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[isaacbm]

I find it strange how many people doubt the possibility of a round like this.  It was his home course, the course was short, he's a proven player, and like someone else above said, the law of averages eventually says it will happen.  

Hell, I played with thrillhouse of this forum last week and he holed out from off the green 3 times in the first 5 holes.  Do you know the odds of that happening?

I've also seen a 18 handicap shoot 34 on the front 9 one day.  He never hit a drive over 200 yards and made 3 40 footers in a row.  shot 50 on the back 9.

If you're around the game long enough, you'll see everything eventually.

[dhk8880]

SpinMill75, on 16 May 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:

I thought Kim Jong il had that beat years ago......

ROFL ROFL srs

[kg92lefty]

Agree with isaac, you are going to get hot sooner or later.  It makes it easier that it was his home course, a short course with buddies.  55 is unbelievable.

[msd3075]

http://sports.yahoo....-172520068.html


The story has made it onto Yahoo's homepage.

[jrshields3]

Very impressive! The guy had his game going that day. Curious to see how he does following that up in his mini tour events. Suddenly the spotlight is on!

Best of luck!

[Over Par]

msd3075, on 16 May 2012 - 09:28 PM, said:

I'm by no means doubting the story at all, but when I read a certain detail in the story my BS meter started making noise.

One of his playing partners is a landman in OKC and a former college golfer, it means there's a 99.999% chance the guy works for Chesapeake (their land department has a habit of hiring graduating college golfers or former club pros so they'll have ringers in all the tournaments in the area), and if there is one thing I've learned working in this industry it's never, ever, ever for any reason whatsoever trust a single word that comes out of the mouth of a Chesapeake landman.

Again, I'm not trying to take anything away from this guy's incredible round.

Haha!  That's funny.  I'm a Landman out in Midland and I agree about Chesapeake...

[Jag80]

If the guy has witnesses I don't doubt he shot the score.  Why all would lie just to say he shot 55?  All the publicity this is going to generate isn't worth the hassle in the long run.

My question to the board is how many of you have shot a low score in relation to your handicap and fell apart the second day?  It happens.  I'm a 10-12 handicap and shot 75 in the club championship the first day.  I was playing with my friends so is was relaxing and they all were pulling for me.  Second day I played with strangers and the heat was on.  Fell apart and shot 91.  Still finished in top three but I choked.  It's not a 55 but this guy pretty much did the same thing when he came back with a 75 in the mini tour event.

[swbyps]

Hmmm....Nice round, but I notice he had a couple pars mixed in there. Left a few strokes out there. If I were him, I would get in touch with Sean Foley and change his swing. Hes obviously not quite good enough.  

[ben w]

while he's new as an (aspiring) pro, he's not empty of accomplishments. He won the Oklahoma Open, which is our state's biggest professional event that goes back to 1910. Several past champions went on to win majors. Here's a few:

1975 Danny Edwards Dornick Hills CC   1976 Mark Hayes Twin Hills CC   1977 Danny Edwards Twin Hills CC   1978 Lindy Miller Indian Springs CC   1979 Danny Edwards Kickingbird GC   1980 Jaime Gonzales Kickingbird GC   1981 Gil Morgan Kickingbird GC   1982 Doug Tewell Kickingbird GC   1983 Tom Jones Kickingbird GC   1984 Kenny Huff Kickingbird GC   1985 Bob Tway Kickingbird GC   1986 Lindy Miller Oak Tree CC   1987 Bob Tway Oak Tree CC   1988 Mark Hayes Oak Tree CC   1989 Doug Martin Oak Tree CC   1990 Willie Wood Oak Tree CC   1991 Jim Kane Oak Tree CC   1992 Bryan Norton Oak Tree CC   1993 Mark Hayes Oak Tree CC   1994 David Edwards Oak Tree CC   1995 Willie Wood Oak Tree CC   1996 David Edwards Oak Tree CC   1997 Gil Morgan Oak Tree CC   1998 Kevin Dillen Oak Tree CC   1999 Todd Hamilton Oak Tree CC   2000 John Bizik Oak Tree CC   2001 Lucas Glover Oak Tree CC   2002 Chris Noel Oak Tree CC   2003 Cody Freeman Oak Tree CC   2004 Rocky Walcher Oak Tree CC     2005   Kyle Willmann   Oak Tree CC      2006   Kyle Flinton    Oak Tree CC      2007   Rocky Walcher   Oak Tree CC     2008   Brett Myers   Oak Tree CC     2009   Robert Streb   Oak Tree CC     2010   Rhein Gibson   Oak Tree CC     2011   Robert Streb   Oak Tree CC

