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title: 'The History of Wii Sports Resort Golf World Records'
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date: 2026-08-04
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# The History of Wii Sports Resort Golf World Records

> Source: [The History of Wii Sports Resort Golf World Records](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_XkKufyIiAY)

## Summary

This video chronicles the history of world records in Wii Sports Resort golf speedrunning, from the early runs by True in 2015 to the current record held by Tyler, highlighting the strategies, rivalries, and innovations that shaped the community.

### Key Points

- **Introduction to Speedrunning Wii Sports Resort Golf** [00:04] — Speedrunning Wii Sports Resort golf is complex, requiring planning, precision, and on-the-spot calculations under pressure. The video will cover the history of world records.
- **Gameplay Basics** [01:19] — Players swing the Wii remote to hit the ball; harder swings send the ball further. Club selection matters: drivers and irons for long shots, wedges and putters for short range.
- **True's Early Record** [01:56] — True appears to be the first recorded speedrunner, setting a time of 12:46 in May 2015. He used a driver and iron on hole 1, and considered wind speed and direction.
- **The Replay System** [02:56] — The game triggers long replays for impressive shots (chip-ins, long putts, hole-in-ones), which lose time. Replays occur if the ball hits the flag, is putted from far away, or lands within a few feet of the hole from a long shot.
- **True's Run Analysis** [04:04] — True's run had six missed putts but finished 13 under par. He wasted little time between shots. His record stood for three years.
- **Darbian Enters the Scene** [07:18] — In February 2018, famous speedrunner Darbian began running the game during an 'hour challenge' event. He quickly improved, using similar strategies to True.
- **Darbian's Record Run** [08:11] — Darbian got a run ahead of the record by 5 seconds, then missed putts but recovered. He committed to the risky right-side strat on hole 16, which paid off, and he finished 23 seconds ahead, setting a new world record.
- **The Darbian Effect** [11:25] — Darbian's popularity brought massive attention to the game, inspiring new runners. Within days, three new runners (Alaska XP2, MD Cross, and 10 Dog) began competing for the record.
- **Alaska XP2's Record** [12:06] — Alaska XP2 lowered the record on February 11th, 2018, with a run that included a super long putt on 13 and matching Darbian's insane hole 16.
- **MD Cross's Record** [13:15] — MD Cross was known for accuracy but struggled with replays and routes. He beat Alaska with a 12:19, then continued to lower the record to 12:12 by February 16th.
- **10 Dog's Record** [14:40] — 10 Dog used a method to reduce loading times by about 6 seconds (later banned). He missed a putt on hole 5 and triggered a replay on hole 6 but was even with Cross after the front 9. He got an eagle on 18 to barely beat Cross's record.
- **Sir Tyler's Entry** [15:45] — Sir Tyler lowered the record to 12:05 on February 20th. The community was in a mad scramble for the first sub-12 minute time.
- **MD Cross's Near Miss and Sub-12** [16:28] — MD Cross had a run on 11:20 pace but missed a putt on 17 and triple-bogeyed 18, missing the record by 6 seconds. Later that day, he got a sub-12 time of 11:59.
- **Continued Competition** [19:32] — Over the next few weeks, the top four runners continued to lower the record. Tyler started to dominate, hitting nearly all shots and wasting no time.
- **Pin Manipulation Discovery** [21:04] — In March 2018, 10 Dog discovered that pin locations aren't fully random: there are six per hole (three A pins, three B pins). B pins are easier and are given when your score is poor. Speedrunners were always getting A pins because they were under par.
- **Water Strat and Pin Manipulation** [22:41] — Tyler and 10 Dog used a strategy: intentionally hit the ball into water on hole 1 to get a high score, ensuring B pins on subsequent holes. This made putts easier, saving time overall.
- **Tyler's Sub-11 Record** [23:36] — Using pin manipulation, Tyler got an 11:07 unrecorded, then a 10:59.1 on March 2018, bringing the record under 11 minutes.
