Jason Day's first shot on Friday morning will be for history.*
If Day holes the 44-yard pitch shot waiting for him on the par-4 ninth at Conway Farms to wrap up Round 1 of the BMW Championship, then the Aussie will become the seventh player in PGA Tour history to shoot 59.
As it stands, Day is 10-under par on the round, four shots clear of rookie Daniel Berger, who wrapped with a walk-off eagle of his own on the same ninth hole that will end Day's round. Starting off No. 10, Day made four birdies in his first six holes, but dropped a shot with a three-putt bogey at the par-3 17th. He recovered with birdie to go out in 4-under 32.*
The three-hole stretch after the turn propelled Day well ahead of the field – which started at 70 and dropped to 69 after Jim Furyk withdrew with a wrist injury – and conjured images of a second 59 at the same venue where Furyk scored the magical number in 2013. Day holed out from a fairway bunker for eagle on the par-4 first from 80 yards, then birdied the par-3 second and par-4 third. Playing partner Jordan Spieth played that stretch in 3-under par, including an ace and a chip-in birdie. Day still beat him by a shot.
Birdies on Day's last two full holes of the day got him to 10 under on the day. A 346-yard tee shot to the last set up history. Then the horn blew, suspending play.*
If Day manages the improbable and sinks the shot, he and Furyk would be the first pair of PGA Tour players to shoot 59 at the same venue.

Play resumes at 7:30 a.m. Central time Friday morning.*
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