I'm guessing there aren't too many habitual followers of prep golf out there, but a kid in Alabama did something yesterday that no one, I mean no one, has ever done in competitive golf.
Breaking 60 in golf is rarified air. It just doesn't happen very often. Four people have done it on the PGA Tour. Ever.
Paul Goydos carded a 59 in an event earlier this year, becoming the first since David Duval to do so.
Well, 17-year-old Bobby Wyatt one-upped them all at the Alabama State Junior Championship, posting a ridiculous score of 57.
57.
That's ridiculous. That's how old your grandpa is, or the number of hairs left on Jim Furyk's head.
Either way, it's an absurdly low score for golf, one that no one has ever posted before in competition on a course over 6,500 yards.
Notah Begay III turned in a 58 once in a US Open Qualifier, but that doesn't technically count since it was a qualifier.
Wyatt is the number one ranked prep golfer in the class of 2010 according to Polo Golf and will attend the University of Alabama in the fall (I bet the Tide coach is doing backflips in his office).
I really cannot imagine shooting a number that low. I've twice shot 30 (-6) on nine holes. Unfortunately, one was too late in the evening to play another nine and the other came after a front nine 45.
Still, shooting 30 was surreal enough, it felt like everything was going in. How do you even shoot 57? The kid shot 26 on the front nine. 26! That sounds like a pretty solid putt putt score, not a front nine.
Remember this name, ladies and gentleman--Bobby Wyatt. We may hear from him again in the future because anyone that can post a 57 has immense talent. With some hard work and the right guidance, he could turn into one heckuva player.
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