Five golfers have Jacksonville-area ties - Billy Horschel, who lives in Jacksonville Beach; Bud Cauley, who grew up in Jacksonville and now lives in Palm Beach; Swedish-born Ludvig Åberg who currently lives in Ponte Vedra Beach; longtime Jacksonville resident Fred Funk and well-known PGA Tour player Jim Furyk, who lives in Jacksonville.
If form holds, Jake Knapp will probably shoot something around a 69 on Friday at PGA National in the second round of the Cognizant Classic. That's the average score — well, 68.64, to be exact — for those coming back to work on the PGA Tour a day after joining golf's under-60 club.
The tournament, played at Jacksonville's Timuquana Country Club, has generated nearly $5 million since launching in 2021.
Jake Knapp's 59 is a PGA National course record and is one stroke off the PGA Tour record set by Jim Furyk. The 30-year-old Knapp sent waves across golf with his incredible opening round at the Champion Course of PGA National, considered one of the ...
In Round 1 of the Cognizant Classic, Jake Knapp shot the Tour's 14th 59, known as golf’s magic number. But after a recent spike in sub-60 rounds, is the feat losing its magnitude?
It was the 15th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history and tied Knapp with 13 others for the second-lowest score in PGA Tournament history. Jim Furyk holds the record of 58, set in 2016 during the final round of Travelers Championship. Asked when he realized he ...
Knapp shot a 59 Thursday, smashing the record for the Cognizant and PGA National by two shots. He's 13th player in Tour history with a 59 or better.