Who holds the record for the longest televised golf putt?
David T. Pelz is an American golf coach, known for his expertise and published writing on the art of the short game, particularly putting.
Pelz's Short Game Bible was a New York Times "national best-seller" in 1999. Pelz was named by Golf Digest magazine as one of the 25 most influential instructors of the 20th Century. Pelz continues his research at the Pelz Golf Institute in Spicewood, Texas.
In 2004, while filming a TV segment for the Golf Channel during PGA Championship week at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin, Pelz holed a 206-foot putt. A check with Ripley’s determines putt is “longest golf putt ever holed on TV.”
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L Lh Adams
Watching Golf= watching grass grow!
Richard D. Boyle
The answer is correct. The two longest successful putts that were televised were Dave Pelz at 200 feet and Michael Phelps at 159 feet. Terry Wogan’s famous televised putt from 1981 was spectacular but only 100 feet.
mikemerr
Wrong answer, Terry Wogan has the longest televised putt see https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-35453646/sir-terry-wogan-s-record-golf-putt-1981 and after that it is Michael Phelps see: https://www.golfdigest.com/story/michael-phelps-other-claim-to-fame-making-the-longest-televised-putt-in-history-seriously
Bob Goodall
I think that comedian and commentator Terry Wigan sank the longest putt on a shared green at St. Andrews during a Pro-Am.
George Oliver Prince
Got it on a guess, believe Phelps had the longest amateur putt
Keith Beedles
I'd have liked a bit more information in the answer, who putts from 69 yards?
Was he on the green or the fairway?
Denise Styers
I think the fact that Michael Phelps was said to have a "claim to fame for making the longest televised putt in history.
Gery Tillmanns
I contest this.
https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.golfdigest.com/story/michael-phelps-other-claim-to-fame-making-the-longest-televised-putt-in-history-seriously/amp