Duffy Waldorf just misses out on a 59 on Champions Tour

NEWPORT BEACH, California - Duffy Waldorf missed a chance to shoot the second 59 in Champions Tour history Saturday, parring the final two holes for an 11-under 60 in the second round of the Toshiba Classic.
Waldorf missed a 10-foot birdie putt on the par-5 18th, coming up short and right.
''It was a trickier putt than I wanted,'' Waldorf said. ''I didn't hit the putt hard enough. I had been reaching the hole all day, so I didn't think that would be a problem.''
He drove behind a tree into the left rough on the closing hole, statistically the easiest hole at Newport Beach Country Club, and hooked a hybrid approach through the green and into the back bunker.
''I tugged it a little,'' Waldorf said about his drive. ''Yeah, it was nerves, but I felt like if I just hit one solid, I would be in pretty good shape. It didn't really work out that well. I mean, I thought I might just get a look at the hole.''
Kevin Sutherland is the only player to shoot 59 on the 50-and-over tour. He had a 13-under 59 last year in the Dick's Sporting Goods Open.
''I wasn't keeping track until I saw the board on 17,'' Waldorf said. ''Coming into 18, I knew what I had in front of me.''
Waldorf tied the course record set by Tom Purtzer in 2004 and matched by Nick Price in 2011, both en route to victories. Waldorf had a 15-under 127 total to break Price's 36-hole record by a stroke.
The 53-year-old former UCLA player has a three-stroke lead over defending champion Fred Couples in the final full-field event of the year. Couples, also the 2010 winner, had a 65.
''I felt like somebody was going to shoot a low round,'' Couples said. ''What he shot today was exceptional. Duffy went flying by everyone.''
Waldorf birdied the first three holes and added three more on the front nine, including a 20-footer on the ninth. He made two more birdies and had another three-hole birdie streak that he capped with a 50-footer on 16. Waldorf finished with 11 birdies, hitting wedges into seven of the greens.
''If I get 10 drives in the fairway, I like my chances hitting short irons into greens,'' Waldorf said. ''I definitely want to be in the fairway here.''
Sutherland (66) was four strokes back along with Woody Austin (63), Kenny Perry (65) and first-round leaders Steve Pate (68) and Scott McCarron (68).
The top 30 on the money after the tournament, which ends Sunday,  will qualify for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Arizona. 

SECOND-ROUND SCORES
 par 142 (2x71)

1	Duffy Waldorf	67	60	.				127
2	Fred Couples	65	65					130
T3	Steve Pate	63	68					131
T3	Scott McCarron	63	68					131
T3	Kenny Perry	66	65					131
T3	Kevin Sutherland	65	66					131
T3	Woody Austin	68	63					131
T8	Billy Andrade	64	68					132
T8	Paul Goydos	65	67					132
T10	Joe Durant	67	66					133
T10	Peter Senior	65	68					133
T10	Rod Spittle	64	69					133
T10	Michael Allen	69	64					133
T10	Bart Bryant	68	65					133
T10	Tom Lehman	68	65					133
T16	Scott Dunlap	65	69					134
T16	Todd Hamilton	66	68					134
T16	Mark Brooks	67	67					134
T16	Tom Byrum	67	67					134
T16	Mark O'Meara	67	67					134
T16	Stephen Ames	68	66					134
T16	John Cook	67	67					134
T16	Jeff Maggert	68	66					134
T24	Olin Browne	65	70					135
T24	Lee Janzen	66	69					135
T24	Wes Short Jr.	68	67					135
T24	Grant Waite	67	68					135
T24	Doug Garwood	70	65					135
T29	Jay Don Blake	65	71					136
T29	Fred Funk	70	66					136
T29	Brian Henninger	67	69					136
T29	Gene Sauers	68	68					136
T29	Scott Hoch	70	66					136
T29	John Huston	69	67					136
T29	Scott Verplank	68	68					136
T29	Larry Mize	70	66					136
T29	Loren Roberts	69	67					136
T38	Jeff Sluman	67	70					137
T38	Bernhard Langer	70	67					137
T38	Esteban Toledo	71	66					137
T41	Roger Chapman	72	66					138
T41	Carlos Franco	71	67					138
T41	Skip Kendall	68	70					138
T41	Corey Pavin	68	70					138
T41	Jerry Smith	70	68					138
T41	Tom Pernice Jr.	67	71					138
T47	David Frost	69	70					139
T47	Gil Morgan	70	69					139
T47	Joey Sindelar	69	70					139
T47	Craig Stadler	70	69					139
T47	Bob Tway	71	68					139
T47	Jeff Brehaut	71	68					139
T47	Steve Jones	72	67					139
T47	Mark Wiebe	68	71					139
T47	Jeff Hart	72	67					139
T56	Marco Dawson	69	71					140
T56	Bob Gilder	70	70					140
T56	Russ Cochran	69	71					140
T56	Rocco Mediate	72	68					140
T56	Colin Montgomerie	71	69					140
T56	Hale Irwin	72	68					140
T56	Vijay Singh	72	68					140
T63	Jesper Parnevik	70	71					141
T63	Steve Lowery	70	71					141
T65	Jay Haas	72	70					142
T65	Tom Jenkins	73	69					142
T65	Mark Calcavecchia	73	69					142
T65	Mike Goodes	74	68					142
T65	Kirk Triplett	74	68					142
T70	Guy Boros	75	68					143
T70	Bob Friend	72	71					143
T70	Jim Rutledge	75	68					143
T73	Tommy Armour III	71	73					144
T73	Brad Faxon	72	72					144
T75	Wayne Levi	73	73					146
T75	Dan Pohl	74	72					146
T77	Peter Jacobsen	76	72					148
T77	Tom Kite	73	75					148
79	Mark Pfeil	72	77					149
80	Ben Crenshaw	75	79					154
81	Tom Purtzer	80	77					157