Great Golfers
The Professional Golfers Association was formed on this day in 1916. Once famously described by US writer Mark
Twain as “a good walk spoiled”, it is one of the most popular sports in the world in terms of participation - so we hope that many aspiring Tiger Woods will find the following records as par or better:
Most expensive golf club
A 200-year-old Scottish putter sold for £106,000 ($150,000) at Christie's in Glasgow on 7 Jul 1998. It was
bought by Titus Kendall, a London antique dealer, on behalf of Jaime Ortíz Patiño, a Bolivian
millionaire who will display it at the Valderrama Golf Club which he owns in Southern Spain.
Fastest round of golf, fourball
A fourball consisting of Ben Crosby, Andrew Crawford, John Lyon and Russell Hayhoe (all UK) completed 18 holes in
1 hr 4 min 25 sec at Ponteland Golf Course, Northumberland, UK, on 19 June 2005.
Furthest distance between two rounds of golf played on the same day
The greatest distance between two rounds of golf played on the same day is 15,982 km (9,931 miles) by John Knobel
(Australia) who played two full 18-hole rounds, firstly, at The Coast Golf Club, Sydney, Australia, and then Forest
Park Golf Club, Woodhaven, New York, USA, on 21 May 2006.
Golf ball control, one club - duration
Gualdino Guerreiro (Portugal) managed to keep a regulation golf ball aloft, using one sandwedge golf club for 1 hr 19 min 28 sec at the Giltar Hotel, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, UK on 3 July 2002.
Highest golf course
The highest altitude golf course is the Yak golf course at 13,025 feet (3,970m) above sea level in Kupup, East
Sikkim, India, measured on 10 October 2006.
Youngest person to win a professional golf tournament
The youngest golfer to win a professional tournament is Ryo Ishikawa (Japan, b. 17 September 1991), aged 15 years 245 days old when he won the Munsingwear Open KSB Cup at Tojigaoka Marine Hills Golf Club, Okayama, Japan on 20 May 2007.
17 January 2008