DP World Tour professional makes 139-yard putt, breaks world document

November 30, 2024

David Micheluzzi on Friday on the Australian Open.

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Our headline, by far, tells this text’s greatest story. WATCH: DP World Tour professional makes 139-yard putt, breaks world document. Properly accomplished, David Micheluzzi! That’s unimaginable!

However let’s additionally attempt to hold you round for a minute. If you happen to look shut sufficient on the footage launched Friday by the DP World Tour, and skim a bit concerning the try, there are different delectable objects, similar to:

— Micheluzzi, a 28-year-old professional from Australia, wasn’t alone in attempting. Robert MacIntyre gave it a go — and one in all his makes an attempt hit a sprinkler head. Matt Wallace hit a ball already on the inexperienced. Joost Luiten, Dylan Frittelli and Yannik Paul missed by about 3 toes. Thriston Lawrence and Sean Crocker missed by about 2. Romain Langasque missed by about 18 inches. Dan Bradbury missed by a few foot — after saying he shanked an earlier try.

— Sure, it was staged; no, it didn’t are available precise match play. The putt was recorded on the seventh gap at Yas Hyperlinks in Abu Dhabi, forward of the DP World Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship earlier this month, at a spot purposefully picked to raised the earlier Guinness World Information mark of “longest golf putt (non-tournament).” That being stated, the putt offers no less than some assist to the thought that when you can putt a ball, putt a ball. Go away the wedge within the bag — or on this case, a brief iron. The Yas Hyperlinks fairways seemingly should have been pure.

— So why the heck did the DP World Tour do that? So far as we are able to inform, that may be answered with one other query: Why the heck not? It’s enjoyable. It’s content material. The tour’s additionally tried to interrupt Guinness data earlier than. In line with their web site, DP World Tour gamers have set the usual for “quickest gap of golf by a staff of 4” (24.75 seconds by Crocker, Nicolai Hojgaard, Min Woo Lee and Wilco Nienaber); “quickest gap of golf by a person” (1 minute, 29.62 seconds by Thomas Detry); and “farthest golf shot caught in a transferring automobile” (303 yards by Marcus Armitage).

However sure, the 139-yard made putt remains to be the star right here — although there’s no less than one one who can declare to have made an extended one.

Micheluzzi’s effort got here on his second try, the DP World Tour stated. On the record-breaker, he took his putter again to waist degree and hit — and after about 2 seconds, he preferred it. “That’s it,” he stated. “That’s getting there.” His ball prevented the beforehand talked about sprinkler head. It missed one other ball. On the inexperienced, it began left of the left gap, labored its approach proper, then broke left on the finish and located the center of the cup. Based mostly on footage, the ball rolled for 20 seconds — and Micheluzzi had his putter raised after 11. You may watch the full video under, and under which can be a number of angles of the document putt.

Celebration adopted the make. Micheluzzi began working down the green. He kicked his toes collectively. He did a cartwheel. He threw his putter. Finally, Micheluzzi plucked his ball from the outlet. He’d damaged the earlier mark of 401 toes, 2 inches, set final 12 months by Jay Stocki, a semi-retired promoting government, on the Baths, the par-3 course at Blackwolf Run in Wisconsin.

However was Micheluzzi’s putt the longest-ever non-tournament putt?

By the Guinness guide, sure. In fact, perhaps you or your pals have dropped one. Or perhaps you noticed Wesley Bryan make a 144-yarder earlier this 12 months (and when you haven’t, you may watch it right here). The video of it lasted nearly 20 seconds, and the putt itself took 14 seconds to go from the green to the outlet. Bryan took practically a full swing along with his putter, the ball rolled about 25 toes left to proper, it dipped simply earlier than the inexperienced, it tracked towards the outlet — then it fell and the occasion began. Shouts. A chest-bump.

However within the replies to the posting of the video, it was famous that the Guinness people weren’t contacted. (The method to confirm a document might be discovered right here.) Nonetheless, Bryan did make it and that’s, effectively, one thing.

We’ll wrap issues up right here with a couple of hyperlinks.

Please click on right here to learn concerning the earlier Guinness world document for “longest golf putt (non-tournament).” Or please click on right here to observe it.

Please click on right here to learn concerning the Guinness world document for “longest golf putt in a significant match.” The putt was 110 toes. 2 inches, and it was made by Nick Worth on the 1992 PGA Championship. (The web site additionally lists a putt made by Jack Nicklaus on the 1964 Match of Champions right here.)

Please click on right here to learn concerning the Guinness world document for “longest profitable putt on the PGA Tour.” The putt was 111 toes. 5 inches, and it was made by Craig Barlow on Jan. 27, 2008, on the Buick Open.

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Nick Piastowski

Golf.com Editor

Nick Piastowski is a Senior Editor at Golf.com and Golf Journal. In his position, he’s answerable for modifying, writing and growing tales throughout the golf house. And when he’s not writing about methods to hit the golf ball farther and straighter, the Milwaukee native might be taking part in the sport, hitting the ball left, proper and brief, and ingesting a chilly beer to clean away his rating. You may attain out to him about any of those subjects — his tales, his recreation or his beers — at nick.piastowski@golf.com.