Canada Senior Open
Morgan ties Senior Tour record, trails leaders by two strokes LASALLE, Ontario (AP) – Walter Morgan tied the Senior PGA Tour record with an 11-under 60 Saturday – just missing birdie putts on the final two holes – and moved within two shots of co-leaders Tom Jenkins and Morris Hatalsky after two rounds of the Canada Senior Open.
Morgan, 61, had 12 birdies in bettering the Essex Golf and Country Club record of 63 tied by Jenkins in Friday’s opening round of the $1.6 million event sponsored by AT&T.
He matched Isao Oaki’s senior tour record of 10-under 60 in the second round of the 1997 Emerald Coast Classic and had two chances to match golf’s magic score – 59.
Morgan left an 8-foot birdie putt on the lip at No. 17 and then barely missed a 13-footer for birdie on the final hole.
Three players have shot a 59 on the PGA Tour – Al Geiberger, Chip Beck and David Duval – while Annika Sorenstam is the lone player to do it on the LPGA Tour.
Jenkins and Hatalsky were both at 11-under 131, one stroke in front of Bruce Lietzke, who had a 62 Saturday, and two in front of Morgan and Bruce Summerhays, who had a second-round 65 on the 6,703-yard course.
Morgan, who had an opening-round 73, had one blemish on his scorecard Saturday – a bogey on the par-4 14th. He had birdie runs of four consecutive holes, three straight twice, and two in a row once.
Hatalsky’s second-round 64 featured eagles on Nos. 10 and 13, both par-5s.
Jenkins had two bogeys in his 68 Saturday.
Gar Hamilton of Oakville, Ontario, remained the top Canadian, in a tie for sixth at 134 after a second-round 69.