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The
Lowest Recorded Score on a long course in the UK is 58 by
Harry Weetman, the British Ryder Cub golfer, for the 6170-yard
Croham Hurst Course in Croydon, Surrey, on January 30, 1956.
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The Lowest Recorded Score in
the world is a 57 shot by Wayne Meyers of Easley, S.C. back in
1994 at Southern Oaks golf course in Powdersville, South
Carolina in the USA.
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The
Lowest Recorded Score by a Woman
in a professional tournament on
an 18-hole course of more than 6,000 yards was a 62, first
recorded by Mickey Wright on the Par 71, 6,286 yard Hogan Park
Course at Midland, Texas, in November 1964. The score was
equaled by Laura Davies in the 1991 Rail Charity Classic.
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A
Score of 59 The first professional to record a 59 on the US
Pro Tour was Al Geiberger on June 10, 1977, in the Danny Thomas
Memphis Classic at the Colonial Country Club. It included
11 birdies and an eagle and just 23 putts. The score was
eventually equaled by Chip Beck, and more recently David Duval.
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The
Record for 36 Holes is 122 by Sam Snead in the 1959 Sam
Snead Festival on May 16-17, 1959.
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The
Most Holes-In-One in a year is 28 by Scott Palmer in
1983. All were on par 3 and par 4 holes between 130 yards
and 350 yards in length at Balboa Park in san Diego, California.
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The
Most Holes-In-One in a career is 68 by Harry Lee Bonner from
1967 to 1985, most of them at his 9-hole home course of Las
Gallinas, San Rafael, California.
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The
Longest Hole-In-One ever recorded is the 10th (447 yards) at
Miracle Hills Golf Club at Omaha, Nebraska, by Robert Mitera on
October 7, 1965. A 50mph gust carried his shot over a
290-yard drop-off.
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A
Drive of 2,640 Yards across ice was achieved by an
Australian meteorologist named Nils Lied at Mawson Base,
Antartica, in 1962.
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The
Longest Recorded Drive on an ordinary course is one of 515
yards by Michael Hoke Austin of Los Angeles, California, in the
US National Seniors Open Championship at Las Vegas, Nevada on
September 25, 1974. Austin drove the ball within a yard of
the green on the par 4 450-yard 5th hole of Winterwood
Course. It rolled 65 yards past the flag aided by an
estimated 35mph tailwind.
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On
the Runway at Baldonnel Military Airport in Dublin, Liam
Higgins drove a Spalding Top Flite ball 634.1 yards on September
25, 1984.
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The
Longest Holed Putts in a major tournament were both 110 feet
- Jack Nicklaus in the 1964 Tournament of Champions and
Nick Price in the 1992 PGA.
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Robert
Tyre "Bobby" Jones, Jr. was reputed to have holed
a putt in excess of 100 feet at the 5th green in the first round
of the 1927 Open at St. Andrews.
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A
Putt Measured at 140 feet and 2 3/4 inches on the 18th at
St. Andrews was sunk by Bob Cook in the International Fourball
Pro Am Tournament on October 1, 1976.
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The
Greatest Margin of Victory in a major tournament is 21
strokes by Jerry Pate in the Colombian Open with 262 on December
10-13, 1981. Cecil Leitch won the Canadian Ladies Open
Championship in 1921 by the biggest margin for a major title -
17 up and 15 to play.
