PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — If form holds, Jake Knapp will probably shoot something around a 69 on Friday at PGA National in the second round of the Cognizant Classic.
That's the average score — well, 68.64, to be exact — for those coming back to work on the PGA Tour a day after joining golf's under-60 club.
Knapp set a course record at a defenseless PGA National on Thursday with a 12-under round of 59, the 15th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. The second round — with a bit more wind in the forecast, which could be a major change from Thursday's combination of no breeze and soft greens — will begin Friday morning with Knapp leading by four strokes over Daniel Berger, Russell Henley and Sami Valimaki.
“I like this golf course," Knapp said after finishing the 59 on Thursday. “I’m comfortable on it. When the wind was down, I knew that it was going to be gettable. When this place gets windy, it can get really challenging, so it’s one of those where you know you have to play pretty aggressive when it’s not windy, so I just did my best to do that.”
A look at how PGA Tour players have fared the day after breaking 60:
Jim Furyk (58 in the final round of the 2016 Travelers Championship), David Duval (59 in the final round of the 1999 Bob Hope Invitational) and Stuart Appleby (59 in the final round of the 2010 Greenbrier Classic) all didn't have to play the next day.
Duval and Appleby rode their 59s to wins. Furyk tied for fifth that week, three shots behind Russell Knox.
Al Geiberger shot the first 59 on the tour in the second round of the 1977 Memphis Classic. He shot a 72 on the third round, but won the tournament by three shots.
“I didn't know how hard it was to do that,” Geiberger said years later.
Justin Thomas was lights-out all week at the 2017 Sony Open, with rounds of 59, 64, 65 and 65 on his way to a win.
Brandt Snedeker also got his 59 in a first round, coming in the 2018 Wyndham Championship. He followed that with rounds of 67, 68 and 65 and got a victory.
Paul Goydos had an opening-round 59 at the 2010 John Deere Classic. He shot 68, 67 and 66 in the next three rounds, coming in second and two shots behind Steve Stricker that week.
Adam Hadwin got his 59 in the third round of the 2017 CareerBuilder Challenge. It was in between rounds of 71, 69 and 70, and he was second that week by one shot to Hudson Swafford.
“An incredible week,” Hadwin said.
Chip Beck's 59 came in the third round (of five) at the 1991 Las Vegas Invitational. He shot 68-67 on the weekend and finished at 29 under, good for a tie for third that week, two shots back of the leaders. Andrew Magee beat D.A. Weibring in a playoff.
Furyk — in the first of his two sub-60 rounds — shot a 59 in the second round of the 2013 BMW Championship, a mere 13 shots better than he fared in Round 1 that week. He had rounds of 69 and 71 on the weekend and tied for third.
Scottie Scheffler shot a 59 in the second round of the 2010 Northern Trust, followed it with rounds of 67 and 71 and finished tied for fourth.
Hayden Springer opened the 2024 John Deere Classic with a 59 — on July 4, no less — and shot 71-66-67 the rest of the way to tie for seventh. Cameron Young had his 59 in the third round of last year’s Travelers Championship, then carded a final-round 66 and finished tied for ninth.
“I don’t even really have words,” Springer said that day. “I’m still shaking a little bit.”
Kevin Chappell didn't have a round in the 60s during the 2019 Military Tribute at Greenbrier. He finished tied for 47th that week, with an opening-round 71 and rounds of 73 and 72 on the weekend.
But he shot 59 on Friday in Round 2 — only a few months after major back surgery.
“I guess my thoughts are just extreme gratitude,” he said after the 59. “I just couldn’t feel more lucky to be here right now. Ten months ago I was laying on my couch and couldn’t get up. So many people sacrificed to get me here, especially my family. A lot of people believed in me, put in a lot of hard work. ... I just couldn’t be more proud of myself right now.”
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Jake Knapp gets a hug from girlfriend Makena White on the 18th hole after finishing with a 59 in his first round at the Cognizant Classic golf tournament, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Jake Knapp uses grass to check the wind on the 18th hole during the first round at the Cognizant Classic golf tournament, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
SYDNEY (AP) — Two gunmen shot dead at least 11 people on Sunday during a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian authorities said, declaring it a terrorist attack. One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second arrested.
The suspect was in critical condition, authorities said. At least 29 people were confirmed wounded, including two police officers, said Mal Lanyon, the police commissioner for New South Wales state, where Sydney is located.
