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what is the worst round of golf ever

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Who has the worst golf scores on the PGA Tour?

Officially, we don't know, because the PGA Tour doesn't keep that record. But unofficially, we can say with some confidence that the worst pro tour golf scores ever belong to a golfer named Mike Reasor.

What is the lowest round in golf history?

Possibly the lowest documented round in competitive golf is 57, achieved by (among others) Bobby Wyatt in the 2010 Alabama Boys Junior Championship, and Alex Ross in the 2019 Dogwood Invitational. Ross's round was 15-under-par for the Druid Hills Golf Club course in Atlanta, and included 13 birdies and one eagle.

What is the highest PGA Tour score after making the cut?

What we can say with absolute confidence is that the scores posted by Reasor in the third and fourth rounds of the 1974 Tallahassee Open are the highest ever recorded by a PGA Tour player after making the cut. Reasor's scores in those rounds?

What is the highest single-hole score on the PGA Tour?

(Casper would also have the record for highest single-hole score - 14 - if his round was official.) Frank Souchak was the brother of 15-time PGA Tour winner Mike Souchak; and Frank Conner was a PGA Tour player who also played in the U.S. Open of tennis.

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What was Tiger Woods worst round?

Tiger Woods' worst PGA Tour roundsScoreEventRound852015 Memorial3rd822015 Phoenix Open2nd812002 Open3rd802015 U.S. Open1st1 more row•May 21, 2022

What is the highest golf score ever recorded?

Mike Reasor shot a 114 and a 123 in the same tournament Reasor played his third round with one arm and one club. He whacked around a 5-iron the whole day en route to a 51-over 123. It remains the highest score in PGA Tour history.

What is the lowest golf round ever recorded?

Ernie Els set the PGA Tour record for lowest score to par at 31 under in 2003 at Kapalua. That's very much in jeopardy.

What is the lowest 4 round score in PGA history?

The Australian golfer finished on 34-under after 72 holes, thereby posting the lowest under par score in a four-round PGA Tour event in history. Smith finished with a final round eight-under 65, just about holding off the stiff competition from world No.

Has anyone ever aced a par 5?

Although no one in PGA Tour history has ever recorded an ace on a par-5, there have actually been five records of par-5 holes-in-one. And no, none of them were from Happy Gilmore. The first “condor” occurred in 1962 off the club of Larry Bruce.

What is the longest hole-in-one?

517 yardsHoles-in-one on par 5 (or higher) holes The longest recorded straight drive hole-in-one is believed to be 517 yards or 473 metres, on the par-5 No. 9 hole at Green Valley Ranch Golf Club in Denver in 2002, aided by the thin air due to the high altitude.

Is there a par 6 in golf?

The United States Golf Association defines a par 6 as any hole longer than 670 yards for men and 570 for women, although we all know that par is a very arbitrary number. Some championship courses are happy to keep holes longer than 700 yards as par 5s from the tips.

Who holds the lowest 72 hole score in Masters history?

Elsewhere, Charlie Coe still holds the record for the lowest 72 hole score (281) by an amateur at Augusta National which he set in 1961.

What was Tiger Woods lowest score?

59The short answer is that Woods' lowest ever score is 59. He achieved golf's magic number on 4 April 1997 at his local course, Isleworth in Florida, just one week before his first Masters win at Augusta National.

Is there a par 2 in golf?

Each hole is 32 feet or less in length, with every hole being a Par 2. Par in Golf is the standard of excellence. You can score a hole-in-one on any hole. It takes approximately 30 minutes to play each course.

Has anyone shot 58 on PGA Tour?

On August 7, 2016, Jim Furyk shot a 58 on the PGA Tour during the final round of the Travelers Championship, held at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. The round set a new Tour record and was the seventh sub-60 round in the history of the PGA Tour.

Has anyone ever shot 30 under in a PGA tournament?

Spieth made an 8-foot birdie putt to reach his target, even though he didn't need it. He closed with a 6-under 67 for an eight-shot victory over Patrick Reed. He finished at 30-under 262, joining Ernie Els as the only players in PGA Tour history to finish a 72-hole event at 30 under or lower.

Who made the worst first round of the Masters?

Worst First Round by a Golfer Who Made the Cut. The Masters instituted a cut after two rounds beginning in 1957. 81 - Bob Goalby, 1982 (shot 72 in second round) 80 - Mark Hensby, 2006 (67 in Round 2) 80 - Greg Norman, 2000 (68 in Round 2)

What is the highest score in the Masters?

Kunkle's 95 is the highest 18-hole score in Masters history (not counting Casper's unofficial 106). Kunkle is another golfer who got into the tournament during the days when it awarded spots to U.S. Amateur quarterfinalists.

How many balls did Tom Weiskopf put into Rae's Creek?

Tom Weiskopf put a total of five balls into Rae's Creek - one off the tee, four more from the drop area. Nakajima found water off the tee, laid up short of the 13th green after the penalty drop, then hit into the water again in front of the green. He tried to hit the ball out of the water, but incurred two penalties: first when ...

What was Fred Kammer's nickname?

His nickname was "Dynamite, " and he blew up in these two rounds. He was a dominant player in Georgia amateur circles at the time of his Masters invitations. Fred Kammer was a member of the 1947 Walker Cup team - and also the USA's 1936 Olympic hockey team (he earned a bronze medal).

Who shot 87-80 in 1983?

Cal Peete was on the leaderboard at 142 in 1983, but then shot 87-80 on the weekend. The same year, Jodie Mudd was only two strokes off the lead in the fourth round, shot 86 and wound up 42nd.

Who was 89 in the Masters?