[Huskypride28]

There's additional information released on GC that has made this story even more interesting and amazing.  Apparently he went out the night before and had a few too many.  Needless to say he wasn't 100% the next morning and didn't even want to play.  His buddies literally dragged him out to the course with no warm-up on the range, and went straight to the first hole.  Also, it had rained a lot the previous day and they said there were a ton of shots that had mud balls. He said he wasn't even hitting the ball particularly well hitting only few fairways.  Simply amazing.

[ben w]

Huskypride28, on 18 May 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:

There's additional information released on GC that has made this story even more interesting and amazing.  Apparently he went out the night before and had a few too many.  Needless to say he wasn't 100% the next morning and didn't even want to play.  His buddies literally dragged him out to the course with no warm-up on the range, and went straight to the first hole.  Also, it had rained a lot the previous day and they said there were a ton of shots that had mud balls. He said he wasn't even hitting the ball particularly well hitting only few fairways.  Simply amazing.

"Here's to the finely tuned athlete"

[rybo]

I traveled a bit with Rhein when I was playing the Hooters tour.  He is for real and this is totally believable.  He can flat out play.  

Sent a text, interested to see if he responds.  Not sure if he still has the same phone #.

Edited by rybo, 18 May 2012 - 08:52 PM.

[Mschumacher]

Dear god............ that is unbelievable.

[rybo]

Been trading texts with Rhein, he said it was crazy!

[rybo]

Huskypride28, on 18 May 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:

There's additional information released on GC that has made this story even more interesting and amazing.  Apparently he went out the night before and had a few too many.  Needless to say he wasn't 100% the next morning and didn't even want to play.  His buddies literally dragged him out to the course with no warm-up on the range, and went straight to the first hole.  Also, it had rained a lot the previous day and they said there were a ton of shots that had mud balls. He said he wasn't even hitting the ball particularly well hitting only few fairways.  Simply amazing.

Ummm...... this is not exactly true, he was at a grad party the night before and home by 10.  Just "didn't wanna to get out of bed for a 8:15 tee time."

[Huskypride28]

rybo, on 18 May 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

Huskypride28, on 18 May 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:

There's additional information released on GC that has made this story even more interesting and amazing.  Apparently he went out the night before and had a few too many.  Needless to say he wasn't 100% the next morning and didn't even want to play.  His buddies literally dragged him out to the course with no warm-up on the range, and went straight to the first hole.  Also, it had rained a lot the previous day and they said there were a ton of shots that had mud balls. He said he wasn't even hitting the ball particularly well hitting only few fairways.  Simply amazing.

Ummm...... this is not exactly true, he was at a grad party the night before and home by 10.  Just "didn't wanna to get out of bed for a 8:15 tee time."

Just going off of what Rymer said on GC.

[onafriday]

I mean....I'll address the elephant in the room...

WITB?

[Sean2]

rybo, on 18 May 2012 - 07:37 PM, said:

Been trading texts with Rhein, he said it was crazy!

I bet. How do you follow that? :-)

I emailed his scorecard to some friends after I told them about it. What can you say? Simply terrific.

[mtsmith]

onafriday, on 18 May 2012 - 09:37 PM, said:

I mean....I'll address the elephant in the room...

WITB?

+1!!!

[greens hit]

Huskypride28, on 18 May 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:

There's additional information released on GC that has made this story even more interesting and amazing.  Apparently he went out the night before and had a few too many.  Needless to say he wasn't 100% the next morning and didn't even want to play.  His buddies literally dragged him out to the course with no warm-up on the range, and went straight to the first hole.  Also, it had rained a lot the previous day and they said there were a ton of shots that had mud balls. He said he wasn't even hitting the ball particularly well hitting only few fairways.  Simply amazing.

