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Sep 14th, 2017
17–year–old amateur ties with golf record
As he shoots 9 birdies in a row
Words: GolfPunk
Rayhan Thomas is a name that you won’t be familiar with, but the 17–year–old amateur has just tied a world record in golf.
He tied a world record with nine consecutive birdies in an Official World Golf Ranking event on Tuesday.
Playing in the Mena Tour's Dubai Creek Open, his home course, Thomas’s run started on the second hole at Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club. He ended up posting a 10-under 61.
Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club
"Yeah, it was fun. It was a good run of birdies," Thomas told reporters. "I just stayed pretty much in the moment and let it happen. It just felt natural.
“I knew I could go low, especially round my home track where I know the greens so well. So I just let everything flow. I didn’t know about the record, but that’s nice. That’s pretty cool.”
Mark Calcavecchia set the original record at the 2009 Canadian Open, whilst earlier this year, Bernd Wiesberger shot nine straight birdies at the European Tour’s Maybank Challenge. Unfortunately for him it did not qualify as they were playing preferred lies.
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