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Conference 7.286::golf

Title:Welcome to the Golf Notes Conference!
Notice:FOR SALE notes in Note 69 please! Intros in note 863 or 61.
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Created:Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
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499.0. "Records" by MSEE::KELLEY (Custom clubs/club repair) Mon Jan 16 1989 12:31

    
    	I thought I would enter some of the current records for
    	various catagories here. Feel free to add to them... This
    	info is from the Feb. 89 issue of Golf Digest.
    
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499.1Aces...MSEE::KELLEYCustom clubs/club repairMon Jan 16 1989 12:4021
    
    	Longest ACE... 447 yards
    
    	Logest ACE by a woman... 393 yards
    
    	Oldest man to get an ACE... 99 by Otto Bucher
    
    	Oldest woman to get an ACE... 95 by Mrs Earl Ross
    
    	Yougest boy to get an ACE... 6 by Tommy Moore
    
    	Youngest girl to get an ACE... 7 by Lynna Rader
    
    	Successive ACES... 330 yard 7th hole - 290 yard 8th hole by
                           Norman Manly
    
    	Most ACES in career... 58 by Norman Manley
    
    	Most ACES in one callendar year... 11 by Dr. Joseph O. Boydstone
    
    	Most ACES on one hole... 13 by Joe Lucius
499.2Shooting age...MSEE::KELLEYCustom clubs/club repairMon Jan 16 1989 13:3314
    
    
    			Age shooting records
    
    	Oldest... 103 years old and shot 103, Arthur Thompson

    	Yougest... 59 shooting 59, both by a pro, Bob Hmailton and
    		   by an amateur, Malcolm Miller
    
    	Most strokes under age... 15 by George M. Smith, 90 years old
    		 		  shot 75
    
    	Most times in career... 2,723 by Frank Bailey, he began matching
    				his age when he was 71, he is now 97
499.3Double Eagle...MSEE::KELLEYCustom clubs/club repairMon Jan 16 1989 13:3610
    
    			Double Eagle records
    
    	Longest... 647 yards by cheif petty officer Kevin W. Murray
    
    	Oldest... 74 year old Luke Sewell, 510 yard hole
    
    	Youngest... 13 year old Tommy Moore, 512 yard hole (ya he is
    		    same person that has the record for the yougest
    		    ACE...!)
499.4PGA Tour records...MSEE::KELLEYCustom clubs/club repairMon Jan 16 1989 15:0652
    
    			PGA TOUR RECORDS

    
    	72 holes... 257 by Mike Souchak, 1955
    
    	54 holes... 189 by Chandler Harper, 1954
    
    	36 holes... 125 by Ron Streck, 1978
    
    	18 holes... 59 by Al Geiberger, 1977
    
    	9 holes... 27 by Mike Souchak, 1955
    
    
    	Most consecutive birdies... 8 by Bob Goalby (1961), by Fuzzy
    				    Zoeller (1976), and by Ed McMahon
    				    (1987)
    
    	Fewest putts... 18 holes, 18 by Sam Trahan (1979) and 18 by
    			Mike McGee (1987)
    
    			9 holes, 8 by Jim Colbert (1967) and by 
    			Sam Trahan (1979)
    
    			72 holes, 94 by George Archer (1980)
    
    	Consecutive wins... 11 by Byron Nelson (1945)
    
    	Consecutive times in the money... 113 by Byron Nelson (1940's)
    
    	Most wins in a single season... 18 by Byron Nelson (1945)
    
    	Consecutive Majors... Walter Hagen's 4 PGA championships
    			      (1924-1927)

    	Most wins in a single event... 8 by Sam Snead - Greater Greensboro
    				       Open

    	Widest winning margin... 16 strokes by Bobby Locke (1948)
    
    	Youngest tournament winner... 19 years 10 months, Johnny McDermott
    				      when he won the 1911 US Open
    
    	Oldest tournament winner... 52 years 10 months 7 days, Sam Snead
    				    1965 Greater Greensboro Open
    	
    	Most money won for a single season... Curtis Strange $1,147,644
    					      in 1988
    
    	Youngest pro to shoot age... San Snead at age 67 shot a 66 at
    				     the 1979 Quad Cities Open
499.5The World's Longest Hole in One.OMDEMO::SCHULZTue Jan 24 1989 03:1927
    I know it seems unbelievable..but the worlds longest hole in one
    is at a course I worked at in High School; Miracle Hill Golf Course
    in Omaha, NE.  THe hole is a straight away 454 par 4, it does go
    slightly downhill after 300 yds, thus a huge hitter down wind may
    be able to get it to the downslope; however, no group since the
    65 group that made the hole in one has reached the green
    
    On that day in 1965, the gentleman who made the hole in one was
    carrying a mean 2 handicap.  another player in the group was a 1
    and an extreemly long hitter. the final player was also a long hitter,
    yet not huge.  There was a drought that year and the usually deep
    plush fairway was rock hard.  Also, on that day an unusual 50 m.p.h.
    gusting wind was out of the west.  The story is that one gentleman
    was on the collar short, another on the collar long, and the last
    in the hole.  
    
