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Man Tries to Set High-speed Golfing Record

Aired July 02, 2002 - 05:59   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Golfing is quite an obsession for some people. But one man is trying to set a new golfing world record, his very own world record, I should say.

Craig Sclar (ph) of our affiliate station KPDX has the details.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE (voice-over): It's high speed golf.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Tell me.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jeff Simonton (ph) is hitting on the run.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's a little maniac.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: How you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right, how you doing?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A little tired. Hungry.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: In just 12 hours, he's trying to break his own record, one for the books, "The Guinness Book of World Records." Endless, constant, golf.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, Jeff has to play 507 holes in 12 hours. And if you kind of calculate that out, that's 42 holes an hour and I don't know, many golfers don't do 18 holes in an hour.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the help of spotters...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, a man goes to make sure he can get to the ball quickly.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... a ride along massage therapist...

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're massaging this man's very sore arms and back, shoulders.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: ... and a really souped up golf cart...

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, without this cart we'd have never set the record for the fastest 18 holes ever. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Is this faster than last year?

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes. A lot faster.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And so Simonton (ph) presses on to reach that magic number, fighting fatigue and the clock.

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COSTELLO: Oh, but alas, we're told Simonton missed the record by three holes.

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