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On the primary Sunday of April, 4 days earlier than the Masters, a pair weeks into spring, Hayden Springer tied for 58th on the Texas Open. He earned simply over 20 grand.
Then nothing.
Two weeks after Texas, he missed the minimize. Every week later, he missed the minimize. Every week after that, he missed the minimize. Every week after that, he missed the minimize. Two weeks after that, he missed the minimize. Every week after that, he missed the minimize. Six tournaments. No weekends. It was now June. It was nearly summer season.
“It’s been a little bit bit powerful,” Springer stated, “to type of discover something.”
Then he did. As a result of golf, proper? The oddest of video games. One swing, you’re misplaced. The subsequent, you’re discovered. Springer stated he reconnected with Rosey Bartlett, who’d labored with him beginning when he was a child. The professional on the Trophy Membership in Texas tweaked his setup. And final Sunday, on the Rocket Mortgage Basic, Springer took off. He tied for tenth. He earned simply over 200K, the second-biggest payday of his PGA Tour rookie season, in his second made minimize since April.
Issues have been bumpy. Which made Thursday surreal to him.
At TPC Deere Run, throughout the John Deere Basic’s first spherical, the 27-year-old from Nashville:
— Shot an eight-under 27 on the entrance 9, behind six birdies and an eagle
— Birdied the fifteenth gap, after five-straight pars, and eagled the seventeenth gap on a 55-yard hole-out
— Birdied the 18th with a drive into the green, an iron to 12 ft and a putt
— Made Tour historical past
He’d shot 12-under on TPC Deere Run’s par-71 observe. He’d shot a 59. He turned the 14th Tour participant to shoot sub-60.
“Type of, I don’t know, perplexed by way of with the ability to try this,” he stated.