    The funny thing about the hole thing is that the day was a stormy
    day and most people who are sane would not be out their.  In years
    to come, when ever a strange west wind would appear, dozens of people
    would try and see how far they could go on that hole.  Yet not one
    could even come close.
    
    I don't think that fatefull shot will ever be matched, at least
    not on that crazy long straightwaya hole.  But, stranger thing end
    up on stranger circumstances!
    
    
499.6Top money winners...MSEE::KELLEYCustom clubs/club repairThu Jan 26 1989 17:0355
    
    
    	All time money list (through 88 season, I think)...
    
    	 1. Jack Nichlaus	$5,005,825
    	 2. Tom Watson		 4,974,846
    	 3. Curtis Strange	 4,263,133
    	 4. Tom Kite		 4,205,413
    	 5. Lanny Wadkins	 3,707,587
    	 6. Ben Crenshaw	 3,671,980
    	 7. Ray Floyd		 3,541,888
    	 8. Lee Trevino		 3,341,789
    	 9. Hale Irwin 		 3,076,855
	10. Bruce Lietzke	 2,807,345
    	11. John Mahaffey	 2,677,610
    	12. Andy Bean		 2,606,800
    	13. Larry Nelson	 2,584,947
    	14. Craig Stadler	 2,574,994
    	15. Johnny Miller	 2,439,175
    	16. Fuzzy Zoeller	 2,425,573
    	17. Payne Stewart	 2,405,407
    	18. Gil Morgan		 2,306,971
    	19. Hal Sutton		 2,302,117
    	20. Hubert Green	 2,277,052
    	21. Greg Norman		 2,250,698
    	22. Tom Weiskopf	 2,222,066
    	23. Calvin Peete	 2,204,422
    	24. Chip Beck		 2,167,114
    	25. Jay Haas		 2,147,455
    	26. Dan Pohl		 2,132,574
    	27. J.C. Snead		 2,041,936
    	28. Mark O'Meara	 2,002,228
    	29. Scott Simpson	 1,945,658
    	30. Mike Reid		 1,944,578
    	31. Fred Couples	 1,919,036
    	32. Arnold Palmer	 1,892,670  (hard to beleive...!)
    	33. Scott Hoch		 1,855,460
    	34. Peter Jacobsen	 1,854,654
    	35. Wayne Levi		 1,853,560
    	36. Mark McCumber	 1,831,796
    	37. David Graham	 1,815,780
    	38. George Archer	 1,811,784
    	39. Gary Player		 1,800,251
    	40. Paul Azinger	 1,791,005
    	41. Joey Sindelar	 1,789,286
    	42. Don Pooley		 1,773,773
    	43. Billy Casper	 1,688,658
    	44. George Burns	 1,651,706
    	45. Corey Pavin		 1,647,775
    	46. Bob Murphy		 1,642,861
    	47. Larry Mize		 1,641,947
    	48. Miller Barber	 1,602,408
    	49. Ken Green		 1,593,962
    	50. Gene Littler	 1,578,626
    						
499.7Top All Time money winners through 89...MSEE::KELLEYGolfoholic - club makerWed Jan 17 1990 13:1825
    
    	Top ALL TIME money winners through the 89 season...
    
    	1. Tom Kite 	 	5 million plus
    	2. Tom Watson 	 	5 million plus
    	3. Jack Nicklaus	5 million plus
    	4. Curtis Strange	5 million plus
    	5. Ben Crenshaw		4 million plus
    	6. Lanny Wadkins	just under 4 million
    
    	I think we will see Ben and Lanny drop down a few notches after this
    	season though and Strange will pass Nicklaus... Nicklaus would be
    	out of reach had the purses been what they are today, when he was
    	on top...! He has 70 top ten finishes in the majors, second is
    	Snead (I think) with 40 something (no that isn't a new TV show ;-)).
    
    	I think Strange started on the tour in 1977, Watson about 1970ish,
    	Kite in 1972, Wadkins in about 1972, Crenshaw in 1973, and Jack
    	back in 1960ish. 
    
    	This info is from the February issue of Golf Digest which I was
    	reading last night, but do not have in front of me now. Please
    	excuse any errors and feel feel to correct them...
    
    	Gene (who_can't_get_enough_of_golf,_playing_or_otherwise)
499.8moved here by moderator...MSEE::KELLEYGolf club repair/custom clubsWed Sep 26 1990 15:3512
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WOTVAX::CROUGHANK                                     6 lines  26-SEP-1990 10:53
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After reading note three I was amazed to here that someone has scored a whole 
in one over such a big distance.But could some one tell me what the furthest 
distance a standard golf ball ever been hit on a course or otherwise.

Thanks in advance.
Kieran.
499.9let out some slack jackPETRUS::DAWSONWed Dec 04 1991 12:005
    
    
    
    
    check out 393.54    for the biggest hitter of all time