Jake Knapp made PGA National looks like your average municipal course Thursday.
The 30 -year -old man fired a 59 without Bogey without Bogey in the first round of Cognizant Classic – formerly known as Honda Classic.
Knapp came out of the doors heated in red, sting each of his first five holes; He had cut two, and on the fifth par-three, he stuck a start to 194 yards at only three and a half feet.
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Jake Knapp acts at the crowd after pressing for Birdie during the Cognizant Classic in the beaches of Palm of the PGA National Resort & Spa on Thursday, February 27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, in Florida. (Jeff Romance / USA Today Network via Imagn Images)
He returned to Earth temporarily, by the following three, but he then sneakted six of his next seven. He again stuck a starting stroke inside four feet on the ninth by-three, and on the 15th, another by 3, he pierced a Birdie putt more than 31 feet away.
Through 15 holes, Knapp was 11 years old under the peer, but he would equalize his following two holes, needing a birdie on the 18th per-fivor to break 60.
It was not a problem. After a route of 335 yards, he struck green at around 200 meters. He narrowly missed an eagle putt which would have been only the second 58 in the history of the PGA Tour, but it is the 15th 59 never on tour.
Jake Knapp played his fire from the ninth tee in the first round of the Cognizant classic. (REINHOLD MATAY-IMAGN images)
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It is also the sixth time in the history of the PGA that anyone who has gone 12 sous a tour, joining Scottie Scheffler, Jim Furyk (twice), Paul Goydos and Hayden Springer.
It was a 29 on the front and a 30 at the back for Knapp.
Knapp reached each by 5 in two shots, and he struck nearly 70 feet of steep putts on the par-3 and 4S. He then drilled his six putts between 6 and 12 feet during the day.
It would be properly assumed that Knapp is the leader of the clubhouse at the moment, with three other closer behind him at eight sous.
Jake Knapp poses with his dashboard and his ball after shooting a 59 in the first round of the Cognizant Classic on February 27, 2025. (Mike Mulholland / Getty Images)
Knapp has a victory of the PGA Tour to his credit – the Open of Mexico 2024, a year and one day at his 59; He participated in his first three majors last year, finishing T55 at the Masters and missing the Cup at the PGA and US Open championship.
But maybe it could be a baoster of trust.
