Adam Long Sets New Record with 69 Consecutive Holes Hitting Fairway

PGA Tour Bermuda Championship 1R Most Consecutive Holes Record
Previous Record 59 Holes Set in 1992 Broken
Noren Leads, Young 26th, Noh Seung-yeol 66th

Adam Long (USA) set a new record for the 'most consecutive fairways hit.'

On the 9th (local time), at the Port Royal Golf Course (par 71, 6,828 yards) in Southampton, Bermuda, during the first round of the PGA Tour Butterfield Bermuda Championship (total prize money $6.5 million), he hit every tee shot onto the fairway up to the 14th hole (par 4). Starting from the 17th hole of the final round at last month's Shriners Children's Open through 11 holes on this day, he achieved a PGA Tour record of 69 consecutive holes with tee shots landing on the fairway. The previous record was 59 holes, set by Brian Cla (USA) in 1992.

Adam Long

Long missed the fairway on the 15th hole (par 4), ending his record streak. He said, "If no one had come to talk to me in the past 24 hours, I probably wouldn't have thought about the record this much. But it was definitely on my mind from the start." He added, "On the 15th hole, my 3-wood tee shot had too much spin, and the wind caught it, so it didn't go far enough and landed in the rough. I felt a bit relieved that part was over." Long shot 5-under 66 and stood tied for 26th place.

Alex Noren (Sweden) took the lead at 10-under 61. Robert Gagliard (USA) and three others are tied for second place at 8-under 63, two strokes behind. No Seung-yeol is tied for 66th at 2-under 69, and Kang Sung-hoon finished tied for 114th at 1-over 72. Fifteen-year-old Oliver Betzchart (Bermuda), who qualified through regional qualifiers, lost one stroke over 15 holes. At 15 years, 3 months, and 8 days old, he set the fifth youngest debut record in history. Due to sunset, nine players were unable to complete their rounds.

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