Kenny Perry shot a tournament record 258 to win the 2009 Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut, this past week. He shot rounds of 61, 68, 66 and 63 to beat out David Toms and Peter Goydos by 3 strokes.

Perry trailed Goydos by 1 stroke going into the final round and by the 15th hole, he had a 5 stroke lead. Goydos had an eagle on 15, birdie on 16, and just missed a birdie on 17 after hitting his approach to within 8 feet.

Perry, who went bogey, bogey to finish and lose The Masters back in April, hasn’t won a tournament since.
“Everyone kind of asks about the Augusta hangover deal,” he said. “I guess I kind of shoved that aside a little bit. So that makes me feel pretty good.”

“I knew that I had to keep making birdies,” he said. “I wasn’t going to let up. I wasn’t going to play defensive golf. I learned something from that mistake.”

Perry has now won 5 times in just over a year, the most of any player on TOUR. He has 12 top 10 finishes over that span and has made every cut. His 258 broke the old tournament record of 259 set by Tim Norris in 1982.

Do you think 22 under is too low of a score? I personally do. I don’t think it’s fun to watch these guys tear up a course. We all know how good these guys are, but there’s something about watching these guys stuggle a little that keeps them “human,” or just like the average golfer. When a drive is hit in the rough, they should have to pay for it, not be able to hit on on the green as if they were in the fairway.

There were 23 golfers who finished the tournament tied for 19 or better. Out of those 23 players, there were only 6 rounds of 70 or greater. That’s 6 out of total of 92 rounds where the players shot below a 70.

I’m not exactly sure how the PGA Tour can prevent such low scores but it’s definitely something they should be looking into.

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