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Rick Baird shoots third perfect 18-round in PPA history

11 Apr 2011 at 06:37 | Published by: Smitty | Views: 10029 | News search

Rick Baird shoots third perfect 18-round in PPA history

Rick Baird sinking the last hole of the perfect round. (Photo by Greg Newport / PPA 2011)

Rick Baird, from Charlotte, North Carolina shot a perfect 18 in the second round of the PPA Virginia Tour event held 9 April 2011 on Course #3 in Richmond, Virginia. Baird's perfect round is only the third in PPA history.

The last perfect 18 in PPA history was shot in 1979. The first was shot in 1973. Since the last perfect 18 was shot, there have been 18 rounds of 19. The 53 year old Baird turned pro in 1984. He won the PPA National Championship in 2007.

» video of Rick Baird sinking the 18th hole

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Hans (Hans Bergström)	04 Mar 2014 at 19:14
A short film made about this achievment. Worth watching for sure! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tYYvXUMVeQo&feature=youtu.be
Dahlstedt (Alexander Dahlstedt)	17 Apr 2011 at 14:32
Amazing! Congratulations Rick :)
Hans (Hans Bergström)	14 Apr 2011 at 22:37
http://sports.yahoo.com/golf/pga/news?slug=ycn-8283589
Meadowlark (Kevin Lacey)	13 Apr 2011 at 00:03
Congrats Rick! A rotated version of his last shot is now up on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE7mzcwZdfc
Gutte86 (Gustav Björnberg)	12 Apr 2011 at 22:25
Big Congratz!!
Squire (Richard Gottfried)	12 Apr 2011 at 22:13
Great stuff. What a brilliant round!
Viking (Pierre Geerhold)	11 Apr 2011 at 18:49
Congratulations too a amazing achievement!
Hans (Hans Bergström)	11 Apr 2011 at 08:42
Amazing stuff. Big congratulations.
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