Calc: Nine In A Row!

John Nicholson of AP reports that Mark Calcavecchia broke the tour record for consecutive birdies Saturday, breaking one of the more incredible tour feats and quite possible the most impossible-to-guess trivia answer ever:

Calcavecchia broke the record set by Bob Goalby in his 1961 St. Petersburg Open victory and matched by Fuzzy Zoeller (1976 Quad Cities Open), Dewey Arnette (1987 Buick Open), Edward Fryatt (2000 Doral-Ryder Open), J.P. Hayes (2002 Bob Hope Classic) and Jerry Kelly (2003 Las Vegas Invitational). Hayes played alongside Calcavecchia on Saturday.

There will be detractors who will say it shouldn't count because they played preferred lies, but nine in a row anywhere--even touching the ball--is amazing. It's amazing in a four-man scramble!

Comments

[Steven T.]

9 birdies is a good summer for me.

[M]

Also 6 holes in one (through 2 rounds!) which is another pga record.

4 of which were on the BWM hole, thus a free car, one being Arjun Atwal.........................................

[M]

Make that 7 as Weir just made one. And probably more to come..

[dsl]

The thunderstorms were ruining my reception of the Can Open...Did anyone see the highlight of the guy that made the hole in one on the deflection off of another ball? If you watch closely, you'll notice that one of his playing partners turns around and excitedly congratulates him. The other playing partner doesn't even flinch and keeps his shoulders slumped and eyes on the ground. Just wondering who that bundle of joy was? Judging by the body type/ demeanor I was thinking Calc. Someone else?

[thusgone]

don't forget the other asterisk material: juiced balls, grooves, clubheads and shafts! calc is a good statistical 'control' for the rollback crowd b/c he does not seem to have adopted the tiger woods physical fitness program.

[Scott]

Atwal winning a BMW is surely the ironic moment of the year in golf. Talk about your marketing disasters for BMW. Do they give him free roll bars?

[M6 vs. E55]

Good call Scott. That's pretty funny.

[Tim in Hoylake]

Not to be too picky or anything, but Calc had 4 par-5's on his nine holes. 11-18 + 1 and 2 at Glen Abbey. Not many courses offer such a cluster of par 5's as this. Minor point...

[JayMac]

@Scott, @M6 vs E55 - bad call actually..that was Jeev Milka Singh.