regulation on the PGA Tour with 51 in 1993. Lohr turned pro in 1983, and his only career win came at the 1988 Walt Disney World Classic. 47. CLUB CHAMPION- SHIPS, DIFFERENT CLUBS Neil White won 21 titles at 13 clubs in eight US states with at least one title in ev- ery decade from the 1920s to 1980s. The first was in 1927 at White Lakes, Tope- ka, Kansas, and the last at Desert Hills GC in Arizona in 1987. Designer Tom Fazio has placed 51 courses on the US national rankings of the 200 Greatest, including four with his uncle George in the 1970s and 80s. His highest- ranked is Shadow Creek, eighth in 1993-1994. 48. MOST RANKED DESIGNS
middle-handicap with aver- age connections, had an audacious idea for retire- ment – play every one of Golf Digest’s America’s 100 Greatest Courses in a calendar year. He needed all 365 days to finish the feat on June 11, 2018, hav- ing relied on meeting hosts organically along the way. Golf Digest chronicled his feat and later excerpted his book, a positive testament to an underlying unity in our nation. 41. THREE ACES, SAME HOLE, SAME GROUP On April 13, 2005, on the par-3 15th hole at Antelope Greens GC, Dave Schum- acher missed the green, and what followed were three consecutive aces by Bob Fleming, Marc Arcuri, and Dan Condie. The golfers were determined to con- vince the public of their feat and requested and paid for a polygraph test. The head professional vouched for them, too. 42. WINNINGEST SENIOR Bernhard Langer had his Achilles repaired on Feb 1, 2024, and eight months later the now 68-year old won his 47th PGA Tour Champions title, keeping alive a streak of 18 consecu- tive years with a victory. (He hasn’t yet won in 2025.) In 2019 Langer told Golf Digest that taking breaks from golf was one of the secrets to his unexplainable longevity.
44. MOST COURSES Ralph Kennedy was born in 1882 and began playing golf in 1910. He was a found- ing member of Winged Foot and holds the record for most rounds at unique courses with 3 165, meticu- lously recorded. 45. BACK-TO-BACK AGE- BREAKING ON TOUR Sam Snead holds the re- cord for the youngest per- son ever to shoot their age on tour, posting 67 in 1979 in the second round of the Quad Cities Open. Snead would follow that perfor- mance with a final-round 66 to cap off his age-breaking weekend. 46. MOST GREENS IN A ROW Bob Lohr set the record for consecutive greens hit in
50. LONGEST MADE PUTT ON TELEVISION At the 150th Open at St Andrews, Ian Poulter holed a 162-foot putt on the flat green of the par-4 ninth hole for eagle. His read was "two cups right." He bested Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps, who made a 159- foot eagle putt at the par-4 sixth just up the road at Kingsbarns in the DP World Tour’s Dunhill Links Pro-Am a decade earlier. Phelps' tri- ple-breaker travelled for 16 seconds before kissing the flagstick and dropping in. 51. MOST CUTS MADE Making the weekend used to mean more on the PGA Tour, and nobody made the weekend more than Jay Haas. The nine-time tour winner and Wake Forest legend made 592 cuts in
Most Courses in a Year Most golfers can only dream of playing 580 different courses in a life- time. Patrick Koenig accomplished that feat in just 365 days. The golf photographer went on an RV journey that covered 41 US states in 2023. 49
43. YOUNGEST US AM QUALIFIER At 10 years old, Allisen
Corpuz qualified for the US Women’s Amateur Public Links at Erin Hills in 2008. Quickly delivering great- ness in her anticipated professional career, she won the 2023 US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.
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