Golf is a stylish and versatile sport, with countless opportunities and possibilities. More and more people are therefore becoming enthusiastic about this sport with good reason. Although most people see golf as an elitist, expensive and above all boring sport, these are all just prejudices. Golf is a concentration exercise based on a perfect shot. The relaxed and harmonious environment also makes this sport so unique. This is why golf is also called the sport that moves and touches a person’s innermost being. Because the sport of golf makes a person suppress and forget the worries and problems of everyday life.
Little white ball and big stories
In the past century many cultures have shaped a game similar to golf. The game with a club and a small ball. Romans, for example, also played a golf-like game. In Scotland the game was banned because it neglected war. Today, more than 60 million enthusiastic players of various ages swing the ball.
Accordingly, there are various records in golf today, which have been set worldwide over the years. We will now introduce you to some of them, which are remarkable or even completely crazy. The following records show what a versatile sport it is and what achievements it has produced.
The most successful player
Everyone here might immediately think of Tiger Woods. That’s right, if you look at the active players of today. But if you look back a little further, you come across the golfer Jack Nicklaus, who was born in Ohio in 1940. Jack Nicklaus scored 113 tournament wins, including major wins.
The highest hole
One does not exaggerate with the attribute “highest”, as the hole is located at a height of dizzying 3291 metres, on a golf course in Bolivia. The ascend is very difficult but also worthwhile, as the view from above to the landscape of Bolivia is priceless.
The shortest golf game
An average 18-hole golf game takes about 4.5 hours. However, the shortest game lasted less than a whole minute. It was a team game between 12 players from Spain, Denmark and France. The goal was to hit a hole that was 500 yards away. The French putt the ball in after 34 seconds.
The longest shot
The longest shot in the history of golf was made by Kelly Murray in 1990, when the ball flew 684.8 yards or about 610 meters. Kelly Murray made this shot on an airport runway.
The moon as a golf course
The weirdest record is held without any ifs and buts by Alan Shepard. He even used the moon as a golf course. He was the first to hit the ball in the empty zone, 350 meters away – but from the second attempt, because the first one did not succeed because of the tight suit. The great stroke in the vacuum zone, which went down in history, happened 47 years ago, on 06.02.1971.
The ball that flew furthest
Michail Tjurin has set another crazy record. He was another man who played golf in space. The astronaut from Russia hit a gold-plated golf ball into deep space from a special platform on the ISS space station. He hit the ball towards Earth and it circled our Earth 48 times in about three days. Here you could even say that it is a record for eternity.
Young blood and the great ace
Mathew Drapper was then at the tender age of 5 years. The little golfer scored an ace in a junior tournament. It was a feat of the highest order. He put the ball directly into the hole after a trajectory of 111 yards. This made him the youngest player to score a hole-in-one at an official competition.
The longest terrain for a golf course
This record is held by the international golf club in Massachusetts. The longest course in the world stretches over a surface area of 28,000 square meters. In total, the golf course extends over a length of 7,600 meters.
The longest and most impressive hole-in-one
This record was set in 1965 by Robert Mitera in Omaha, Nebraska. This is the longest hole-in-one of all time and happened quite by accident, because Robert did not see the flag at all. The distance was too great that you could see with the naked eye where the hole was. But Robert just hit it and hoped for the best. Only after landing was he informed that he hit the hole directly from 406 meters and sank the ball.
Most golf balls sunk into a water hazard
The Canadian golfer Jim White can hardly boast with this record. The golfer from Nebraska sank a total of 16 balls into the same water hazard.
The oldest player of all time
The golfer Arthur Thompson from British Columbia was the oldest player of all time. At the age of 103, he successfully completed an 18-hole game at the Vitoria Club in America.
The most difficult course
After the “Golf Post” you will find the most difficult course in South Carolina. You have to go to Kiawah Island for this. On the Ocean Course the wind is extremely strong and the course is exposed to frequent weather fluctuations. Furthermore, many holes on the course are very close to the water, which creates additional problems for many players.
The fattest prize
If anyone can brag about having cleared something big, it’s Rory McIlroy. Born in Northern Ireland, he won the FedEx Cup by $5.8 million. The grand prize was won by Rory in 2014, and that was the biggest win ever.