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79-year-old Golfer Breaks Guinness World Record At Driving Range
By Ben Hooper
March 26 (UPI) - - A 79-year-old Arizona golfer broke a world record and raised money for charity by hitting 1,050 drives at least 200 yards inside a 35-yard grid.
Bob Kurtz, whose Guinness World
Records include golfing 1,850 holes in one week, went to the
TopGolf Scottsdale driving range on Thursday to attempt to
hit 1,000 drives in 12 hours.
Kurtz, nicknamed "Golf's Ironman," said Guinness rules stipulated each of his drives had to travel at least 200 yards and remain within a 35-yard-wide grid.
The record
attempt raised money for A New Leaf, a charity offering domestic violence, home- lessness, behav- ioral health and youth programs.
Kurtz ended up hitting a total 1,050 qualifying drives and fin- ished the record attempt 90 min- utes before the 12-hour time limit expired
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