- **Tyler's Dominance** [25:41] — Tyler continued to lower the record to 10:40 in June 2018, and later to 10:35. He set 13 world records in a row and seemed untouchable.
- **Capture Card and Wind Manipulation** [26:36] — Tyler got a capture card in September 2018, improving video quality. He also used wind manipulation: wind directions don't repeat in the first 8 holes, so he would reset if the wind on hole 1 wasn't favorable for holes 3 and 5.
- **Danny's Arrival** [29:48] — Danny, the world record holder in original Wii Sports golf, began playing Resort in March 2019. He was the only one with the skill to challenge Tyler.
- **Danny's First Record** [30:17] — Danny got a new world record of 10:27 in April 2019, beating Tyler by just over two tenths of a second. He used a strategy of sinking putts quickly and accurately.
- **Danny's Flagpole Trick** [31:26] — Danny used a driver aimed at the flagpole on hole 18 to get an eagle, setting a new record of 10:27. The flagpole has weird properties: hitting it makes the ball drop straight down.
- **Tyler's Comeback** [33:24] — Nine months later, Tyler returned and on attempt 18,402, he beat Danny's record with a 10:24. He continued to lower it to 10:14, where it stands today.
- **Current State and Future** [36:03] — Tyler is the true champion with nearly 26,000 attempts and 19 world records. The theoretical fastest time is 10:05, but sub-10 is possible.

### Conclusion

The history of Wii Sports Resort golf speedrunning is a story of innovation, rivalry, and dedication, with Tyler emerging as the dominant champion. The record continues to be pushed lower, and the community remains active.

## Transcript

so i know what you're probably thinking how do you speed run wii sports resort it sounds like a joke what do you just smack the ball as hard as you can trying to hit hole in one after hole in one
well not exactly the reality is it's a lot more complicated than just that you have to plan all your moves ahead of make on-the-spot calculations while under pressure
aim with impeccable precision hit incredibly difficult shots while knowing you're on world record pace hardly anyone is up to the task and over the years just a few have risen to the top to claim the world record for any
stretch of time this is their story
speed run given that it's a wii game the way you take each stroke is by swinging your arm using the wii's motion controls the harder you swing the further the ball goes
it sounds simple enough but given the tiny target you're aiming for you need to be super precise you can also pick which club to use drivers and irons are best for long shots while wedges and putters are good
for shorter range shots the first run we're going to look at was true there probably were people who speed ran it before him but he appears to be the first person with recorded speed runs of
wii sports resort golf he did a series of runs in february 2015 before setting his best time that may 12 minutes and 46 seconds
possible it all started right here on hole one he used the driver to hit the ball down the fairway then an iron to hit it further hit it into the hole three shots pretty easy right
into account was the wind speed and direction it can be one of eight directions and range anywhere from perfectly still to 20 miles per hour he had 20 mile per hour wind to the west on hole 1. so he
to the right of where he thought they needed to go it worked out pretty well and he was able to get himself a birdie for hold 2 the hole is close enough to the start that you can hit a hole in one
but true actually didn't want to do that because of the game's internal system that more or less controls how this game is speed ran the replay system although hitting really impressive shots like hole-in-ones or chip-ins seem fast
they ultimately end up losing time because if the game thinks your shot is good enough it will show you a long replay of it the game system is complicated but replays are generally triggered if one of three conditions is
if you chip the ball in off the flag or have the ball hit the flag and land if you putt the ball from far away or with a curved angle or if you hit the ball from very far away and it either lands in the hole like a hole in one or
lanes within a few feet of the hole the distance the ball can land from the hole and still trigger a replay depends on how far from the hole the shot was from so true's strategy for hole 2 was to hit the ball onto the green but not
so close to the hole that it triggered a replay then put it into the hole he did so successfully on hole 3 he accidentally hit a tree but of it on hole 4 he missed the putt on a shot
that might have triggered a replay if it went in then on hole 5 he green holes 6 and 7 on the other hand featured long putts that just barely made it in the hole
hole 8 featured an interesting situation he hit it super close to the hole but he hit it super close to the hole but then it started rolling go to the next shot it actually would have been faster to land further away
accurate shots not always being the hole 9 had another pretty bad missed putt then true was on to the back nine hole 10 featured a very long putt then
hole 11 had this shot that probably missed the replay by half a foot hole 12 has two paths you can take you can go to the right around the
