August 20 was an exciting day in the golf world. Why? Quite a few records were broken that day. Moreover, a few golfers recorded their maiden wins that day! The two most exciting things that happened on Sunday were: an amateur golfer wrote his name in history alongside the golf great Tiger Woods, and one golf veteran achieved the feat of his maiden win on the Tour.

Among all the excitement, a PGA Tour pro also shattered a not-so-exciting record on Sunday at Olympia Fields during the BMW Championship. And while a record is a record, let’s dive into why it didn’t have the golf world cheering as loudly as the others as the golf pro added his name to the day’s record-breaker’s list.

PGA Tour Pro breaks a non-sensational Tour record

The four days of fierce golf at the iconic Olympia Field were as great as they could get. Many memorable moments were created on the course such as Max Homa setting the course, record of 62 on the tournament’s second day. 

Sam Burner tied Homa’s record during the third day, only to have it shattered by Viktor Hovland in his final round. Hovland emerged victorious on Sunday at Olympia Fields, shooting his career-lowest 61 and setting the course record. He shot seven birdies in the last nine holes to make his name in history.

Other than the aforementioned three golfers, one other pro, Brendon Todd, also set a record in Illinois, but it did not garner a lot of attention. Todd shot a final score of 4 over to finish in the 41st position. In order to do so, the 38-year-old made a whopping 64 pars over 72 holes to go along with six bogeys and just two birdies.

After this, Todd’s swing coach, Bradley Hughes, was curious to know if that was the most pars ever recorded in a PGA Tour event, and it turns out, it was! Justin Ray, the golf statistics guru, confirmed that Todd’s number of pars was the most pars for any player in a 72-hole PGA Tour event in the last 40 seasons.

Though Todd’s record might not be as glorious as other records created at Olympia Fields, or it must not be as glamorous as other records created that same Sunday on other golf courses.

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An amateur golfer writes his name in history alongside Tiger Woods 

There are only two golfers who have won both the U.S. Junior and U.S. Amateur titles. First was Tiger Woods, when he won three consecutive U.S. Junior trophies from 1991 to 1993, and then three straight U.S. Amateurs from 1994 to 1996. Pretty ironic! Isn’t it? Two decades later, the University of Alabama’s sophomore, Nick Dunlap, became the second golfer ever to win both titles, after the GOAT, to do so.

Dunlap won U.S. Junior in 2021, which set him up nicely for the monumental moment of victory at U.S. Amateur on August 20th. The Alabama sophomore had to defeat Ohio State graduate Neal Shipley at the 123rd edition of the U.S. Amateur championship to ensure that his name goes beside the 82-time PGAT champion in the historic books of golf.

Not only this, but Ken Duke also won his first event on the PGA Tour Champions in Canada. He won the Shaw Charity Classic event and celebrated like a boss to mark his maiden win.

With golf reaching new heights every day, it will be interesting to see all the records that upcoming young golfers and PGAT professionals will beat and rewrite! Tune in to find out more!

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