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Drifterland Established Member

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What is the longest drive you have ever witnessed (Hit the fairway) during a round of golf?

I played with Greg Griffin, who competed in some long drive competitions. Hitting one in the grid 383 in the event.

When we played he drove the first hole at my home course, a par 4 of 396 yards (downhill). He made me feel like a short knock even though I hit mine 315 down the hill.

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The longest drive I never witnessed was one I hit yesterday. It was good poke for me (I hit it about 250-260 when hiiting it well. But it hugged the left edge of the fairway, over a tree and we lost it. It should been easy to find but I never found it, until the group infront me waved me up, it was 30 yards off the green. It landed on the cart path and bounced about 10 times they told me. first time and amybe the last time i hit 4 bills

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Nice, make the bird?

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Dang I can't wait to hit the 400 mark. My longest so far has been 360. :(

It was only like 10 yards downhill, but with hard fairways, and about 15 mph wind at my back. I hit one of those drives that starts out high and stays in the air forever, with a lot of roll. Man did I love to see that thing land at 300, and then continue rolling.

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out_in_30 Well Established Member

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longest drive i witnessed was my own on 18 at carnoustie when I was 15; this was about a month after the van de velde incident. very firm fairways with a slight helping right to left wind. hit a power fade 363 yds wound up in the center of fairway. less than 100 yds left, wound up making easy par. easy hole hehe; what the hell was van de veldes problem? haha just kidding, he was very unfortunate to have hit a slim railing and bounce backward.

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My longest personal was 283, but that's more than 30 yards over my second-longest.

A buddy of mine hit a 406-yard drive (at a ~450-yard par-4) at what used to be PGA SoCal. It was our 28th hole of the day, and it took me three shots to catch up to his tee shot. Driver, half-wedge to the green.

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CG031 Great Member

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My personal best is 300 yards, because there is a 300 yard at a local course near me, par 4, and I've driven the green several times. But a few of those times have been from the up tees, so it was more like 280ish. But, I've driven it to the green at least 1 or 2 times from the back.

It's slightly downhill, and this was last summer when we were in a drough. I got at least 70 yards of rolll. I probably carry the ball 230 with my driver at best generally.

But also once on a baked out fairway, on a par 5, 470 yards, I went driver-5 iron. I hit my 5 iron 170-175ish. But, I mean, that was last summer when the fairways were REALLY rolling.

As far as longest witnessed, was actually once on that same 470 yard par 5 with a friend. He went driver-PW. He hit his drive like 330 yards. It was nuts!

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Nice, make the bird?

Nope. the pin placement left me with tough chip, that ended up short in the bunker. Saved par though

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Par is never a bad score!

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My phone GPS told me that my friend hit one 380, but i'm not sure if this is correct. I sometimes doubt the accuracy of the GPS at times. I also could've sworn that it landed just ahead of the group in front of us, at the front of a ridge, but when we got up there the ball was lying a bit fartherh up and to the left on the cart path. I kind of think they just got annoyed a bit and punted it a little up the cart path.

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I hit a drive 386. Par 5 at Five ponds country club in p.a. The 15th hole dead straight fairway 527 yards. Cart path on right over a stream with a tree right after the stream. Hit a drive high and right, first look up and down i thought i was catching the tree, Just cleared the top and i lost it. The 13th is to the right. So we drive up and im looking for my ball 20 yards past the tree, the guys on 13 go " Hey if your looking for your ball you might wanna go up another 100, he said that thing took 5 hops down the cart path and i lost it" So i walk up Gps in hand buddy on the cart and there she is. Bout 145 yards left to the pin right side of fairway just off in the longer grass. Hit a 9 iron short right bunker, chip shot out 3 feet from pin and hit Birdie putt. I was a little upset about hitting the Bunker and really wanted the Eagle putt, but couldnt complain i was destined for a double bogey if it wasnt for the cartpath and clearing the tree.

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I hit a 400 yard drive 2 years ago. full disclosure though: it was in Utah, off a mountain with a 25mph tail wind. 10 yard short of the green. Made a terrible bogey.
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Same experience as several other posters. Longest drive I ever witnessed was my own. Drove the green on a 335-yd hole. That is not a testimony to my golf prowess, but rather to the poor level of play from the average amateur.

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alf174 Great Member

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My regular golf partner's son-in-law bombed one leaving about 160 yards to the green on a 498 yard flat fairway par 5 with no wind.

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JawjaDawg Established Member

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I play with a guy who dabbles in the long drive competitions. I've seen him hit some ridiculous drives. The one that really sticks out in my mind was when he drove the green on a 380 yard par 4 that was freaking uphill. He makes me feel like an eighty year old.

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drtbk933 Well Established Member

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Longest one I've ever seen was mine on the slightly downhill dogleg-right par 4 #6. It was 310 to the middle of the turn and I hit my drive a little farther than that, no wind or anything.

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