In Case You Missed It: We Broke the Guinness World Record...Again

Hey Golfer,

Welcome back to Navigating the Green — this week is all about record-breaking putts. From our latest Guinness World Record to the longest putt dropped on the PGA Tour, these putts might just surprise.

On August 18, 2025, in Kohler, Wisconsin, we set out to do something familiar but never easy: break the Guinness World Record for the longest putt.

The record to beat was 462 feet, set last year by Matt Scharff. Two years before that, our own founder and commissioner, Jay Stocki, had held the title with a 401-foot putt. When we arrived at The Baths at Blackwolf Run that morning, there was a quiet sense of unfinished business.

We started our setup early. The green wasn’t flat; it moved in every direction with ridges, dips, and rolls that could send a good putt the wrong way fast. After testing a few lines, we marked off the distance at 466 feet. A new hole was cut. Cameras and witnesses took their positions.

By 10:37 a.m., the attempts began.

Golf creators Zac Radford and Henry Grillo joined our team along with partners from JumboMax, Bushmill, Vice Golf and Synthetic Turf International. The rotation moved quickly in fifteen-minute shifts, ball after ball. Zac and Henry found their rhythm early.

Then the sky changed.

A storm rolled in, lightning struck nearby, and play across the property, including the Wisconsin State Open, came to a stop. We scrambled to cover the gear and headed to the clubhouse. Inside, soaked golfers and spectators traded stories while the rain hammered down. It felt like the day might be over.

But two hours later, the clouds broke. We went back out. The green was heavier now, slower. The distance, roughly 1.3 football fields, felt longer than before. Still, everyone settled back into the rhythm.

By late afternoon, fatigue had set in. Then Henry stepped up again. While everyone else on the team knew we had another day ahead if we couldn’t get it done. Henry had a flight home the very next morning. You could tell he wasn’t ready to quit, until he made it.

Down to his last three putts of his turn, his final putt rolled smooth and steady down the slope, over the ridge, weaving across the soaked green — and dropped.

466 feet. A new Guinness World Record.

The celebration that followed said it all. We sprinted down the hill, shouting, laughing, filming every second as Henry pulled the ball from the cup

It was official. For the second time, the World’s Longest Putt broke the Guinness World Record.

Another reminder that even the longest shots can fall if you keep showing up.

🎥 Watch the full moment on our YouTube channel, and see the extended coverage on Vice Golf’s YouTube.

Epic Rolls on Tour: Fishburn’s 105-Footer and Yu’s 68-Foot Marvel Light Up the PGA Tour

By Chris Carriveau, WLP, 2025

The PGA Tour has always thrived on moments that defy expectation — those flashes of brilliance where skill, touch, and nerve converge. This season, two players have etched their names into ShotLink history with jaw-dropping putts that reminded fans why golf remains the ultimate game of precision under pressure.

Patrick Fishburn’s 105-Foot 8-Inch Miracle at the Valero Texas Open.

On April 6, 2025, at TPC San Antonio, Patrick Fishburn delivered one of the most astonishing shots of the PGA Tour season — a 105-foot, 8-inch eagle putt on the par-4 17th hole during the final round of the Valero Texas Open.

Standing over the ball from the front of the green, Fishburn faced a daunting climb up a ridge, across a double-tiered surface, with a slick downhill finish. He struck it with perfect pace and line, and to the amazement of the gallery, the ball tracked the entire length of the green before tumbling into the cup.

The crowd erupted. Commentators called it “the longest putt on the PGA Tour in 17 years,” eclipsing even some of the most legendary hole-outs of the ShotLink era. That eagle sparked a closing charge that vaulted Fishburn into the top 5 of the leaderboard. He finished the week T-5 at 4-under par (284) — a career highlight and validation of his rising status on Tour.

“It was one of those putts you just want to get close,” Fishburn said afterward. “To see it drop — I don’t think I’ll ever forget that one.”

Kevin Yu’s 68-Foot 10-Inch Stroke at Sanderson Farms.

Fast-forward to October 2025, and another long-range masterpiece took center stage. At the Sanderson Farms Championship, Kevin Yu buried a 68-foot, 10-inch putt on Hole 10 during Round 4 — the longest recorded putt of the tournament.

The putt came on a day when the greens at The Country Club of Jackson were rolling pure but fast. Yu’s read was flawless; the ball snaked across the slope, kissed the front edge, and disappeared into the hole, drawing a roar from the Mississippi crowd.

It was the kind of moment that captures both the precision of modern putting and the artistry of feel. Yu, who famously won the 2024 Sanderson Farms Championship, has quickly established himself as one of the most consistent putters on Tour. His latest long-range strike underscored that reputation, and added another entry to the PGA Tour’s official “Longest Putts” stat log — where ShotLink records every holed putt over 50 feet.

Craig Barlow’s 111-Foot Legend Still Reigns. 

Of course, no story about long putts would be complete without mentioning Craig Barlow’s record-setting bomb at the 2008 Buick Open — an 111-foot, 5-inch eagle putt that remains the longest successful putt in PGA Tour history. Though technically struck with a wedge on the green, it still counts under PGA Tour rules since it both started and finished on the putting surface. Barlow’s unconventional shot still holds its place in the Guinness Book of World Records, standing as one of golf’s most fascinating feats. It does not matter which club is used to make a stroke from the putting green; what defines a putt is the location of the stroke—one made from the green that finishes in the hole.

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