Every so often, sport throws up some remarkable tales and golf is no different when you look at the story of Mike Reasor and his record-breaking over-par round on the PGA Tour.
As with any sport, a lot can go wrong in golf and sometimes, it’s through no fault of the player.
Indeed, we’ve seen Lee Trevino get struck by lightning, while even up to the present day, both Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland have suffered bizarre injuries ahead of tournaments.
However, few players can ever say they’ve played through the most excruciating of pains to actually complete a PGA Tour event.
Unless, you’re Mike Reasor.
How Mike Reasor shot 93-over par in one PGA Tour event
The story of Mike Reason really is quite something when it’s broken down into the compartments worth mentioning.
Back in April of 1974, Reasor was a seasoned player on the PGA Tour and headed to the Tallahassee Open looking to make an impression and keep his run of form going. Crucially, those players who made the cut at the Tallahassee Open would qualify for the next event on tour, the Byron Nelson Classic.
For Reasor, it was a case of steady as she goes over the course of his opening two rounds. Two rounds of even-par saw him very much comfortably into the weekend and rounds three and four were going to be all about how high he could finish.
However, after taking some downtime on Friday evening by going out on horseback with a good friend, the unthinkable happened to Reasor as his horse managed to find its way into a head on collision with a tree, and in turn, threw Reasor up into the air to the ground.
Reasor suffered serious injuries, including a separated shoulder, damage to both knees, and serious pain in his ribs.
But Reason, in a quite remarkable move, opted to play in rounds three and four as the rule dictated that should he withdraw, his made cut would be invalid.
Reasor then played both his final rounds one handed, using just a five-iron and a putter to plot his way around, coming home with scores of 51 over and then 42 over.
This meant Reasor submitted a card with a total score of 93 over par, making him the record holder for the highest score ever recorded in a PGA Tour event.
The worst rounds in PGA Tour history
While Mike Reasor stands alone in terms of the highest score, there have been some shockers over the years as well for differing reasons.
The 1941 US Open saw Walter Ratto card a round of 100, while there are suggestions that one of the very first US Opens in 1898 yielded some remarkable three figure scores.
More recently, we’ve seen some of the best to ever do it have shockers. In 1998, John Daly carded an 18 on the sixth hole at the Arnold Palmer to shoot and 85, while even the great Tiger Woods had a disastrous – by his standards – 85 at The Memorial in 2015.
The 2005 Masters saw Billy Casper shoot 105. However, Casper did not sign his card, which ultimately meant the round was null and void and never entered into the record books.
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