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Mickelson’s Close Call With 59 Brings Back To Light Just How Rare Breaking 60 Is

Phil MickelsonAl Geiberger was the first player on the PGA tour to shoot a 59. That came back in 1977 at the Memphis Classic at Colonial Country. Since then, it’s happened just four more times in the history of the sport on the PGA Tour, through the hundreds or thousands, if not, millions of golf rounds that have taken place.

Statistically speaking, it could be one of the rarest accomplishments in all of sports. Continue reading

No.16 At TPC Scottsdale Worth The Price Of Admission At Waste Management Phoenix Open

TPC ScottsdaleThe 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass might be the most famous golf hole in the United States, but there is another on the other side of the country that rivals it, and in terms of excitement, knocks it out of the park.

That would be No.16 at TPC Scottsdale, which players on the PGA Tour will tackle it this week for the playing of the Waste Management Phoenix open. Continue reading