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My Dad is 86. This year he's fired a 70 and a 72 in Senior PGA Pro (mostly retired club pro's but some ex-playing pro's too) laden events in Florida beating his age by 16 & 14 shots. Once you reach 80, you are essentially playing the Lady's tees, but still, the course is 6,000+ yards, and he's playing PGA-built courses in the PGA complex near West Palm Beach Florida.
Anyone heard of beating your age by more strokes than this twice in the same year?
I sent it into Sports Illustrated, but neverheard back. Golf is a dying sport, so maybe its no longer newsworthy.
That's damn impressive. As an avid golfer who plays in club tournaments - tournament golf is so different than casual rounds. To shoot those scores at 86 is awesome in a casual setting. To post that in a tournament (not to mention one at that level) is astounding. Congrats to your pops.
Can't comment about not hearing back from SI - I'm guessing they get these stories all the time (not necessarily golf, just overall sports achievements). So it may take them a bit to get back to you.
That's damn impressive. As an avid golfer who plays in club tournaments - tournament golf is so different than casual rounds. To shoot those scores at 86 is awesome in a casual setting. To post that in a tournament (not to mention one at that level) is astounding. Congrats to your pops.
Can't comment about not hearing back from SI - I'm guessing they get these stories all the time (not necessarily golf, just overall sports achievements). So it may take them a bit to get back to you.
Thx for the kind words. There are no gimme's or mulligans in tournament golf, and no skirting the rules.
My Dad says there are quite a few pro's he plays with that regularly shoot their age, or below, so he's not too impressed with himself. I doubt they are shooting 10+ shots below their age though like he's done a few times now though.
update, he shot 71 in this weeks event, 15 shots below his age, and now 45 shots below his age in his best 3 rounds of the year....4 birdies too!
This reminds me of the movie Cocoon where the people in the old folks home visit the neighbors pool and find the fountain of youth in the form of alien pods being incubated there.
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Originally Posted by beach43ofus
My Dad is 86. This year he's fired a 70 and a 72 in Senior PGA Pro (mostly retired club pro's but some ex-playing pro's too) laden events in Florida beating his age by 16 & 14 shots. Once you reach 80, you are essentially playing the Lady's tees, but still, the course is 6,000+ yards, and he's playing PGA-built courses in the PGA complex near West Palm Beach Florida.
Anyone heard of beating your age by more strokes than this twice in the same year?
I sent it into Sports Illustrated, but neverheard back. Golf is a dying sport, so maybe its no longer newsworthy.
update, he shot 71 in this weeks event, 15 shots below his age, and now 45 shots below his age in his best 3 rounds of the year....4 birdies too!
This reminds me of the movie Cocoon where the people in the old folks home visit the neighbors pool and find the fountain of youth in the form of alien pods being incubated there.
I just came back from a golf trip in St. Augustine. And realizing how bad I read Bermuda greens and how windy it was in Florida (not to mention the turf is completely different than the Mid-Atlantic). This is actually much more amazing. As a low single-digit golfer, I'm always perplexed with how different Bermuda greens roll vs. bentgrasss.
I just came back from a golf trip in St. Augustine. And realizing how bad I read Bermuda greens and how windy it was in Florida (not to mention the turf is completely different than the Mid-Atlantic). This is actually much more amazing. As a low single-digit golfer, I'm always perplexed with how different Bermuda greens roll vs. bentgrasss.
Its tougher to play in Florida for those reasons, and also a lot more water on the courses here than up North.
I'm not sure if PGA National's (where my Dad plays) courses have Bermuda greens, or something else.
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