[Photo: Stacy Revere]
We get to enjoy golf year-round right across Australia, which isn’t something our golf-playing friends in the United States can always boast. So at this time of year, with the northern winter tightening its grip and quickly eroding their chances to play, they like to reflect on the golf season that was.
Enter the GHIN Handicap Rewind – a USGA-driven review of where American golfers played and how their handicaps moved during the past year.
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While some had decent years on the course, their yearly progress reports look cute next to those of a PGA Tour pro. Both in terms of scores and rounds played. And Zac Blair is Exhibit A.
The 35-year-old shared his 2025 GHIN Rewind on Tuesday and it’s pretty impressive. Have a look:
Sure, sure, that +7.6 handicap jumps out, but so do the 160 rounds played at 49 different courses. That’s a lot of golf!
And, yes, Blair puts his tournament scores in there. We checked his GHIN card and his past four scores are from the final stage of PGA Tour Q-School (69-70-69-70) where he finished T-62.
Of course, it’s unfair to compare when someone like Blair’s entire job is playing golf while we merely work in golf. But, it’s still fun to see how a tour pro stacks up.
Now, 2025 wasn’t Blair’s best year. Currently 279th in the Official World Golf Ranking, Blair only finished 172nd in the FedEx Cup standings for the regular season before jumping up to 144th in the FedEx Cup Fall. But he still made 12 cuts in 21 starts and earned $US663,124.
Oh, and that 61 at Pamilla Golf Club was a -10.4 differential. Not too shabby. Anyway, thanks for sharing, Zac. And for giving us recreational golfers some perspective.
