Speedy Soderberg sprints to European record round in Dubai

Sebastian Soderberg made golfing history on Sunday, the Swede completing his final round at the Dubai Desert Classic in a European record time of one hour and 36 minutes.

The 29-year-old was playing alone and first off after 71 players made the cut. With his brother Jesper on the bag, the duo hatched a plot to polish off the round as quickly as possible, their plan included sprinting after hitting each shot and between the holes.

Soderberg said he needed a buy-in from his brother and caddy to execute the plan.

"I thought about it last night, but the important thing was that my brother on the bag, he had the big job, because he ran non-stop pretty much," Soderberg revealed.

"He said this morning that he was excited about it, so we said 'let's do this'."
"I struggled the last two days, so I figured it wouldn't really hurt my game just to jog in between, and not think too much. I think three-over was quite a good result, with zero fairways hit."
Sweating profusely after his pivotal part in the record-breaking bid Jesper said: "It was fun, but I am never going to do that again. I actually have no idea of what he shot. I did not count anything."