Fifteen million balls on the driving range I immediately want to reassure everyone: it is NOT my training program for 2023. It is a statistic, which concerns a great champion of the past. And it is he who claims the title of player who has shot the most balls on the driving range in history: Gary Player.
In a video posted on the PGA Tour Champions Twitter account (@ChampionsTour) he explains how he came to this conclusion.
Gary Player, statements
“It is a challenge between three people to find out who has shot the most balls on the driving range in history, and I bet on me” “It is between Ben Hogan, Vijay Singh and me, but Vijay is twenty years younger than me” “Consequently, I have twenty years of balls thrown more than him” “Plus, he has yet to get to my age, but in the meantime I’m still on the driving range!”.
“It was a computer that did the calculation” “I have been playing for more than 73 years, and I was an animal (sic!) and I was never tired” “One of the greatest blessings I have received is the fact that I have never lacked energy”.
Player has always been an avid supporter (and apostle) of physical fitness and training in general. “I practiced and went to the gym when people were sleeping” “Hogan practiced all day; all the…
