2. Amateur golf may never see another 57

Alex Ross with his scorecard and the glove he used the day he shot 57 at the Dogwood Invitational. (Photo by Julie Williams/Golfweek)

Not one college golfer fired a 59 in competition during the past decade, or at any point before in history. A college golfer, playing in a summer amateur event, did post a 57 in 2019, however.

On a 36-hole day at the Dogwood Invitational in June, Alex Ross rebounded from a morning 73 at Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta with an afternoon round of 15-under 57. It was a course record by three shots, and while it wasn’t enough for Ross, a junior at Davidson, to win the 72-hole event, it was enough to leave him on the right side of the 54-hole cut.

Ross’ round included 13 birdies and an eagle. It’s scary to think it could have been even better. Ross left his eagle putt at the par-5 ninth hole short to end his round (he had started the day on No. 10) and also missed a 10-footer for eagle at No. 7 – which he set up with a 188-yard 7-iron.