Vancouver Island Landshaping Ltd

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09/01/2026

Parked the dozer in the general area I needed them to dump. I was walking up onto the green where the designer was flagging. This is a first.

24/12/2025

José María Olazábal owns one of the most unusual records in the history of golf and it didn’t happen on a course.

It happened at 60,000 feet.

In 1999, during the European Ryder Cup team’s flight to the United States, Olazábal took part in a celebratory stunt aboard a Concorde jet. Somewhere over the Atlantic, with the aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound, Olazábal lined up a putt inside the cabin.

He rolled the ball down the aisle.

The putt eventually dropped.

And with that, golf history quietly changed.

Here’s what made it absurd, fascinating, and officially record-breaking.

The ball itself only rolled about 150 feet down the length of the Concorde’s cabin. But because the aircraft was traveling at roughly 1,270 miles per hour, the distance covered while the ball was in motion mattered.

From the moment the putt was struck until it fell, the Concorde traveled approximately 9.232 miles.

That made it the longest putt ever holed.

Some numbers that make the story even better:

• The ball was in motion for 26.17 seconds
• The plane was flying at Mach 2, faster than a rifle bullet
• The record surpassed Brad Faxon’s previous mark of 8.5 miles
• The event took place during a relaxed, celebratory Ryder Cup flight

No green reading.
No slope charts.
No grain.

Just gravity, momentum, and supersonic speed.

What makes the moment even more fitting is who pulled it off.

Olazábal has always been known as a feel player. A magician with the putter. A golfer whose touch around the greens defined his career, especially in Ryder Cup competition.

So of course the most bizarre putting record in golf history belongs to him.

It’s one of those stories that sounds made up until you dig into it.

A putt longer than most commutes.
Holed at cruising altitude.
On a plane that no longer even exists.

Golf has its share of records for distance, scoring, and dominance.

But José María Olazábal’s Concorde putt stands alone.

Not because it changed the game.

But because it reminds us how strange, playful, and unexpected golf history can be when the right personality meets the right moment.

Nine miles.

One putt.

Still holed.

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20/12/2025

Drove her like I stole her today.

20/12/2025

Big pushing on the driving range tees. No more D3 endless days hogging. D7 getting er done.
Casey Bates on an 8 just above working on the short game practice area.
The right machines for the job.
Imagine that!

19/12/2025

13/12/2025

Was a good first day on the new job.

09/12/2025

One door closes, another one opens. First meeting on site at a new project tomorrow.