Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals With her gold medal at the 2024 Olympics, Lydia Ko became the first golfer to take home gold, silver and bronze medals in a career. She was already the youngest to win on the LPGA, the youngest to win a women’s major and the youngest to reach World No 1 at 17, so it’s hard to pick her coolest record. 37
second round of the Stan- dard Register PING in Phoe- nix. She went around Moon Valley CC with a 59 that featured 12 birdies over her first 13 holes. A playing edi- tor for Golf Digest, her solo cover appearance in 2007 was the first by a woman in 30 years. 39. LONGEST STRETCH BETWEEN USGA WINS Patience is a key attribute of a champion golfer, and Marvin “Vinny” Giles knows how to wait. He finished second in the US Amateur three consecutive years (1967-69) before finally triumphing in the event in 1972. Then he won the 2009 US Senior Amateur 37 years later at age 67. 40. ALL 100 GREATEST IN A YEAR Jimmie James, a Black
top-10 finishes during that time. His highest ranking was 2. 36. THREE EAGLES IN A ROW IN COMPETITION Adam Petrasovic made a 15-foot eagle putt on the 440-yard par-5 fifth, holed out a sand wedge from 105 yards on the 375-yard sixth and once again holed out his sand wedge from 105 yards on the 367-yard seventh, all in a row at the 78th annual Essex-Kent Boys Golf Tournament, at Roseland, Windsor, Ontario, in 2005. The Sacred Heart golfer ultimately shot eight- under and won his quarter- final match that day.
32. THREE ACES, THREE DAYS, SAME HOLE Robert Taylor somehow aced the 16th hole at Hun- stanton in Norfolk, Eng- land, every time he played it over the span of three consecutive days from May 30 through June 1 in 1974. Witness and photographer David Cannon called it one “of the world’s greatest sporting miracles.” 33. MOST BIRDIES IN A ROW, PGA TOUR Just twice has a pro been able to record nine birdies in a row on the PGA Tour: Mark Calcavecchia in the second round of the Canadian Open in 2009 and Kevin Chap- pell in the second round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier just over 10 years later. Neither won their re- spective event.
34. TWO SUB-60 ROUNDS Jim Furyk doesn’t just have the lowest score on the PGA Tour, a 58. He also has a 59, which makes him the only player in PGA Tour history with multiple sub- 60 rounds. The round of 58 at the 2016 Travelers Championship nearly didn’t count as his playing partner, Miguel Ángel Carballo, in- correctly marked him down for a birdie 3 on the 14th. Thankfully, the mistake was caught before the score- card was signed. 35. CONSECUTIVE WEEKS IN THE TOP 50 Phil Mickelson is no lon- ger in the top 1000 in the OWGR, due to his switch to LIV Golf. However, his record of 1 305 consecutive weeks (25 years) in the Top 50 still stands. He had 167
38. ONLY 59 ON THE LPGA TOUR
Annika Sorenstam added yet another LPGA Tour ac- colade in 2016 during the
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