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I am serious!
He had a BeCu Ping SW that he hits for 150 yards, sometimes more. He hit a 300 yards drive on the par 4 2nd that left him with around 150 to the green (a long par 4). He took out a club, hit it perfectly onto the green. I asked what club was it he said in the most casual of ways "sand wedge"!!!

Needless to say, when he hits his drive 300 yards he calls it a "bad shot", and he doesn't even rotate his hips and body on the ball, he just uses his arms, and he can do anything you want to the ball; draw, fade, low loft, high loft, etc...

I was totally amazed today. And the annoying thing is, he does it like it's the most normal of things.

Today folks, I felt so little, so nothing.
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a 550 yard par 4? the 150 yard sand wedge i'm not gonna bother trying to believe or disbelieve, but a 550 yard par 4? i've never heard of such a thing. not saying they aren't out there, i'm just saying i'd never heard of anything like that.
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450yds Par 4......300yd Drive + 150yds out equals 450yds, not 550yds

but hitting a SW 150yds is nice....

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Forgot to mention, the guy is very bulky. Not fat, but huge and bulky. I've seen my good share of strong golfers, but this one surpassed all. I still can't believe it how he played!
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Yeah, some people are just blessed with bodies that seem to be designed to crush a golf ball.

I used to play with a guy who didn't even have a driver, just a hand-me-down strong 3-wood with a stock, no-name shaft, and he would consistently outdrive me. He probably hit it 320 on a good shot. Thing was, I don't think this guy ever broke 40 for 9 holes. He just didn't seem to care about the rest of the game; he just liked watching his drives fly off into the horizon...
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Yeah, some people are just blessed with bodies that seem to be designed to crush a golf ball.

I'm that guy, at least I was until a couple of weeks ago.


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If you watch him very closely, does he "deloft" the club at impact, i.e. hands way in front of the usual position in relation to the ball? This might explain much of the extra length. Video would tell the full story.

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If you watch him very closely, does he "deloft" the club at impact, i.e. hands way in front of the usual position in relation to the ball? This might explain much of the extra length. Video would tell the full story.

Not sure about that, but I'll make sure to notice it next time. I plan to play with this guy a lot in the future, it's just fun to watch him play. He's a caddy at our club so it's easy to play with him anytime I want.

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After a couple of years playing golf (20yo) I would go at everything 100% and deloft at impact. My SW was my 150yd club. I played like this for about five years until I got sick of having to land everything on the front of the green in order for it to stop pin high.

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Mirv didnt make it out of 1st grade mathematics!!!

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I hit a sw 150 yards sometimes...
but its usually when I meant to hit it 105 but blade the crap out of it!
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I have hit my 56 150 yds at the range... I dont depend on it on the course, commonly I will pull the approach or pitching wedge for that distance
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what was his final score?

Yeah, what'd the guy shoot? Be the longest guy in the world, but as my favorite quote goes:

It's not about how far, but how many.

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