89 - Fred McLeod, 1959. 89 - a-Jess Sweetser, 1936. Most of these scores were by aging former champions (or aging golfers who never won the Masters but kept getting invitations because they were friends of Bobby Jones). Doug Ford (1957 Masters champ) was 77 in 2000.

Did Sam Snead hurt him at the 1952 Masters?

At the 1952 Masters, Sam Snead 's 77 didn't hurt him much because scores were high for everyone that day. He shot 72 in the final round and won by four. At the 1989 Masters, Nick Faldo followed his 77 with a 65 and beat Scott Hoch in a playoff.

Honorable Mention: Arnold Palmer 1966 U.S. Open

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Sergio Garcia 1999 British Open

Many remember Sergio Garcia's tough finish and subsequent blame game at his second go-round at Carnoustie in 2007, but his first time there was far worse.

Billy Casper 2005 Masters

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Retief Goosen and Jason Gore 2005 U.S. Open

Going into the final round of the 2005 U.S. Open, both men in the final pair had a lot to gain.

Dustin Johnson 2010 U.S. Open

Remember that final round at the U.S. Open two years ago, when everyone seemed to backpedal and Graeme McDowell eased his way to the crown?

Tiger Woods 2006 U.S. Open

Yes, the best player of this generation and one of the top two greatest players of all time makes a list of major championship disasters.

John Daly 2008 British Open

The life of John Daly is dramatic enough to write a book about. Which he already did.

Where did the tee shot fall short?

His tee shot fell short, landing on a beach about 75 feet below the green. He skulled his second shot into ice plant. According to the Associated Press account, he moved the ball a foot on his third shot, then took four more swings in the ice plant until the ball was buried and declared unplayable.

What happened to Ainsley in the first round?

What happened: Ainsley was a club pro from Ojai, Calif., who shot a 76 in the first round. In the second, his approach to the green on 16 faded into a creek bordering the green. According to an account of the incident in the Cherry Hills Country Club history, Ainsley decided to play the submerged ball.

What hole did Tommy Nakajima play in the 1978 Masters?

Hole: No. 13, par 5, 510 yards. What happened: Nakajima would gain notoriety later in 1978 for a 9 at St. Andrews' famous Road Hole that was dubbed “the Sands of Nakajima" (as the tournament’s co-leader, he took four strokes to escape a bunker).

How many yards did Daly go over the water?

He decided to go over the water to the green, about 320 yards -- a shot he had pulled off earlier in the week. But his drive fell short into the water.

Who said he hit the ball like a wild man?

Quotable: “He was hitting the ball like a wild man,” recounted Bud McKinney, who was playing with Ainsley, after the round. “He was hitting and hitting the ball and it would occasionally jump like a fish and land on the bank, only to roll back in.

Who shot a 7 on the par-3 fourth?

In the same round, former Masters champ Craig Stadler took an 8 on the par-4 10th, and in Round 2 Ben Crenshaw, another former winner, scored a 7 on the par-3 fourth -- taking three shots to escape a bunker -- and Japan’s Hiroyuki Fujita had a 9 on the par-5 13th.

What hole is the 16th hole at Cypress Point?

Hole: No. 16 at Cypress Point, par 3, 222 yards. What happened: The club pro from Ohio was thoroughly beaten by one of golf’s most demanding holes, which features a long tee shot over the ocean. Yet Merrell never hit a ball into the water. His tee shot fell short, landing on a beach about 75 feet below the green.

How many over pars did Reasor shoot in the third round?

And in the third round, Reasor shot 123, 51-over par. The original Associated Press article about Reasor's third round, published on April 28, 1974, included these comments from Reasor:

Who shot 123 in 1974?

Here's How It Happened. Golf er Mike Reasor, pictured in 2000 when he was attempting to qualify for the European Senior Tour. In 1974, Reasor shot rounds of 123 and 114 playing one-handed at the PGA Tour Tallahassee Open. Paul Severn / Getty Images.

What was the score of Reasor in the Tallahassee Open?

When the Tallahassee Open was finished, Reasor's score was 93-over 381. Turns out, it was all for naught: Reasor had to withdraw from the Byron Nelson Classic, and it was more than a month until he was healthy enough to enter another tournament. Two other facts about Reasor:

Did everyone make the cut in the 1974 Tallahassee Open?

But only those who made the cut and completed the tournament .

What is the lowest round of golf?

The lowest officially recorded round is 55 by Rhein Gibson (12 birdies and two eagles on a par 71) on May 12, 2012 at River Oaks Golf Club in Edmond, Oklahoma. This score is recognized by the Guinness World Records. Three other rounds of 55 are documented, but these are commonly discounted due to the length of the course or the nature of the round. On August 27, 2020, another was added, as Alexander Hughes shot a 55 in Jenks, Oklahoma, within 100 miles of where Gibson had his best day.

Who is the only golfer to shoot 63 in a major?

Greg Norman, Vijay Singh and Brooks Koepka are the only golfers to record two rounds of 63 in the majors. Johnny Miller was the first golfer to shoot 63 in a major and was the only golfer to shoot 63 in the final round to win a major until Henrik Stenson did so as well during the 2016 Open Championship at Royal Troon Golf Club.

What is a perfect round?

A "perfect round" is a round of eighteen holes where all holes were played on average at one under par (average of birdie on every hole) resulting in a score of 55 on a par 73 course, 54 on a par 72 course, 53 on a par 71 course, and 52 on a par 70 course. The term 'perfect round' is used for a 54 as the lowest score generally accepted as being in ...

Where was the 55 shot?

On August 27, 2020, another was added, as Alexander Hughes shot a 55 in Jenks, Oklahoma, within 100 miles of where Gibson had his best day.

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