Golf Records
Golfers with Most Tour Wins
In 1945 Byron Nelson won 18 official tours and one unofficial. The sportsman won 11 tour events in succession. This is also a record. Sam Snead became a professional golfer in 1934. By 1965 the golfer won 81 PGA tour events.
Kathy Whitworth, a professional golf player, has set up a record among sportswomen by winning 88 times on LPGA from 1959 to 1991.
The Youngest Golfer to Play in a PGA Tour
Michelle Wie holds the record to be the youngest golfer in PGA Tournament. The golfer was 14 years, 2 months and 29 days when playing at Sony Open in Hawaii in 2004.
The other golfer Lorens Chan is the second-youngest who played in Sony Open in 2009. At that time she was 14 years, 7 months old.
The Oldest National Champion
Pamela Fernando established a record when she at age 54 years and 282 days old won Women’s Championship in Sri Lanka in 1981.
The Largest Number of Played Holes
In 1997 Erik Freeman played 467 holes in the course of twelve hours using a golf cart. The course with nine holes measured 2992 meters.
The Largest Number of Balls Hit in an Hour
On the 30d of June 1995, Sean Murphy established a record of 2146 balls from 91,5 meters distance.
The Longest Hole Shot in One
This record was established by Robert Mitera at Miracle Hill Golf Club in Omaha, Nebraska on the 7th of October 1965. He hit the ball in a hole from the distance measured 408 meters. So the golfer put the ball in the 10th hole. By sportswomen this record makes up 359 meters and belongs to Marie Robie. The record was set up in 1949.