Good lord, I don't mind a guy wanting to be known for getting work done on time, but how much forethought went into the design? What did the course look like? Any drawings to see if he had some good strategies.
I think the book of world records jumped the shark ages ago. When I was in college a bunch of frat boys set a world record for throwing a frisbee, but they spent four days standing up, throwing it, watching it land, then waiting till the last "alloted moment" to throw it back. It looked stupid, contrived and best of all, their record was broken a week later by a rival school. (The guys who tried it were dorks.)