Harold Varner III didn’t even realize Thursday that he was a few birdies away from golf’s magic number.
Eight under par as he headed to his 16th hole of the day, Varner said he was so engrossed in the round that he didn’t know he had to birdie the last three holes at par-70 Sedgefield Country Club to break 60.
“Dang, I wish I would have,” he said afterward. “I didn’t think about it at all. Just trying to birdie every hole. You can go get it out here, obviously, with the scores, so I just knew that, you know, the gas pedal is on the right.