Cromwell, Connecticut (USA), Jun 25 (AP) When Cameron Young made a 10-foot par putt for 59 in the third round of the Travelers Championship, Jordan Spieth became a footnote in history as the only player to twice be in the same group as someone who broke 60.

Spieth also played alongside Justin Thomas in the 2017 Sony Open when he made a 15-foot eagle putt on his final hole for 59 in the opening round.

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So, which was the best round he personally witnessed? He leaned toward a 60.

Remember, Spieth also was playing with Bryson DeChambeau in the second round of the 2021 BMW Championship at Caves Valley. DeChambeau hit 8-iron to 2 feet for eagle on the par-5 16th hole and needed only to birdie one of the last two holes.

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He missed from 15 feet on No. 17 and from 6 feet on No. 18 and shot 60.

“I would say Bryson that day because it was a par 72,” Spieth said. “That might be the answer on those three rounds.”

He had a deep appreciation for all three.

Young got off to a flier — two birdies, holing out for eagle from 142 yards, another birdie to reach 5 under through four holes on the par-70 TPC River Highlands.

Key was a 30-foot putt on No. 9 and a 3-iron to 4 feet for eagle on the reachable par-4 15th. Conditions allowed for players to lift, clean and place, though Young hit only six fairways.

“I remember thinking both Cam and Justin were right in it at the beginning,” Spieth said.

Thomas holed out from eagle on the short par-4 10th at Waialae to start his round. He bogeyed the next hole but then had a 10-hole stretch of eight birdies, including five in a row around the turn.

What Spieth doesn't recall is that he hit the ball better than Thomas that day — Spieth's average proximity to the hole was 18 feet, compared with 25 feet for Thomas.

“There's definitely an argument to be for JT because he knew he needed eagle (on the final hole) and made a 15-foot slider,” Spieth said. “That's a little bit different. That was the most clutch of the three.”

DeChambeau wasn't clutch. He hit a pitching wedge to 6 feet below the cup for 59 and missed. But, so thorough was his performance that day that he never had more than two birdies in a row.

He was 9.913 shots better than the field average at Caves Valley, while Thomas was 9.249 better than the field at Waialae. Young was 7.845 shots better at TPC River Highlands.

Olympics won't include EwingAlly Ewing loves nothing more than to represent her country. Her only chance this year will be the Solheim Cup.

Ewing made a bogey on the 16th hole and that wound up being a key moment that narrowly kept her out of the Olympics. Countries can have a maximum of four players provided they are among the top 15 in the women's world ranking.

Ewing by one shot missed out on a tie for second in the KPMG Women's PGA. She finished in a two-way tie for fifth and moved up to No. 16 in the world. A four-way tie for second would have meant moving to No. 14.

The Americans will have three players at the Paris Games -- Nelly Korda, Lilia Vu and Rose Zhang.

Senior Open to be more open

The US Senior Open is making changes to become more open. The USGA says next year's championship at The Broadmoor in Colorado will have similar qualifying to the US Open. Instead of one stage of qualifying over 33 sites, there will be 32 local qualifiers and 12 final qualifiers.

It also will reduce the number of full exemptions. Among the changes are PGA Tour Champions winners getting a one-year exemption instead of two- or three-year exemptions. The other three American senior majors will get five-year exemptions to the US Senior Open.

Olympics or PGA Tour?

Mito Pereira of LIV Golf is going back to the Olympics because Cristobal del Solar of Chile wants to give himself his best chance at getting a PGA Tour card.

The International Golf Federation still has del Solar listed as part of the 60-man field for the Paris Olympics. It will not be finalized until July 9.

However, Pereira told LIV Golf's website that del Solar has decided to skip the Olympics to try to move up the Korn Ferry Tour points list.

“He wanted to get to a certain number of points because obviously he's fighting for his PGA Tour card,” Pereira said last week at LIV Golf Nashville.

”It's not that one is more important than the other. Obviously, trying to get to the PGA Tour is his main goal. He made that decision and I think it's very smart to do it.”

Money matters

Scottie Scheffler has won or finished second in eight of his 15 starts on the PGA Tour this year. He is cashing in at the USD 20 million signature events.

Scheffler played seven of the eight signature events, won four of them and earned $16.98 million. His season total, including wins at the Masters and The Players Championship, put him at USD 27,696,858 for the year.

Still to come is the British Open and two FedEx Cup playoff events. Meanwhile, his victory in the Travelers Championship made him the seventh player to cross USD 70 million in career earnings. Scheffler is in his fifth full season on the PGA Tour. (AP)

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