My acquaintance R. Murthy was one of the competitors at the PGTI Golf championship at Poona Club Golf Course last week. On the last day of the tournament Murthy fired a 9-birdie round to tie for first, but eventually finished second after losing the first playoff hole to Shankar Das.
Murthy scored a TOTAL of nine birdies in the round but it got me thinking about what the record is for the highest number of CONSECUTIVE birdies in a professional golf round.
Well, I hope you are sitting down when you read this. The record is held by Mark Calcavecchia, who scored 9 consecutive birdies during the second round of the 2009 Canadian Open. NINE IN A ROW!
Here's a blow by blow account of the historic feat:
http://www.pgatour.com/2009/tournaments/r032/07/25/calc_birdie_chart/index.html
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