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ZIMBABWE-BORN golfer, Sean Crocker, teamed up with three other European Tour players Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark, Min-woo Lee of Australia and Wilco Nienaber of South Africa, to break the Guinness World Record.

They completed a hole in 24.75 seconds on Sunday. Crocker has been in fine form, on the European Tour, as he continues to edge closer to a maiden win.

Professionals usually take 10 to 15 minutes to complete a hole on a golf course.

But, four European Tour players teamed up to break the Guinness World Record, by achieving the feat inside 25 seconds.

Crocker, Hojgaard, Lee and Nienaber took up the challenge to break the record of 27.88 seconds, set by an American team in 2018, having originally broken the record five years earlier.

“I don’t know about you guys but I kind of want to put “Guinness World Record holder” in my Instagram bio,” Crocker said.

The hole chosen was the fourth, at Valderrama Golf Club in Spain, which is 501 yards long.

After several failed attempts, over more than two hours, and many howls of frustration, Nienaber launched a 361-yard drive onto the fairway. Crocker waited for the ball to come to a stop. His 140-yard approach shot landed within four feet of the hole and Lee sank the putt as Hojgaard lifted the flag.

The quartet had a nervous wait as the judges reviewed the footage and when the official time was announced — 24.75 seconds — it sparked wild celebrations.

Obviously, when you’re dealing in inches and seconds, there are a lot of elements at play, but this record really boils down to one hell of an approach shot, from Crocker.

He ran to Nienaber’s drive at the left edge of the fairway and without a single wiggle or waggle, hit it softly to three feet, where Lee was there for the tap in.

Højgaard was on hand to pull the pin, also putting him in the running for the Guinness World Records title of “Easiest Job on Earth.”

In the end, the foursome finished the hole with a time of 24.75 seconds, smashing the old record by three whole ticks of the stopwatch, and putting them on pace for a seven-and-a-half minute round.

Pretty incredible stuff across the board and a BIG win for pace-of-play crusaders across the world.. — The Independent