{"id":420568,"date":"2020-06-25T21:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T01:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/?p=420568"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:37:56","slug":"mackenzie-hughes-travelers-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/mackenzie-hughes-travelers-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie Hughes Shoots Career-Low Round at Travelers Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday at the RBC Heritage, Mackenzie Hughes shot a 78.<\/p>\n<p>Safe to say a disappointing finish.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday at the Travelers Championship, Mackenzie Hughes shot 18 strokes better.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian\u2019s first-round 60 gives him a three-shot lead and is the lowest 18-hole score of his career.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">60.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody went lower than <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MacHughesGolf?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MacHughesGolf<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He leads by 3 after Round 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TravelersChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TravelersChamp<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S7kcokKmXS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/S7kcokKmXS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/1276288814038708229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve probably had more like meaningful rounds of say 65 or 66, but this was as far as going low and how I felt about the game, it&#8217;s definitely probably top five,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46872.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\nHughes said to reporters after his first round.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>***<\/h2>\n<p>Hughes shot 61 twice previously at Sea Island and a mini-tour event. But unlike those two instances, Hughes had a chance to shoot a 59. On the 18th hole, the Ancaster, Ontario native missed a 40-foot birdie putt left but tapped in the four-footer for par to secure the 60.<\/p>\n<p>Hughes admitted after the round that he flirted with 59 during the hiatus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was home actually over the break, I had a putt for 59 at one of my home courses, TPC Piper Glen,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46872.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hughes said.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI had a little bit of a brief taste of it there about a month ago. Yeah, so that&#8217;s basically the only few &#8212; maybe four or five chances in my life. Still waiting for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>***<\/h2>\n<p>Hughes started his opening round with one birdie through his first four holes. A solid start for many golfers. But then the Canadian turned up the gears, converting five birdies in a row to shoot 29 on his front-9, the lowest of his career.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">60 for Mackenzie Hughes after a 2-putt at the last.<\/p>\n<p>Gained more than 5 strokes on the field putting in today&#39;s round (ranked 1st). 2nd-lowest score this season on the PGA Tour (Chappell shot 59 at Greenbrier in the fall).<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinRayGolf\/status\/1276201537015091200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Four birdies on the backside gave Hughes the first 60 of his career. Converting 64.3 percent of his fairways, 83.3 percent greens in regulation, and a whole five strokes gained on the field in putting, Hughes is the leader alone at 10-under.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what his favourite club in the bag is?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy putter,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46872.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hughes said.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI think I made two, three, putts over 25 feet, so right there off the bat, you&#8217;re gaining a lot of shots on the field doing that. And just made a lot of putts from like that 10- to 15-foot range, so I gave myself good looks and was able to capitalize on those.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>***<\/h2>\n<p>Hughes got off to a slow start in 2020, missing his first five cuts. But a runner-up finish at the Honda Classic showcased his abilities when he can put together four consistent rounds.<\/p>\n<p>For Hughes, it\u2019s about removing the bad round from his scorecard, like last Sunday at Harbour Town.<\/p>\n<p>And knocking down birdies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReally the mentality tomorrow is to go out there and make a bunch of birdies again,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asaptxt.com\/orgs\/pgatour\/460\/transcripts\/46872.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hughes said.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cThe<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/category\/golf\/\" target=\"_self\"> golf<\/a> course is kind of yielding some scores, and in order to be there on Sunday, I&#8217;ll have to keep making birdies. Nothing really changes.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last Sunday at the RBC Heritage, Mackenzie Hughes shot a 78. Safe to say a disappointing finish. On Thursday at the Travelers Championship, Mackenzie Hughes shot 18 strokes better. The Canadian\u2019s first-round 60 gives him a three-shot lead and is the lowest 18-hole score of his career. 60. Nobody went lower than @MacHughesGolf on Thursday. 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