Beware of the sick golfer.

[rybo]

Cleveland

Classic Driver, 9.5* with Miyazaki Kusala Black 66 X
Launcher Ultralite FL 3W, 15*
Mashie M2
588 Forged Irons: CB 3-5, MB 6-9
588 Forged Wedges: 48*, 54* and 58*
Never Compromise Connoisseur Perfecto

[Tim Delgado]

rybo, on 18 May 2012 - 10:38 PM, said:

Cleveland

Classic Driver, 9.5* with Miyazaki Kusala Black 66 X
Launcher Ultralite FL 3W, 15*
Mashie M2
588 Forged Irons: CB 3-5, MB 6-9
588 Forged Wedges: 48*, 54* and 58*
Never Compromise Connoisseur Perfecto

Perfecto indeed!

Congrats to him.  

Tim

[Sing Golfer]

Imagine being the other guy - you shoot 69 and get smoked by close to a shot a hole!!!

[poizster]

isaacbm, on 18 May 2012 - 12:35 AM, said:

I find it strange how many people doubt the possibility of a round like this.  It was his home course, the course was short, he's a proven player, and like someone else above said, the law of averages eventually says it will happen.  

Hell, I played with thrillhouse of this forum last week and he holed out from off the green 3 times in the first 5 holes.  Do you know the odds of that happening?

I've also seen a 18 handicap shoot 34 on the front 9 one day.  He never hit a drive over 200 yards and made 3 40 footers in a row.  shot 50 on the back 9.

If you're around the game long enough, you'll see everything eventually.

I actually don't find it that strange because we know there are an abundance of golfers who if they witness a 68 shot on a local muni they can't understand why that golfer is not trying for the tour. The doubters are probably just hybrids of that guy.

Edited by poizster, 19 May 2012 - 09:44 AM.

[greens hit]

SnapFade2, on 16 May 2012 - 07:06 PM, said:

SpinMill75, on 16 May 2012 - 02:21 PM, said:

I thought Kim Jong il had that beat years ago......

haha 5' 2" IL bombs it 390 yard drives on average. can cut threw the wind with ease. why else wouldn't he be able to shoot a 50. he even has that putter from Caddy Shack

Never noticed how hip Rodney's outfit was in that movie.  White belt with the pastels.  Funny to think they dressed his character as obnoxious as they could but it's actually quite trendy for today's standards.

[hammer1]

As someone said on a related thread, "Ya, but how far does he hit his driver?"  I love it!!!  What a great post.

[Papaduke]

55....I only wish. I would settle for 75....lol

[pegleg]

onafriday, on 18 May 2012 - 09:37 PM, said:

I mean....I'll address the elephant in the room...

WITB?

I absolutely cannot believe it took 77 posts for someone to ask. Thank you.


For him to shoot 75 the next round is not unbelievable. Tour players regularly take up to 10 strokes more the day after going low.


For the doubters, I don't see what he has to gain by making this up. He's not going to get a sponsorship out of it, and if he doesn't go pretty low again (and again) he will just be considered a guy who had a lucky day - by the relatively small group of people who remember this story in two months... Same goes for holes-in-one.

[Golfnutgalen]

I shot 1-under par 71 today and felt great, until seeing this thread...

Edited by Golfnutgalen, 19 May 2012 - 09:58 PM.

[Swisstrader98]

Huskypride28, on 18 May 2012 - 01:55 PM, said:

There's additional information released on GC that has made this story even more interesting and amazing.  Apparently he went out the night before and had a few too many.  Needless to say he wasn't 100% the next morning and didn't even want to play.  His buddies literally dragged him out to the course with no warm-up on the range, and went straight to the first hole.  Also, it had rained a lot the previous day and they said there were a ton of shots that had mud balls. He said he wasn't even hitting the ball particularly well hitting only few fairways.  Simply amazing.

Most of my best rounds ever were the day after a night of heavy drinking and not too much sleep the night before. Someone analyze that for me!