Teams of four took on the 14th at Metro, set at 530 yards, with one eye set on the Australian record of 47seconds set in 2016 by a Hawthorn Football club/Footy Show team and the other on the world record of 27.9 seconds, set by the PGA TOUR rookies in January this year.

No world record was broken but there is now a new Australian record.

World’s fastest Hole – Top 10

1.

PGA TOUR rookies (USA)

Tom Lovelady

Lanto Griffin

Stephan Jaeger

Andrew Yun

27.875 seconds

Palm Desert Resort Country Club

California, USA

5 January 2018

2.

England

Tyrrell Hatton

Matt Fitzpatrick

Matthew Southgate

Ian Poulter

32.70 seconds

Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort

Belek, Antalya, Turkey

6 November 2017

3.

South Africa

George Coetzee

Brandon Stone

Haydn Porteous

Dylan Frittelli

32.96 seconds

Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort

Belek, Antalya, Turkey

6 November 2017

4.

France

Raphael Jacquelin

Alex Levy

Gregory Havret

Romain Wattel

34.8 seconds

Real Club Valderrama Open de España

Madrid, Spain

15 April 2016

5.

PGA Australia Trainees

James Betts

Jamie Stapleton

Brad Stephenson

Frazer Droop

37.13 seconds

The Metropolitan Golf Club

Melbourne, Victoria

18 June 2018

6.

Metropolitan Golf Club Team

Chris John

Charlie Falconer

Nick Brown

Will Hibbins

40.84 seconds

The Metropolitan Golf Club

Melbourne, Victoria

18 June 2018

7.

Hawthorn Football Club/ Footy Show

Luke Bruest

Jack Gunston

Sam Newman

James Brayshaw

47 seconds

The Heritage Golf and Country Club

Melbourne, Victoria

June 2016

8.

Denmark

Thorbjørn Olesen

Lucas Bjerregaard

Morten Ørum Madsen

Lasse Jensen

49 seconds

Real Club Valderrama

Madrid, Spain

15 April 2016

9.

St Kilda Football Club / Footy Show

Sam Fisher

David Armitage

Same Newman

James Brayshaw

55 seconds

 

May 2016

10.

Spain

Sergio Garcia

Rafa Cabrera Bello

Pablo Larrazabal

Nacho Elvira

1 minute 18 seconds

Real Club Valderrama  

Madrid, Spain

15 April 2016

 

The PGA Trainees were: Jamie Stapleton, Frazer Droop, Brad Stephenson and James Betts.

The Metro team was: Chris John, Charlie falconer, Nick Brown and Will Hibbins.

The Melbourne Football Club was represented by Oscar McDonald, Michael Hibberd, Bernie Vince and Jordan Lewis.

The Golf Victoria team was Zach Murray, Andre Lautee, Olivia Kline and Julienne Soo.

The World Cup Team was Jack Wilson, Damien Fleming, Matt Kamienski and Eamon Roderick.

Tickets are now on sale to see Australia take on the world at the Melbourne World Cup of Golf from November 21-25, 2018.