This dude walked 878 rounds last year.
Barry Gibbons dropped by the driving range at the beginning of this year, thinking he’d hit a few balls. He was
in for a shock. “It was like I hit a brick wall,” Gibbons says. “I didn’t realise how much damage I’d done to my body.” There were the deeply bruised feet. The sore ribs. The torn rotator cuff. Everything hurt. Not that you should feel too bad for him. For the previous 12 months, Gibbons didn’t just play golf, he completely gave himself to it. He walked an astonishing 878 rounds in 2016, shattering the previous World Record Academy mark of 611. And he carried his bag for each round.
His epic 2016 also broke the Guinness World Record for rounds in a year (812), a record by a golfer who rode in a cart.
This story is from the May 2017 edition of Golf Digest Middle East.
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