fairway or aim for this tiny patch of grass on the left the left path is ever so slightly faster on average but depending on the wind the right path is sometimes the better move true went to the left and made it
hole 13 is an example of how a bad score can still be fast true's first shot landed in the bunker landing so he was able to really quickly set up
for the second shot then tap it in on the third one remember a worse score on a hole doesn't necessarily mean it was slower hole 14 is infamous for its trees that line the portion of the course you want
true hit one with his first shot but still converted it into a birdie after a nice shot onto the green later on he unfortunately missed another tough putt on hole 15 and then on hole 16 he had a tough decision to make
there's once again two paths to take here either going around to the left or risking a shot right through the trees to just barely make it onto the green the right path is undeniably faster and true lined up to go for it but then he
saw the wind blowing to the west which would have made his shot much harder so he backed out and went left he still got a birdie it just wasn't as fast as it could have been his first shot on hole 17 made it onto
the green but it was far from the hole he had to do two putts to get it in and finally he was on hole 18 a hole made up of several islands to shoot onto he made it onto the green in two shots
missed the putt then tapped it in to complete his world record speed run mistakes in this run he missed six putts across the 18 holes for instance there was also a lot that true did well
he finished 13 under par and he wasted little time between shots by very quickly lining the next one up it was a solid start but there were still improvements to be made however for the next three years
top level by early 2018 true's time of 1246 was still the world record with nobody else even getting close to it but that all changed in february 2018 because seemingly out of nowhere one of
the most famous speedrunners in the world began running the game the runner surprisingly enough was super mario bros world record holder was super mario bros world record holder darbian
hour challenge an event created by speedrunner golden where you pick a game hours derby and ended up settling on wii discovered how tough it was to aim accurately on every shot
stop it's like oh it's i've messed up every single one of these parts
game he found success with it lowering his record using mainly the same strategies as true did as of february 7th he was just 5 seconds behind the record
later that same day he got a run that was ahead of the record by 5 seconds 2. keep in mind his splits are comparing to his personal best not the world record he missed an easy putt on hole four but
the record missed the putt on both holes four and five so after hole five derbien was 15 seconds ahead of true's unfortunately the next few holes were less than ideal i should have i should
have no that was bad yeah that's a little too much too much in the juice department [Music]
that meant he was 11 behind the record but there was still a lot of time to true had some missed putts and other bad shots in the first half of his back nine so darby and got to work bringing it back
[Music] darby was actually a second ahead of the record going into hole 15. he was in a good position and if he didn't miss any putts he had a good shot of beating the record and perhaps that
pressure was on his mind when he got to the end the whole 15. holy this was a really good run
on hole 16 he was committed to going for the right side strat pretty much the best case scenario here was getting it in three shots one shot to get it into the bunker or somewhere in the general vicinity of the
then one shot to get it in position for a realistic putt then one shot to put it in that's what he was going for instead this is what happened
this is what happened nice shot yes yes
enough to slow it down and have it land right near the hole and it paid off darbian was now 23 seconds ahead of the his last two holes didn't even have to be that great
he had to do two putts on hole 17 and he took an extra shot to get closer to the but it was still enough to snag the world record
this speed run of wii sports resort golf is a perfect example of a law that i call the derbian effect derbian had several hundred even thousands of viewers watching him play wii sports resort golf a category that
had just six runs and a world record that hadn't been seriously challenged in when a runner of his popularity brings that much attention to a game with a small speed running scene it's bound to give it a huge boost
and as a result of the derby in effect within days of his record wii sports resort golf had three new runners going for the world record alaska xp 2 md cross and 10 dog
the first one to strike was alaska xp2 just four days after derbyn's world alaska had ran the game months prior and was actually second place behind true but darby's push for the world record inspired him to keep going so he lowered
early february on february 11th just four days after alaska had a great run going after the first seven holes point a single missed putt on hole 4.