The massacre at one of Australia's most popular and iconic beaches followed a wave of antisemitic attacks that have roiled the country over the past year, although the authorities didn't suggest those episodes and Sunday's shooting were connected. They said one of the gunmen was known to the security services, but that there had been no specific threat.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared it “an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation.”
“This attack was designed to target Sydney's Jewish community,” the state's Premier Chris Minns said. The massacre was declared a terrorist attack due to the event targeted and weapons used, Lanyon said.
Hundreds had gathered for the gathering at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the eight-day Hanukkah festival.
Chabad identified one of the dead as Rabbi Eli Schlanger, assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and a key organizer of the event,
Chabad is an Orthodox Jewish movement that is known for its outreach to non-religious Jews. It runs scores of centers around the world that are popular with Jewish travelers and often sponsors large public events during major Jewish holidays.
Video footage filmed by onlookers appeared to show two gunmen with long guns firing from a bridge. One dramatic clip apparently filmed by a member of the public and broadcast on Australian television channels showed someone appearing to tackle and disarm one of the gunmen, before pointing the man’s weapon at him.
Lachlan Moran, 32, from Melbourne, was waiting for his family nearby when he heard shots, he told The Associated Press. He dropped the beer he was carrying for his brother and ran.
“You heard a few pops, and I freaked out and ran away. ... I started sprinting. I just had that intuition. I sprinted as quickly as I could," Moran said. He said he heard shooting off and on for about five minutes.
“Everyone just dropped all their possessions and everything and were running and people were crying and it was just horrible," Moran said.
Grace, 30, from Melbourne, who declined to give her last name, and her partner Joel Sargent, 30, told the AP they were in their hotel room when they heard a banging sound and looked out of their window to see people running down the street, hiding behind trees and cars.
“People were screaming, and the gun sounded so loud," Grace said. "It was constant; it would have been over 50 (shots), easily.”
Police said emergency services were called to Campbell Parade in Bondi about 6.45 p.m. responding to reports of shots being fired.
Police said their operation was ongoing and officers were examining a number of suspicious items, including several improvised explosive devices found in one of the suspect's cars.
Albanese told reporters in Canberra that he was “devastated” by the massacre.
“This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith, an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation,” Albanese said.
Albanese said the authorities were working to identify everyone involved in the attack. He said "the trauma and loss that families are dealing with tonight is beyond anyone’s worst nightmare,
“Let me be clear we will eradicate it amidst this vile act of violence and hate will emerge a moment of national unity where Australians across the board will embrace their fellow Australians of Jewish faith,” he said.
World leaders expressed condolences. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the “ghastly terrorist attack” and offered his condolences to the families who lost their loved ones
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was being updated on the “appalling attack.” Police in London said they would step up security at Jewish sites following the attack in Australia.
Australia, a country of 28 million people, is home to about 117,000 Jews, according to official figures. Antisemitic incidents including assaults, vandalism, threats and intimidation surged more than threefold in the country during the year after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, the government's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal reported in July.
Throughout last summer, the country was rocked by spate of antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. Synagogues and cars were torched, businesses and homes graffitied and Jews attacked in those cities, where 85% of the nation’s Jewish population live.
Albanese in August blamed Iran for two of the attacks and cut diplomatic ties to Tehran. The authorities didn't make such claims about Sunday's massacre.
Israel urged Australia's government to address crimes targeting Jews.
“The heart of the entire nation of Israel misses a beat at this very moment,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said. “We repeat our alerts time and time again to the Australian government to seek action and fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism which is plaguing Australian society.”
Mass shooting s in Australia are extremely rare. A 1996 massacre in the Tasmanian town of Port Arthur, where a lone gunman killed 35 people, prompted the government to drastically tighten gun laws and made it much more difficult for Australians to acquire firearms.
Significant mass shootings this century included two murder-suicides with death tolls of five people in 2014, and seven in 2018, in which gunmen killed their own families and themselves.
In 2022, six people were killed in a shootout between police and Christian extremists at a rural property in Queensland state.
McGuirk reported from Melbourne, Australia, and Graham-McLay from Wellington, New Zealand. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.
A small Christmas tree is at the center of an abandoned holiday picnic at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Bystanders stay where police cordon off an area at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers standby at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a reported shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
