The 10 Most Amazing Golf World Records In History

Quickest Ever Round – 11 minutes 55 seconds

With the gradual play debate on an ongoing subject, we might study a factor or two from Zwartkop Country Club in South Africa. They presently maintain the document for the quickest accomplished 18 holes at a staggering 11 minutes 55 seconds accomplished at Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa, on 31 July 2022. Admittedly this did contain members strategically positioned across the course however it nonetheless should have taken some doing.

Maybe an extra reasonable goal is the document for the quickest ever fourball of  48 minutes 56 secs. Matthew Dalton, Steven Holloway, Landyn Edwards, and Michael Ryan sprinted their manner into the document books at Rotorua Golf Club, Rotorua, New Zealand, on 12 November 2017.

Longest Drive – 515 yds

Amazingly, you must go all the way in which again to 1974 to search out the longest drive in knowledgeable competitors. Much more amazingly, it was achieved by 64-year-old Mike Austin enjoying within the US Nationwide Seniors Event, on the Winterwood Golf Course (now the Desert Rose).

To place it in perspective, he did get pleasure from a 35mph tailwind and the course in Las Vegas is properly over 2,000m above sea degree however it was nonetheless a mighty blow with a persimmon club.

Simply to show that distance just isn’t every part, the drive left him 50 yards previous the green on the 450-yard par 4. He pitched again onto the green along with his second and three-putted for a bogey.

The longest golf drive on the PGA Tour within the ShotLink period (since 2003) is 476 yards, achieved by Davis Love III (USA) on the 18th gap of the Plantation Course in Kapalua, Hawaii, USA, in the course of the fourth spherical of the Mercedes Championships on 11 January 2004.

Maybe the strategy of Cristian Sterning would have been extra acceptable. The Swede holds the document for the longest golf carry utilizing only one hand – 282yds.

Longest Putt – 395 ft 8 in

The longest golf putt (non-tournament) is 120.6 m (395 ft 8in) and was achieved by Brett Stanford (Australia) from ‘How Ridiculous’, on the Level Walter Golf Course, Western Australia, on 2 February 2017.

As for the longest televised putt in historical past, that would properly be claimed by Ian Poulter who made one from over 160 toes on the ninth gap at St Andrews in the course of the 2022 Open Championship.

Longest Par 3 In The World

It is the “Extrem nineteenth” which measures some a quarter mile in horizontal distance with however there’s additionally a drop of practically 500 yards. The opening is on the Legend Golf and Safari Resort, set within the Entabeni Safari Conservancy within the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The tee is situated on Hanglip Mountain and is accessible solely by helicopter; the green has been designed to appear to be the continent of Africa.

Most Holes Played In A 12 Months – 14,625

Canadian Chris Adam has performed essentially the most holes of golf in a calendar 12 months. He managed 14,625, all on the King Kamehameha Golf Club in Wailuku, Hawaii. He performed 809 full rounds and 7 half rounds over the course of 2012.

One other Canadian, Robb James, holds the document for essentially the most holes performed in 24 hours. Utilizing a cart he managed 851 holes at Victoria Golf Course (9-hole course, 3,002 yd), in Edmonton, Canada, on 21-22 June 2004. He hit 45 birdies and 430 pars, 4 low rounds of 68 and a high of 87.

In 2009 Cathie and Jonathan Weaver (additionally Canadian – what’s it about Canadians and obsessing with golf endurance?) performed 449 18-hole programs in a single 12 months.

The Lowest Score Over 18 Holes – 55

Jim Furyk made headlines for his superb 58, the primary ever on the PGA Tour, however he nonetheless has a technique to go to beat Australian Rhein Gibson. He managed a 55 on the River Oaks Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma, on 12 Could 2012 (6,700yds par 71). The spherical included 2 eagles and 12 birdies.

Essentially the most albatrosses in a single spherical of golf is 2, achieved by American Norman L. Manley on the Del Valle Nation Club course in Saugus, California in 1964. This feat was equalled by compatriot Patrick Wills on the Laurel Hill Golf Club in Lorton, Virginia, in 2015, the place he managed two hole-in-ones on the par-4 seventh and tenth.

One-club Wonder

The bottom 18-hole rating utilizing just one club was a two-under-par 70 by American Thad Daber utilizing his 6-iron on the 1987 World One Club Championship at Lochmere Golf Club in North Carolina.

The Youngest Participant To Make A Hole-In-One

Whilst you’ll wrestle to match most of the data listed right here, I’m afraid the ship has undoubtedly sailed on this one. Christian Carpenter managed a hole-in-one aged 4 years 195 days on the Mountain View Golf Club, Hickory, North Carolina, in 1999.

Carpenter’s record-breaking continued aged 12 when he shot 54, the bottom 18-hole rating on a brief course for a male golfer. The spherical came about in 2007 at Henry River Golf Club, which measures 5,953yds and has a par of 70.

Most holes in a single

It is usually accepted to be Mancil Davis who made 51 profession holes in a single between 1967 and 2007.

And The Weirdest Record Goes To

American Michael Furrh who created the world’s longest usable golf club at 8.56m (28ft 1in) lengthy. He hit the ball a distance of 59 yards with the intention to show its usability and in doing so raised cash for breast most cancers consciousness.