Video Classics: Watch Italian golf player smash 20 plates and new record

By Rachel Swatman
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Each week here on guinnessworldrecords.com, we’ll be dipping into our extensive video library to bring you a classic piece of record-breaking action.
 
Ahead of the US PGA Championship teeing off on Thursday and to celebrate golf’s imminent return to the Olympics, this week’s Classics clip is a suitably golf-themed record attempt.
 
Italy’s Federico Ranelletti successfully broke his own record for the Most targets hit with golf shots in three minutes by smashing an impressive 20 plates while on the set of Zheng Da Zong Yi - Guinness World Records Special in Beijing, China, on 21 December 2010.
 
 
Eight months earlier the skilled golfer had earned the title by achieving a total of 19.
 
Most targets hit with golf shots in three minutes attempt
 
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