The first time you broke 100, 90, 80, 70

[Tim Gavrich]

I also recall the first time I came close to even par, at Grand Cypress New, where I bogeyed 18 for a 73.  Probably would have parred, but one of the playing partners told me just as I teed off that "all you need for 72 is a par" which of course, jinxed that whole deal.

I've got a Grand Cypress New story that's germane here. I once lipped out a putt for 29 on the front, then shot 42 coming in.


The only milestone round I remember was the first time I broke 100 - a 96, at the NLE Winyah Bay Golf Club in Georgetown, SC.

[Steve Lang]

Tommy,


I’d be interested to know the youngest person to have shot their age on a 6,000 yard+ course.


One for the Guinness Book of Records.

Bernhard Langer shot a 63 last weekend at Phoenix CC, 0ver 6800 yds... not bad for a 64 year old!

[Phil Burr]

First time I broke 80 was at Pajaro Valley in Watsonville, CA.  I stepped in a hole five steps off the first tee and walked 18 holes with a sprained ankle swollen to the size of a tennis ball.  I remember crawling out of the swale in the middle of the 16th fairway but somehow my 12-handicap game was relatively unaffected by the injury.  I’m not trying to suggest I was Tiger at Torrey, but sometimes the goal supersedes everything else.


The only time I broke 70 was 40 minutes away at Laguna Seca.  A very snappy 39-30.  The outward 39 against the par of 36 was the result of a triple bogey on nine.  A 5-under back included a double at 11, but chip-in eagles at both par fives helped quite a bit.  That round took place during the ‘82 Open at Pebble where I spent that morning in a grandstand behind the 18th and saw only one player hit the green in two (and very few even try).  What was amazing was that the player who accomplished the feat was the GLB, Corey Pavin.  The only player he ever outdrove on tour was Mike Reid!