The Best 9 Ever: Pavin shoots 26 for 9 holes
Hats off to Corey Pavin, who plunked down 8 birdies for a 26 on the front nine at the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee. On a par 70 course, Pavin only managed one more birdie on the back nine to shoot 61. The front nine score of 26 is the best ever in a PGA event (although Billy Mayfair and Robert Gamez have been 9-under before).
Check out this scorecard!
2 Comments:
I don't get it. Why does Pavin get the record? Am I the only one who thinks that if you shot 8-under on a par 34 nine one day and 9-under on a par 36 nine the next you would feel the latter was the better performance? If the PGA Tour decided to add an official par 3 tournament to its schedule and somebody shot 2-under for 25 on the front nine, would they then hold the record? Of course not. As far as I am concerned, Mayfair and Gomez still hold the 'Best 9 Ever' title.
The reason for it is that when you remove par 5's and par 4's you don't make a course easier to make birdies. 8 birdies on 9 holes with 1 par five, and 3 par 3's is more impressive than 9 birdies with 2 par 3's and 2 par 5's...don't you think? Par 3's always require a long shot where most par 4's and 5's can be bombed and made very easy.
So to answer your question, yes I would give someone credit if they played all par 3's and birdied 8 of them as being more difficult than what Pavin did!
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