The average round of 18 holes of golf takes between 4 and 5 hours. It is not uncommon for the average Tiger Woods want-to-be to spend 5 hours plus on the links. Well we all could learn something from Christopher Smith.
In May 2005 Mr. Smith set the world speed-golf record by shooting a 6-UNDER PAR 65 IN 44 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS!
The scoring system in speed golf adds strokes taken to the number of minutes consumed, a formula that places greater value on golf ability than on speed. It's far easier to lower your total score by saving a shot around the green than it is by running the course (typically five to eight miles) one minute faster.
Players may carry any number of clubs, up to the normally allowed maximum of 14. Some competitors use only two, but Mr. Smith has settled on six: a driver, a four wood, a five iron, an eight iron, a 52-degree gap wedge and a putter.
Christopher spends from five to ten seconds on each shot and completes par-four holes in about three minutes. Before he starts a round Christopher needs 15 empty holes in front of him .
As Mr. Smith puts it, "Speed golf proves what most of us know intuitively, thinking is the ruin of good golf."
If only it were that easy.
In May 2005 Mr. Smith set the world speed-golf record by shooting a 6-UNDER PAR 65 IN 44 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS!
The scoring system in speed golf adds strokes taken to the number of minutes consumed, a formula that places greater value on golf ability than on speed. It's far easier to lower your total score by saving a shot around the green than it is by running the course (typically five to eight miles) one minute faster.
Players may carry any number of clubs, up to the normally allowed maximum of 14. Some competitors use only two, but Mr. Smith has settled on six: a driver, a four wood, a five iron, an eight iron, a 52-degree gap wedge and a putter.
Christopher spends from five to ten seconds on each shot and completes par-four holes in about three minutes. Before he starts a round Christopher needs 15 empty holes in front of him .
As Mr. Smith puts it, "Speed golf proves what most of us know intuitively, thinking is the ruin of good golf."
If only it were that easy.
1 comments:
So much for the theory, Teach a man to golf and get rid of him for a day!
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