The Oldest National Champion
Pamela Fernando was 54 years and 282 days old when she won the Sri Lankan Women's Championship on the 17th July 1981
The Youngest National Champion
Thuashni Selvaratnam was only 12 years and 324 days old when she won the Sri Lankan Ladies Amateur Open Golf Championship in 1989.
The Fastest Round of Golf
On the 8th August 1972 Dick Kimbrough then 41 years of age carrying only a 3-iron, completed a round of golf in 30 minutes and 10 seconds at the North Platta Country Club Nebraska, the Course measures 6,068 yards.
The longest Hole
The Longest hole in the world is the 860-yard 6th,at Koolan Island Golf Club Western Australia the hole is played as a par 7.
The longest Course
The longest Course in the world is the par 72 (!), 8,548-yard, Jade Dragon Golf Club in China. It plays 20% shorter because it is at an altitude of 10,000 ft.
The "Record" tees are 3,003 yard's longer than the Ladies tees - so playing with the wife you'd never see her!
The longest albatross
On the 3rd January 1982,Chief Petty Officer Kevin Murray of Chicago had an albatross on the 647-yard 2nd at the Guam blue Club.
The longest carry
In 1935 W. Smithson the then club professional at Sitwell Park, Rotherham, drove the ball from the second tee that carried a dyke 380 yards away.
The most northerly course
The most northerly Course in the world is the Akureyri Golf Club in Iceland.
The most southerly course.
The most southerly Course in the world is the Scott Base Country Club run by the New Zealand Antarctic Program.
The longest hole-in-one
With the assistance of a 50 mph wind, Robert Mitera, a two-handicap golfer, holed out at the 446-yard 10th, at Miracle Hill Golf Club, Nebraska, on 7th October, 1965.