Wesley Bryan Blazes Through 18 Hole Round in 89 Minutes

All golfers can relate to the times where they hit the course and have to play quickly before it gets dark—or to squeak back in time for family obligations. Wesley Bryan, however, took this to a whole new level on Sunday.

Playing this weekend at the BMW Championship, the field was cut to an odd number, meaning that one player would be teeing it up by himself. Bryan drew the short straw and teed off first on Sunday with only his caddie at his side.

Bryan used the opportunity to knock out his round it an entertaining display of speed golf.

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Aided by the fact that he didn’t have to wait for anyone ahead of him, Bryan finished his round in 89 minutes. For the math people out there, that breaks down to less than a minute per stroke, or about five minutes per hole.

Bryan’s speedy round came complete with hurried club tosses to his caddie and even removing and replacing the pin himself so his caddie could move to the next hole.

When you play 18 holes in under 90 minutes … pic.twitter.com/8MVZoeUonk

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Perhaps the more remarkable part of Bryan’s hour and a half round is that he actually played quite well.

Despite his speedy play, Bryan finished his final round at Conway Farms by shooting a 69. This puts a big dent in the theory that golfers make more mistakes when they play fast, as Bryan only made one bogey in the entire round.

Bryan’s case isn’t even the first tested case of fast play on the PGA TOUR. Notably slow player Kevin Na was in a similar situation last year at the TOUR Championship. Teeing up by himself after the odd cut line, Na was able to play his full round in under two hours. And just like Bryan, he played quite well, posting a 70 in that round.

After a round like that, I would imagine that Bryan would want to play that fast all the time. Unfortunately for him, however, unless he finds himself in that awkward position again, Bryan will have to go back to taking his time before taking his shots.

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