del Photo voltaic added.
The memorable day additionally tied for the bottom spherical in any skilled match, which was initially set by Eire’s David Carey in 2019 when he posted an 11-under 57.
The earlier Korn Ferry Tour report was held by Germany’s Stephan Jaeger when he shot a 58 on the 2016 Ellie Mae Basic that was held at TPC Stonebrae in Hayward, California.