unfortunately this was his whole 8.
thankfully alaska cleaned up the run quite a bit in the back nine he hit this super long putt on 13 then actually matched derbies insane hole 16. after a par on 17 and a birdie on 18 alaska had himself a new world record
md cross was next he had a unique skill set he quickly became known for being extremely good at hitting shots but struggled to avoid replays and use the best routes for example take this run of his on
he nailed putt after putt in the first nine holes but then accidentally hit nine holes but then accidentally hit this shot on hole 10.
time and then two holes later on hole 12.
putts he was 9 ahead of the record after hole 15. he didn't get the insane whole 16 that alaska had and he missed the putt on hole 17 but an excellent hole 18 was just enough to beat out alaska with a 12
just enough to beat out alaska with a 12 19. is that correct he got it 12 19.
record one more time over the next three days these two runs followed the same pattern of cross typically being more accurate with his shots but taking longer to set them up
he ultimately had the record of 1212 by february 16th before 10 dog was on a february 16th before 10 dog was on a record-paced run the next day
reduced the loading times between holes by about 6 seconds overall this method of playing the game would later be banned but tendog was allowed to use it at this point in time anyway tendog missed the putt on hole 5
and he triggered a replay on hole 6 but was even with cross after the front 9. after pretty much maintaining his pace he got into hole 18 just a few seconds if he could get an eagle instead of cross's birdie he'd just barely get the
he would have to put the ball in after this shot regardless of where it landed
this is when a fourth competitor entered into the scene he lowered the record to 1207 with an unrecorded run but on february 20th he took it down to 1205 with a video unfortunately the video quality is
it's not worth looking at this run too closely so here's where the situation was at it had been less than two weeks since darby's record six new world records had been set in
that time with the latest run clocking in at 1205 six seconds from a sub 12 minute run with four top-level competitors going it was a mad scramble who was going to get the first 11 minute time
get the first 11 minute time well the day after sir tyler's 1205 well the day after sir tyler's 1205 md cross was in position to smash it
then even after missing a tough putt on a whole nine he was five seconds ahead he had a clean 10 and 11 then nailed the left side strad on hole 12 to pull 12 seconds ahead
he kept hitting all of his shots even hitting the flagpole on hole 14 and then it was time for hole 16. a hole that tyler messed up pretty badly in his all cross could do was aim to the right and hope for the best
and hope for the best [Music] first time i've seen him get on the grief
ahead of the world record with time to save on hole 17 since tyler only got a par he was on pace to get an 11 20 x this was incredible unfortunately he barely missed this putt
on hole 17. so his pace fell back to the 1130s but this was a chance to get a massive world record world record he just had to get through hole 18.
