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Unreal Golf Facts

By: Ben L
1. The longest putt ever was measured at 375 feet.
2.The chances of making two holes-in-one in a round of golf are 1 in 67 million.
3.The longest golf hole in the world is the 7th hole (par 7) on the Sano Course at the Satsuki Golf Club in Japan. It measures an amazing 909 yards
4.125,000 golf balls a year are lost in the water at the famous 17th hole of the Stadium Course at Sawgrass.
5.Golf will be included in the 2016 and the 2020 Olympics
6.Augusta originally planned to have a 19th hole, at the request of Bobby Jones.
7.There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.
8.Arnold Palmer was nicknamed “The King”.
9.The largest bunker in the world is Hell’s Half Acre on the 585-yard 7th hole of the Pine Valley Course in New Jersey.
10.The word “caddy” comes from the French word for student, “cadet”, which is pronounced cad-DAY.

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Friday, February 27, 2015

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