Texas, horrible record of 135: it's 63 over par

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"When the sage points to the moon, the fool looks at the finger." There is no better proverb to tell this golf story. A beautiful story despite the numbers being merciless. In Texas, in a pre-qualifying match to play on the PGA Tour, a professional closed the 18 holes in 135 shots, or 63 over par.

Texas, the record

There are no typos: the numbers are precisely those brought to light by a Twitter account. The first nine holes were closed in 65 strokes instead of the 36 provided for in par. The latter (always par 36) in 70 strokes. Impossible to know behind a similarity defaillance there are technical reasons (the inevitable bad day) or problems of a physical nature.

An impressive total that - and here comes the beauty - did not induce the player to retire. And here is the beauty: how many of us amateurs do not return the score after a match that went very badly? Who hasn't thought about it at the end of one of those days where you wonder 'who made you play golf'? And to think that we often have that temptation, Amateur who play for pleasure and for the strawberry cup on duty. Whoever has marked that 63 above par plays by profession and therefore down his hat for having concluded the round and "filed" a similar result.

The competition in question was played on the Forest Course of the Kingwood club in Texas and there was a seat on the Valero Texas Open field up for grabs. To move on to the next qualification it was necessary to close at least four shots under par.

A feat for "our" professional who ran into a black day with a range of shots that went from 3 to 13 except for 11. In fact, the score shows a 3 (par), two 4s (par and a bogey), 5, 6 (twice), 7 (three), 8 (four), 9, 10 (double), 12 and 13 to be read. Two pars scored, at hole 4 and at 6.

For the golfing record, the Valero Texas Open was played at the beginning of April: the victory went to J.J. Spaun, his first career success in 147 races on the PGA Tour.

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