get up there [Music]
i am so bad at this game a triple bogey on hole 18 a triple bogey on hole 18 cross missed the record by six seconds sub 12 would just have to wait until later that same day
you got some 12. oh my god holy we got some 12. [Music] and so cross had just barely taken the
record to a sub 12. but it clearly had the potential to go much lower cross triggered a replay on hole five and holes seven and fourteen were pretty disastrous besides he'd just had a run that was on
11 20 pace going into the last few holes and even that run wasn't perfect so yes there was an 1159 but the community's work wasn't done yet the top four runners were all still there ready to take the run lower into
so over the next few weeks here's what they over the next few weeks here's what they accomplished
oh my god what what [Music]
interesting happened after a guy known as the roadrunner tied the record with 1134 tyler just started to take off while the other competitors stayed in the background tyler kept going
different he was just hitting nearly all of his shots and wasting no time sub 12 had been smashed sub 12 had been smashed was sub 11 a real possibility now
was sub 11 a real possibility now [Music] [Music] and then something big was figured out
grind to lower the record he and tendog strategy that would forever change the way wii sports resort golf was played pin manip [Music]
the pin location refers to the location of the flagpole and subsequently the hole on each of the 18 greens its exact position is random each time you play which speedrunners just had to accept
sometimes the pin location would be favorable to make an easy putt while a much harder position but in march 2018 tendog made a speedrun.com forum post explaining how the system isn't actually
as random as it seems as it turns out there's a total of six pin locations on each hole three are a pins while three are b pins the b pins are easier than a pins they're located usually in the center of
the green typically away from slopes the a pins on the other hand are farther from the center and on slopes the way the game determines whether overall score if you're doing well and are
significantly under par the game tries to make life harder on you and gives you if you're struggling and your score is giving you a b pin now speedrunners are pretty good at the
game so without exception they were getting a pins on every single hole and putts even harder so this new understanding of how pins actually matter it didn't until tyler and ten dog
advantage water strats on hole one on to the next hole after missing enough shots so on hole one you could just hit
the ball into the water over and over again until you moved on the hole too it takes six shots to get a give up on hole one and this is about four seconds getting a birdie however it also puts your score at plus
8 meaning you're set to get the easier bee pins on nearly every single hole until the end so even though you lose a few seconds on hole 1 it made life way better in the long run all of those missed putts from
previous runs would now become a lot easier kept doing attempts he got an 1107 unrecorded and then on
early he did the give up on hole one then kept thanks to better pin locations he was getting birdies and eagles on a bunch of it wasn't perfect since he still did
miss a putt on hole seven but in general it was obvious the pin locations were he got a couple pars in the back nine but still had a slim chance at sub 11 after a solid birdie on hole 16. hole 17 was another birdie and then he
answered hole 18. if he could get an eagle here completing the hole in three strokes he had a shot at sub 11 he had a shot at sub 11 but he needed to play perfectly
need a five iron with all the backswing i can get yes yes yes that's good tell me it's good
oh yes oh my god oh my god just barely 10 59.1 and so the wii sports resort golf world record had been brought under 11 minutes
it's important to keep in mind that this still happened in march 2018. half earlier over the course of those six weeks everything had changed 19 new world records were set by six
lowering the record down almost two full minutes but after this 59 tyler and most of the rest of the community took a break he was cemented at the top of the leaderboard with nobody else coming
within 30 seconds of him and he'd lowered the record down time and time and so for the first time since darby's record the world record remained stagnant for one month
on and off as was mentioned earlier no one was even close to him so he was the only hope to keep taking the record lower even though the world record was under 11 minutes there was still time to save
he still had get more birdies and eagles instead of shots so that's what he worked on doing he got back to back records in the 10 50s in april before coming back for more
in june he had a run that was 13 behind the record after the front nine thanks to some missed putts but went all out in the back nine birdie after birdie with eagles mixed in
too it would end up being a huge world record of 10 40 and given how far behind he was early this run proved that a time in the 1020s some more months passed after this
record but in september something absolutely insane happened coming that changed the way viewers would see wii sports resort golf speedruns tyler got a capture card
armed with a clear video feed tyler would continue doing attempts and 2018. his attempt counter showed that he had his attempt counter showed that he had done more than 13 000 runs of golf
that's a lot of attempts and a few months later he would begin using a trick that gave him just slightly better odds than a new record slightly better odds than a new record wind minute
like the pin locations the wind wasn't entirely random either as was mentioned earlier there's eight wind directions eight directions for each of the first eight holes without repeating any then
do the same for the next eight holes before two random directions for the so whichever direction you get for the first hole you can guarantee you won't see again until at least whole nine this comes into play on holes three and
five two holes were generally eagles are only possible if the wind isn't blowing south in any of the three directions if you get a southern wind on hole one that means that specific wind direction was eliminated for holes three and five
two since it can't be repeated so if tyler saw wind on hole 1 that didn't point south in some way he would immediately restart and try again hoping to boost his odds by a bit by taking one of the southern winds away
naturally this would increase his attempt counter since more than half of his runs were reset just seconds into it it also is convenient because of a new timing method that runners began using runs used to start upon selecting 18
holes from the menu but now started upon pressing restart that meant the timer now started with about 3 seconds added to it already to compensate since the restart button
over the next several months tyler took a few seconds off the world record there were highlights such as this run where he got eagles on holes three and five but missed several putts after before bringing it back with this shot
before bringing it back with this shot on hole 18.
