As he prepared to make his last shot, a calm came over golfer Michael Caan.
About half-way through playing Meadow Gardens Golf Club in Pitt Meadows on Friday, May 14, Caan, a PGA of Canada apprentice professional, realized that the way he was shooting, he could possibly record a final score of 59, the magical sub-60 number that only a handful of top players have ever accomplished.
What had begun as a friendly Friday night game after work had become something else.
Caan admitted to getting nervous at the thought, but by the time it came for his final shot, a 35-foot putt, he settled down.
91ƵJust make a good stroke,91Ƶ he said to himself.
A video posted online captured the moment.
91ƵYelling 91ƵOh, my God, Oh, my God,91Ƶ Caan jumped in a nearby water hazard after the ball went in, then climbed out completely soaked and grinning from ear to ear.
91ƵTo non-golfers this number won91Ƶt mean much, but if you know, then you know,91Ƶ Caan wrote on his Instagram post with the video of the putt.
91ƵThis could be my only chance to ever shoot 59 and it was one of the best golfing experiences of my life,91Ƶ he added.
On a very few golfers have done what Caan accomplished.
There have been 12 sub-60 rounds shot in PGA tour history.
Eleven have been 59s, and Jim Furyk has the only 58 on the PGA tour.
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