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Floyd
Satterlee Rood used the United States as a golf
course, when he played from the Pacific to the Atlantic from
September 14, 1963, to October 3, 1964, in 114,737
strokes. He lost 3,511 balls on the 3,397.7 mile trail.
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The
Greatest Number of Rounds played on foot in 24 hours is 22
and five holes - a total of 401 holes - by Ian Colston, aged 35,
at Bendigo Golf Club in Victoria (a par 73 6,6061-yard course)
on November 27028, 1971.
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Seventy-Seven
Players completed the 18-hole 6,502-yard Kern City Course in
California in 10 minutes, 30 seconds, on August 24, 1984, using
one ball. Score - 80!
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The
Lowest Recorded Score for throwing a golf ball around 18
holes (more than 6,000 yards) is 82 by Joe Flynn, ages 21, at
the 6,228-yard Port Royal Course in Bermuda on March 27, 1975.
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The
World One-Club Championship was won by Thad Daber using a
6-iron at the 6,037-yard Lochmore Golf Course in Cary, North
Carolina with a 73 on November 10th, 1985.
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The
Longest Delayed Result in any national open championship
occurred in the 1931 US Open at Toledo, Ohio. George von
Elme and Billy Burke tied at 292, then tied the first replay at
149. Burke won the second replay by a single stroke after
72 extra holes.
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A
Record 321,779 Competitors - 206,820 men and 114,959 women -
played the 1984 Volkswagen Grand Prix Open Amateur Championship
in the UK.
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The
Slowest Strokeplay Tournament round was one of 6 hours 45
minutes taken by South Africa in the first round of the 1972
World Cup at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia.
This was a four-ball medal round, everything holed out.
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Steven
Ward Took 222 Strokes for the 6,212-yard Pecos Course in
Reeves County, Texas, on June 18,1976 - but he was only 3 years
and 286 days old.
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Jacqueline
Ann Mercer won her first South African title at Humewood
Golf Club in Port Elizabeth in 1948 and her fourth in Port
Elizabeth Golf club on May 4, 1979, 31 years later.
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