record down to 10 35. he had set the past 13 world records in a row and quite simply seemed untouchable he had a 43 second lead over second place and the odds in any of them
catching up were minuscule it's remarkable to see someone this dominant in the game for this long you occasionally see it in people like andrew g with super mario bros or arcus with ninja gaiden
just like them tyler had no rival he was just too far ahead and there was only one person who could stop him
record holder in the original wii sports golf his closest rival in that game was none other than tyler himself but danny had a he was the undisputed champion of wii sports golf holding the same type of
stranglehold in that game as tyler in wii sports resort everyone was waiting for him to start playing wii sports resort golf and he finally began in march 2019 dany was pretty much the only person in
the world with the skill needed to catch up to tyler so everyone was quickly monitoring his progress he posted his first personal best on this is where he got his time to by april 6th
was going to make a push for the world record he was the only one who could do it one of his big strengths was sinking putts quickly and accurately he rarely missed and never took more
than a fraction of a second to aim it was remarkable to watch that was looking good early he got the eagle on hole three but
didn't get the win for it a whole five still his front nine was nearly perfect as he sunk putt after putt on every hole he kept it up in the back 9-2 and was 9 16. unfortunately on hole 17 his first shot
went into the water causing him to lose his whole lead still thanks to an eagle on hole 18 he managed to finish just over two tenths of a second ahead of tyler it was just barely a new world record
and it took him less than a month after starting and about a month later he had this run they looked innocent enough early after
five after the front nine he was eight seconds behind the record but he wasn't out of it yet because he kept hitting putt after putt on hole 17 he went for a different
strategy the intentional give up he repeatedly shot the ball into the water over and over similar to on hole one getting a birdie here but it's faster than the par and given how difficult a
birdie can be it's usually safer to just take the give up and lose a tiny bit of time so he had a bit of a lead going into the last hole where he would need an eagle to beat the record
shot one was good but danny undershot the next one landing far from the hole an eagle seemed impossible but then impossible but then he did this
what was that well the flagpole in wii sports resort golf has some weird properties it may look like a cloth flag but it if you hit it the ball usually just drops straight down
so danny pulled out a driver which shoots the ball faster than any other club and aimed right for the flag it's really precise but possible to hit that tiny target and danny did at the end of a run on
world record pace it was amazing and it was enough for a new world record of 10 27 for the first time in several months tyler had been knocked off the top danny was the new champion
dominant in the past so danny's record stood alone and then nine months later tyler came back
beat 1027 which he had made splits for to compare two and on attempt number eighteen thousand four hundred 402 he had a shot at it the last hole if he could get an eagle he would get
the record all he had to do was sink this putt and he would once again be crowned the champion of wii sports resort champion of wii sports resort tyler had some work to do
tyler had some work to do [Music]
he was back after 20 000 attempts of wii sports resort golf tyler had himself a 10-24 he was once again alone on top of the leaderboards
but he wasn't done yet [Music]
down to 1014 which is where the world record stands today tyler is the true champion of wii sports resort golf it's hard to argue with nearly 26 000 attempts and 19 world records
his name currently rests at the top of the leaderboard and it'll probably stay there for a while how low can the speed run go adding together the fastest front nine holes with the fastest back 9 comes out to
1005 but getting under 10 minutes is theoretically possible md cross was the first person to get an 11 minute run run so who's gonna be the first to get a
thanks for watching [Music]