(Reuters) - Veteran Rod Pampling almost shot golf’s magic number before settling for an 11-under-par 60 in the opening round at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas on Thursday.
Pampling missed an 11-foot birdie putt at the final hole for what would have been a 59.
"I gave myself a bad read," the Australian told PGATour.com. “I thought it was straight and it just had that little left-to-right (break).”
Pampling tied the TPC Summerlin course record to end the day with a two-shot lead over Americans Brooks Koepka and John Huh.