Pace Johnson breaks Fresno record playing 283 holes in one day

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Last Thursday, erstwhile it was adjacent to 110 degrees, a Fresno grounds was broken. But it wasn't the temperature.

Even 10 years removed from his clip playing arsenic a assemblage golfer it's wide Pace Johnson has game. The Clovis West grad played astatine Cal wherever helium was teammates with Michael Weaver and six clip PGA TOUR victor Max Homa.

Trying to rise wealth for College Golf Fellowship, Pace acceptable retired for thing of a play marathon astatine Sunnyside Country Club with immoderate donors giving $1 for each spread played. "I knew it had to beryllium a squad thing," Johnson said. "It conscionable didn't dependable amusive to spell retired determination and play for an full time by myself and spell for it."

He was the archetypal 1 done the gates astatine 5:20 AM and had his archetypal tee changeable successful the aerial astatine 5:45 AM. "Planned retired passim the time 14 antithetic volunteers that were coming successful connected 'two hr shifts'," helium said.

Running betwixt shots, his caddies got him yardages to flags portion besides repair divots and shot marks. Nicholas Schultz was 1 of those caddy volunteers who described "a batch of sprinting."

Johnson wasn't speechmaking putts and didn't person a pre-shot routine. "I conscionable had a number, would drawback a nine and deed it."

Those hits coming successful the vigor of a Fresno summertime wherever Thursday's precocious deed 108 degrees. "My cervix and my backmost were getting beauteous choky and I was similar 'ooo antheral I'm connected the verge of cramping," helium said.

He made the determination to decorativeness the time astatine 8:10 PM, the authoritative sunset time. When his past putt fell, with a 56 grade wedge, helium had played 283 holes, a fig conscionable shy of 16 rounds of golf. More awesome than the full holes was the full score. Johnson shooting a combined 14 nether par signaling 62 birdies and 3 eagles. "There were definite periods passim the time wherever I caught myself getting into a rhythm," helium said.

He changeable 6 rounds successful the 60's with his 13th circular the lowest of the day; 7 under, 65. "One shows his endurance and 2 shows his talent," said Michael Cliff, a erstwhile Fresno State golfer who helped Johnson passim the day. "He's got the inheritance of an elite amateur player."

While his competitory days are successful the past Johnson's recovered an outlet for his crippled and says it mightiness not beryllium his past fundraiser for the College Golf Fellowship. "The satellite needs anticipation and I conscionable anticipation that thing similar this would assistance stock the Good News."

RECORD NOTES

*Johnson played Sunnyside from the tips (6,950 yards) successful conscionable implicit 14 hours and rode successful a cart.

**Per Keith Berry, caput nonrecreational astatine Riverside Golf Course, Johnson breaks the grounds for holes played successful a time successful the metropolis of Fresno. Russ Taylor acceptable the erstwhile people astatine 252 astatine Fort Washington Country Club.

***The Guinness World Record for holes played successful a 24 hr play is 851 holes acceptable by Robb James successful Canada during the Summer Solstice successful 2004.