hole rounds per hour for a grand total of 34 full rounds played, never shooting worse than 82. On the final hole, Berger chipped in for eagle. 55. MOST MAJOR WINS CADDIEING With some good fortune Steve Williams found his way to Tiger Woods’ bag, but retaining that job for 13 major wins took earning trust and consistently meet- ing high expectations. Add in one more major on the bag of Adam Scott at the 2013 Masters, and Williams checks in with 14 majors,
titles and mother Frances won the A-flight women’s ti- tle. In 1994, at Towson G&CC in Maryland, patriarch Jo- seph Soliman won the 1994 Senior Club Championship, his son Jack won the men’s, his daughter Pam won the women’s and his other son Michael won the junior. 54. MOST HOLES IN A DAY Cart or no cart, 36 or 54 holes in a day is tough on the body. How about 612? That was the total number of holes played in just 16 hours by pro Ben Berger during a fundraiser in 2010. Berger averaged two 18-
the most of any looper in history. In 2015, the New Zealander told us he hadn’t watched a single golf shot in retirement.
a career that spanned 799 events, meaning he made it to round 3 a whopping 74.09 percent of his PGA Tour career. Only two other players, Ray Floyd and Tom Kite, were able to make over 580 trips to Saturday, doing so in 726 and 714 starts, respectively. 53. A FAMILY SWEEP OF CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS It’s happened twice. In 1967, the DeBons family won ev- ery club championship at Fox Hills GC, in Arkansas. John, 17, won the men’s, sister Kathy, 16, and brother Mike, 14, won both junior
56. BEST FAIRWAYS PERCENTAGE There are stripe shows
and then there is Mo Mar- tin, who hit fairways at an 86.25 percent clip over her professional career. In total, Martin hit 8 446 out of 9 792 fairways. It only trans- lated to one LPGA Tour vic- tory, but it was a sweet one – the 2014 Women’s British Open at Royal Birkdale, where Martin (obviously) hit the fairway on the 72nd hole and then nearly holed out for an albatross with a 3-wood to secure the title. 57. NATIONAL OPENS, MOST CONTINENTS Gary Player is the only play- er to complete the career major grand slam on both the regular and senior tours. He’s also boasted that no one has logged more airline miles. Perhaps that makes his coolest feat winning national opens on five con- tinents: North America (the US Open), Europe (Open Championship), South America (Chilean Open), Australia (Australian Open) and Africa (South African Open). If only Antarctica had a championship. 58. LARGEST WINNER’S CHEQUE NOT ACCEPTED Nick Dunlap became the first amateur in over three decades to win on the PGA Tour with his victory at the American Express in Janu- ary 2024. Dunlap couldn’t claim the $1.51 million win- ner’s cheque. He promptly turned pro and won the Barracuda Championship – and collected.
A 68 In 53 Minutes There have been lower scores in less time on flatter and shorter courses, but Christopher Smith’s 68 in 53 minutes in 2012 at Bandon Dunes, running and carrying his bag while being filmed, is damn cool. Smith applied speed golf lessons to regular rounds in our popular Breaking 100/90/80 series. 52
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