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Henrik Stenson could compete in longdriving if he wanted.

He has one time.. And he set the world record hitting the longest shot ever meassured on a runway, 721 yards and beating world long drive champion Paul Slater in the competition. This can also be compared to Jason Zubacks longest ever "runway shot" of 714.1 yards.

Adam Scott has also been quoted: "He hit probably the longest drive I've ever seen in my life. Retief and I both hit and we figured we were about 340 yards off the tee. Stenson must have flown us by 60 yards. His ball went 460 yards in all."

People always talk about Bubba Watson, JB Holmes, A Quiros. However, I belive that if Stenson cared about ripping it or even use his driver (he almost always use 3-wood) he'd been in top of that statistics. It also show that the longest hitting tour players would have a chance to compete in long drive.

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I'm sure there's quite a few Tour pros out there that could compete in long drive competitions if they wanted to but why would they bother? I'm sure they'd much rather be making millions playing proper golf out on tour than standing around yelling at golf balls trying to impress a crowd of 20 people in a long drive contest. As the old saying goes, 'drive for show putt for dough'.
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Long drive? Oh, you mean those guys who can't cut it with real golf. Gotcha.

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Did you watch him at this year's PGA? Twice he hit driver, from the tee, off the deck, over 300 yards. The guy is just a freak. Watching him and Quiros hit back to back was pretty impressive.

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Stenson is long, but not the longest on tour. And there are many guys who hit a three wood off the deck 300 yards. Still, I like Stenson's swing and he is a very long hitter.

P.S. "Hitter" seems like the wrong word to use, but long "stroker" or long "swinger" do not quite get it either.

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I feel something about calling another man a "long stroker" is just wrong and innapropriate ;)

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Stenson is long, but not the longest on tour. And there are many guys who hit a three wood off the deck 300 yards. Still, I like Stenson's swing and he is a very long hitter.

We're not talking about 3 Wood. We're talking about driver. And no, as much golf as I've seen, I have yet to see anyone other than Woody Austin and Henrik Stenson hit driver off the deck. And to hit it over 300 yards is pretty impressive.

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We're not talking about 3 Wood. We're talking about driver. And no, as much golf as I've seen, I have yet to see anyone other than Woody Austin and Henrik Stenson hit driver off the deck. And to hit it over 300 yards is pretty impressive.

mickelson has,ryan palmer did but thy both put it in the drink

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I feel something about calling another man a "long stroker" is just wrong and innapropriate ;)

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I quite agree about the inappropriateness above... but I have always had a problem with the word "hit" and a golf stroke. But there is no way around it I guess. "He hits it long" and "She is a long hitter" are just a part of our language.

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I quite agree about the inappropriateness above... but I have always had a problem with the word "hit" and a golf stroke. But there is no way around it I guess. "He hits it long" and "She is a long hitter" are just a part of our language.

Well, your golf stroke produces a hit on the ball I imagine.

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I quite agree about the inappropriateness above... but I have always had a problem with the word "hit" and a golf stroke. But there is no way around it I guess. "He hits it long" and "She is a long hitter" are just a part of our language.

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I just think it's interesting with the long drivers out there who compare themselves with the tour players when it comes to long driving. They say they hit 100 yards further then Tiger etc.. So how come Stenson has the world record on hiting a drive on a runway? He has only participated in such a tournament once!(probably not with a 50" driver) The RE/MAX guys regularly compete in events taking place on runways..

The thing is.. A guy like Tiger hits his driver at 80% (he says so himself anyway).. A long driver hit it at 100% and sometimes with a 50" driver. You should expect the long drivers to hit it further since thats all they practise, but I don't think they do.. Not further then Stenson, Quiros anyway. Real golf is on such higher level then RE/MAX, and I really think that driving tips from longdrivers hurt "real golfer" more then it helps them.
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I just think it's interesting with the long drivers out there who compare themselves with the tour players when it comes to long driving. They say they hit 100 yards further then Tiger etc.. So how come Stenson has the world record on hiting a drive on a runway? He has only participated in such a tournament once!(probably not with a 50" driver) The RE/MAX guys regularly compete in events taking place on runways..

Are you kidding me? The fastest long drive guys in the world swing the club at a legit 150mph. When they swing out of their shoes Stenson swings it at about 125mph, quiros at 135mph and tiger at 130mph.

Take a look at this kid. He's the Tiger Woods of long drive:

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