The fewest strokes taken to complete marathon distance playing golf is 494 strokes and was achieved by Jake Sand (United States) at Desert Mountain Golf Resort, Arizona, United States, on 28 May 2009.

The event was to raise money for the Special Olympics and Jake and the other competitors including playing partner Shawn Gobden raised over USD40000. Shawn Gobden was the “fastest” competitor in terms of time, completing the marathon distance in 9 hr 57 min 14.69 sec compared to Jake Sand’s time of 9 hr 57 min 25.14 sec.