This guy called his shot, then drained the longest putt ever recorded

Back in September, eight rivals visited Kohler, Wis., to take part in the 2023 World’s Longest Putt Finals. What they didn’t know at the time was that earlier than they left, considered one of them would sink the longest putt ever recorded.

Their final gathering place, Destination Kohler Resort, is best-known for its Whistling Straits course, host of a number of majors and the 2021 Ryder Cup.

But along with the Straits and the celebrated Blackwolf Run course, the resort options The Baths at Blackwolf Run, which consists a 10-hole par-3 course and a two-acre placing course, which is the place the world record-breaking second went down.

According to World’s Longest Putt, the ultimate spherical of the competitors, received by Mike Born, featured a treacherous 401-foot putt over rolling, sloping terrain with too many breaks to depend, which was 6 toes longer than the official Guinness World Record for longest putt (non-tournament).

While nobody sank a 401-footer throughout the official occasion, the rivals hung round afterward to make extra makes an attempt. A 401-foot putt isn’t any straightforward feat, even for World’s Longest Putt rivals. But simply as the solar was setting and threatening to finish their quest, Jay Stocki arrange for one ultimate attempt, which you’ll be able to watch in the video under.

After ensuring his setup was good, Stocki unleashed a mighty whack, almost taking a divot in the course of. Moments after making his stroke, Stocki turned his again from the ball and walked away, uttering with a smile, “Nah, it’s over, that’s in.”

It took greater than 10 seconds for Stocki’s ball to succeed in the gap, sufficient time for the subsequent competitor to have stepped as much as the “tee.” But then got here eruption of cheers from down by the gap, signaling that Stocki’s putt had truly dropped.

Check out Stocki’s world record-breaking putt, and the ensuing celebration, in the video under.

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