Fun Golf Facts
10 Astonishing but true facts about golf:
1. At Addington Palace in England, Ronald Jones performed a numerical marvel in 1934. He played a stretch of five holes like a man counting down for a rocket lift-off. On holes 12 through 16, he recorded scores, respectively, of 5-4-3-2-1.
2. Two golfers played five full rounds of golf in five different countries in one day! On June 12, 1992, Englishman Simon Clough and Australian Boris Janjic, both club pros in Belgium, played 18 hole rounds in France, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. The 90 holes were walked briskly by the players who accomplished their amazing feat in 16 hours and 35 minutes. They traveled 273 miles between the courses in a car, shot a combined score of 772.
3. At the Los Angeles Open one year, Bob Geared badly sliced his tee shot. It bounced into the road that ran along the course and rolled up into the hands of a worker standing in the back of a moving vehicle. The man then heaved the ball back towards the course. Incredibly, the ball landed on the green and rolled into the cup. The golfer was about to give himself an ace when the rules committee forced him to play a provisional ball and add a penalty stroke to his scorecard.
4. John Remington, playing England's Cotswald Hills Golf Club in 1959, took a five iron at the short 7th hole, and hooked it badly (it went to the left) towards a drainage ditch. His ball bounced of a drainpipe toward a greenside bunker where it hit a rake and bounded toward a ball already on the green. Remington's ball glanced off the other ball and skipped into the cup for a hole in one.
5. In 1983, Canadian amateur golf Elaine Johnson was shocked when her miss-hit ball landed in her own bra. "I'll take a two stroke penalty," she said. "But I'll be damned if I'll play it where it lies."
6. While walking on the course near his home at Knole, England, Ray Wickham was struck in the chest by a tee shot. He was unhurt and joined in the search for the ball, which couldn't be found at least not until Wickham got home and discovered the ball....in his pocket.
7. In 1928 at Wentworth, England, playing partners Earl Avery and Richard Alcorn were on opposite sides of the fairway at the 9th hole when, unbeknownst to each other, they simultaneously struck their approach shots. The balls were heading towad the pin from different angles when they collided and plopped onto the green, inches from the cup.
8. Successive holes in one on par 3 holes are rare, but they are nearly unheard of on par 4 holes. Nevertheless, Norman Manley pulled off this feat in 1964 at Del Valley Country Club in Saugus, California, when he aced the 330 yard 7th hole and the 290 yard 8th hole. He shot 61 for the round, a course record.
9. in 1987, Will J. Kirn struck his 7 iron toward the water at the par 3, 3rd hole at Kiahuna Golf Club in Koloa, Hawaii. Kirn's ball bounded off a rock in the middle of the water, shot 25 feet into the air, drifted to the left, and landed on the green where it rolled another 20 feet right into the hole.
10. Justin Rose created a sensation in the golf world in 1998 when, at age 17, he finished 2 strokes behind winner Mark O'Meara at the British Open. However, John Bal Jr. was 16 when he won the Claret Jug in 1890. Still, he was a seasoned veteran compared to Tom Morris Jr., who won the Open in 1868 when he was just 14 years, four months, and four days old.
1. At Addington Palace in England, Ronald Jones performed a numerical marvel in 1934. He played a stretch of five holes like a man counting down for a rocket lift-off. On holes 12 through 16, he recorded scores, respectively, of 5-4-3-2-1.
2. Two golfers played five full rounds of golf in five different countries in one day! On June 12, 1992, Englishman Simon Clough and Australian Boris Janjic, both club pros in Belgium, played 18 hole rounds in France, Luxembourg, Germany, Holland, and Belgium. The 90 holes were walked briskly by the players who accomplished their amazing feat in 16 hours and 35 minutes. They traveled 273 miles between the courses in a car, shot a combined score of 772.
3. At the Los Angeles Open one year, Bob Geared badly sliced his tee shot. It bounced into the road that ran along the course and rolled up into the hands of a worker standing in the back of a moving vehicle. The man then heaved the ball back towards the course. Incredibly, the ball landed on the green and rolled into the cup. The golfer was about to give himself an ace when the rules committee forced him to play a provisional ball and add a penalty stroke to his scorecard.
4. John Remington, playing England's Cotswald Hills Golf Club in 1959, took a five iron at the short 7th hole, and hooked it badly (it went to the left) towards a drainage ditch. His ball bounced of a drainpipe toward a greenside bunker where it hit a rake and bounded toward a ball already on the green. Remington's ball glanced off the other ball and skipped into the cup for a hole in one.
5. In 1983, Canadian amateur golf Elaine Johnson was shocked when her miss-hit ball landed in her own bra. "I'll take a two stroke penalty," she said. "But I'll be damned if I'll play it where it lies."
6. While walking on the course near his home at Knole, England, Ray Wickham was struck in the chest by a tee shot. He was unhurt and joined in the search for the ball, which couldn't be found at least not until Wickham got home and discovered the ball....in his pocket.
7. In 1928 at Wentworth, England, playing partners Earl Avery and Richard Alcorn were on opposite sides of the fairway at the 9th hole when, unbeknownst to each other, they simultaneously struck their approach shots. The balls were heading towad the pin from different angles when they collided and plopped onto the green, inches from the cup.
8. Successive holes in one on par 3 holes are rare, but they are nearly unheard of on par 4 holes. Nevertheless, Norman Manley pulled off this feat in 1964 at Del Valley Country Club in Saugus, California, when he aced the 330 yard 7th hole and the 290 yard 8th hole. He shot 61 for the round, a course record.
9. in 1987, Will J. Kirn struck his 7 iron toward the water at the par 3, 3rd hole at Kiahuna Golf Club in Koloa, Hawaii. Kirn's ball bounded off a rock in the middle of the water, shot 25 feet into the air, drifted to the left, and landed on the green where it rolled another 20 feet right into the hole.
10. Justin Rose created a sensation in the golf world in 1998 when, at age 17, he finished 2 strokes behind winner Mark O'Meara at the British Open. However, John Bal Jr. was 16 when he won the Claret Jug in 1890. Still, he was a seasoned veteran compared to Tom Morris Jr., who won the Open in 1868 when he was just 14 years, four months, and four days old.