Stuart Appleby and Paul Goydos managed 59s at PGA Tour events and there was a 58 by Ryo Ishikawa on the Japanese Tour plus amateur Bobby Wyatt’s 57 in the Alabama State Boys Junior Championship; all in the past few weeks. However Jerry Callison of Claremore, Okla. beats them all with the best round, a 56, 16-under par, over the Broken Arrow Golf & Athletic Club course (par 72 6,023-yards) July 25 during a member guest event.
A great round for sure but sadly it won’t go in the record books. Callison was competing in a shamble format and lift-clean-place was being played since the course had not yet recovered from severe winter-kill. He did however putt everything out and did not use a single shot from his partner, a Tulsa police officer.
Write it down. A 56 is 10 birdies, three eagles and five pars…amazing what ever the circumstances and from now on, regardless of the caveats, Callison can still be called “Mr. 56.”
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