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yeah and if a pro played some of the local courses around here they would probably shoot 20 under

What'd he get on the other 9?

No, they wouldn't.
You still have to put the ball in the hole. Putting would be a nightmare for the average pro on the local muni.

Check out the link. It is legit. I came close to this once. But the windmill hole on 17 killed me.

I don't care who you are or where you are, a 55 is unreal.

The course isn't really that short, it measures 6,700 yards. Most pro tournaments are in the 7,000-7,200 range.

The impressive part for me is he birdied all four par 3's, and they all range from 175-190 yards. Seldom do you see a pro or anyone ever do that. Check out the scorecard.

The most unimpressive thing is the course pro has never shot below 71 on that track.

I agree with this

Pros are use to putting on absolutely perfect greens that are double rolled every night during tournaments

They just have to start the ball on line and it's going in, very few bumps and ball marks to hit

With that said, I'm sure they could still 2 putt for birdie on a lot of holes at a local muni

There aren't going to be many bumps from where they'd be putting from at an average muni. Remember the average pro is used to trying hit irons onto much faster greens than you'd see at your average public course. Add in the fact that with the distance difference they'll be hitting most approaches with wedges, and they'd be hitting darts to every green. You also have to figure they'd be able to drive the green on multiple par 4's of a local muni.

Tiger shot 59 back in 1997

Bubba shot 58 last offseason

Those were at their upscale country clubs that they belong to, not at a local muni

I do too. Putting on a non-PGA track would be difficult for a pro, not so much on bumps, but on speed.

It's not like this guy didn't play lenghty par 5's, I think they were 505, 508, 551 and 542. Not that much different from what a pro faces each week.

Where this course is short is on the par 4's.

All's I'm saying is a 55 is unreal, you can post your Tiger shot 59 and Bubba shot 58, but did any of them shoot 55?

Bingo. The Golf Channel reported that according to Guinness, 55 is the lowest score ever recorded on a golf course over 6,600 yards.

What's interesting is if you look at his front 9, he 'only' parred the par 5 and a short par 3. He must be kicking himself about those now. Those two could have gotten him down to 53. It's like they say, you can't beat the game.

69 lol