{"id":435352,"date":"2025-06-19T18:09:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/?p=435352"},"modified":"2025-06-19T18:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T18:09:20","slug":"golfs-most-impossible-record-rory-and-scottie-say-it-cant-be-touched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/golfs-most-impossible-record-rory-and-scottie-say-it-cant-be-touched\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf\u2019s Most Impossible Record? Rory and Scottie Say \u2018It Can\u2019t Be Touched\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler believe one of golf\u2019s longest-standing records is safe forever. While many records have been broken over the years, McIlroy and Scheffler are convinced this record is too impossible to break and will remain untouched for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

31-Year-Old Record Close to Perfection<\/h2>\n

Omar Uresti set the record of nine birdies in a row during a PGA Tour round in 1994. Despite playing some of the best golf of their careers, both McIlroy and Scheffler say that mark is out of reach, even at a course like TPC River Highlands. As the Travelers Championship gets underway in Connecticut, talk about scoring runs has picked up. The course has a reputation for low scores and lots of birdies. Yet, when asked if they could challenge the birdie streak, McIlroy and Scheffler didn\u2019t hesitate to shake their heads \u2018no.\u2019<\/p>\n

The birdie streak has held firm for 31 years. Since Uresti achieved the streak in 1994, only six other players have matched the mark. No one has gone beyond it. This season, the longest birdie streak anyone has managed is seven.<\/p>\n

\u201cOmar made nine birdies in a row? Wow, I’ve never made close to nine birdies in a row. Why is that record so… has lasted so long? I think that’s really difficult, and the courses out here, they’re only trying to make them more difficult for whatever reason. Nine birdies in a row, that’s pretty ridiculous golf. That’s about as close to perfection as you’ll probably get in the game of golf,\u201d Scheffler said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s \u201cJust Too Hard\u201d To Beat This Record<\/h2>\n

The Travelers Championship<\/a> comes just days after the U.S. Open<\/a>. It serves as the final Signature Event on the PGA Tour schedule. Players like McIlroy, Scheffler, Collin Morikawa, and U.S. Open winner J.J. Spaun<\/a> will be competing for the $20 million purse. McIlroy and Scheffler both come into the event in solid form. Scheffler finished tied for seventh at the U.S. Open, while McIlroy tied for 19th. Both know the Travelers Championship offers a chance to end the season strong.<\/p>\n

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Nicholasville, Kentucky, USA; Omar Uresti watches his shot from the third tee during the first round of the Barbasol Championship golf tournament. Mandatory Credit: Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI mean, I make two birdies in a row, and I\u2019m thinking, ooh,\u201d said McIlroy<\/a>. \u201cSo I think it\u2019s more of a mental thing where you start to make a few birdies in a row and you start to think about it. I think that\u2019s the worst thing you can do. You just got to try to get out of your own way when you\u2019re on a run like that. I think it will be a long time when you see someone with ten birdies in a row out here, especially with how difficult the setups are getting and how tough the courses are.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just too hard,\u201d McIlroy added. \u201cYou can\u2019t plan it. It just has to happen-and even then, everything has to go your way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: \u00a9 Katie Goodale-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler believe one of golf\u2019s longest-standing records is safe forever. While many records have been broken over the years, McIlroy and Scheffler are convinced this record is too impossible to break and will remain untouched for the foreseeable future. 31-Year-Old Record Close to Perfection Omar Uresti set the record of nine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5425,"featured_media":435357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,19],"tags":[8121,8123,34,154,63],"class_list":["post-435352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-pga","tag-2025-travelers-championship","tag-omar-uresti","tag-rory-mcilroy","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-u-s-open"],"modified_by":"Ajayi Segun","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435352"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435360,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435352\/revisions\/435360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/golf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}