New Zealand golfer breaks Guinness World Record

Christ on a bike! Actually, even Christ on a bike wouldn't be able to do this. Brad Luiten, a New Zealand marathon runner, broke the world record for most amount of golf holes played in a day.

Now, we at GolfPunk do the Longest Day Challenge every year at Princes Golf Club. That's 72 holes in a day and it destroys us. Luiten played 237 holes in 12 hours at the Helensville Golf Club to shatter the Guinness world record that previously stood at 221.

Brad (right) is not a real squirrel

It’s unknown what score he shot (237 x 5 seems a reasonable estimate and that equals 1,185 shots), but we do know he was armed with only a 6 iron to help keep up his speed. According to the course website, it is an 18-hole, par 71 layout that measures 5,587 meters from the back tees, or 6,110 yards.

"The first 10 rounds were easy," said Luiten after his golf marathon. "Then things got difficult..."

Luiten was running for a good cause, raising money for the charity Bowel Cancer New Zealand in honor of a friend who died of the disease.

237 holes in 12 hours is 13 full rounds plus three more holes, at a pace of play rate of just over 3 minutes per hole.

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