EDMOND — After making birdies his first six holes at Oak Tree National last week, Oklahoma State’s Austin Eckroat started thinking about golf’s magic number.
Fifty-nine.
After a bogey on the 10th hole and a few too many pars on the back nine, Eckroat couldn’t quite reach such an historic feat, but he still accomplished something of huge significance.
Finishing with a score of 10-under-par 61, Eckroat set the course record at Oak Tree National, three strokes better than two of the most famous professional golfers to come out of Oak Tree — Bob Tway and Scott Verplank.