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2. Long drive - Wikipedia

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   The world record recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest drive in a competition is 515 yards (471 m) by 64-year-old Mike Austin in 1974 at the US Senior National Open Qualifier with a 43.5" steel shafted persimmon wood driver. [5] The record distance achieved in the European Long Drive Championship is 473 yards (433 m) by Allen ...

3. Drive (golf) - Wikipedia

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   Drive (golf) A golf drive. Professional golfer Greg Norman drives a golf ball off the flight deck of USS John F. Kennedy (CV67) In golf stroke mechanics, a drive, also known as a tee shot, is a long-distance shot played from the tee box, intended to move the ball a great distance down the fairway towards the green.

4. World Long Drive Championship - Wikipedia

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   World Long Drive Championship. The World Long Drive Championship is an annual long drive competition in the sport of golf. It was first held in 1974, and since 2000 has comprised Open, Masters (over-45s) and Women's events. From 1995 to 2015, the events were owned and produced by Long Drivers of America.

5. SC golf community reacts to upcoming changes in ball distance ...

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   To emphasize the distance point, he said that today, at age 61, he hits driver-wedge on the Spur’s par-4 — “the same clubs I hit 33 years ago. That’s technology in clubs and balls.”

6. Bubba Watson - Wikipedia

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   Gerry Lester " Bubba " Watson Jr.[3][4] (born November 5, 1978) is an American professional golfer. He has two major championships, with victories at the Masters Tournament in 2012 and 2014, [5] and a total of 12 PGA Tour wins. In February 2015, Watson reached a career-high 2nd place in the Official World Golf Ranking.

7. Wood (golf) - Wikipedia

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   The 1-wood, or driver, is the lowest-lofted, [3] longest, and often lightest club in a player's bag, and is meant to launch the ball the longest distance of any club. . Originally, the driver was only slightly larger than any other wood and was designed to be used from the tee or the fairway, but with the advent of hollow metal clubhead construction, the driver has become highly specialized ...