It took a four-person relay, a 200-meter fairway and 60 tries, but a family team in Caldwell, Idaho has the paperwork to prove it now holds the world record for the fastest hole of disc golf ever played by a team of four: 44.31 seconds.
Serial record-chaser David Rush teamed up with friend Travis Davidson and Davidson's two sons, Anders and Oliver, at Mallard Park's PDGA-certified course, the venue chosen specifically because Guinness World Records requires the hole to run at least 200 meters, according to UPI's account of the attempt. The rules required each of the four throwers to take one shot apiece, moving the disc progressively closer to the basket, with the clock running until it landed inside.
Sixty tries to get it right
Getting all four throws to line up, a clean drive, a strong follow-up, momentum maintained and a final putt into the basket, without a single wasted stroke, proved harder than it sounds. The team needed 60 full attempts before everything clicked, Yahoo Sports reported, with Rush describing the winning sequence afterward:
On our 60th attempt, everything finally aligned. I sent a solid drive down the fairway, Travis followed up with a great shot, and Oliver kept the momentum moving. Anders then stepped up and chucked it right down by the target.
David Rush
The final several seconds fell to Rush himself, who had to sprint uphill from the tee to reach the disc and guide it into the basket, a scramble that accounted for roughly 41 of the 44.31 seconds on the clock.
Rush is no stranger to the record books. The Idaho-based engineer and motivational speaker has amassed more than 200 Guinness World Records titles over the past decade, ranging from feats of balance to speed challenges, and has made a habit of recruiting friends and family for group attempts rather than chasing every record solo.
The fastest-hole-by-a-team-of-four category has a longer history in traditional ball golf, where similar relay attempts have circulated for years. Applying the same format to disc golf, a sport built around underhand throws rather than clubs, required its own approval from Guinness before Saturday's attempt could count toward the books at all.
