Your Longest Drive ever

[sean_miller]

Woot!

Why this thread? Seriously, why?

[chrisronline]

I hit my 3wood around 275 a couple weeks ago and that's the longest I've had this year (and all time probably). My driver usually stays in the bag. Need to practice with it more

[Gordon McTavish]

Woot!

Is it not standard procedure to bring up the subject of distance on a weekly basis?

[golfro]

Is it not standard procedure to bring up the subject of distance on a weekly basis?

and here i thought this forum was getting boring. now its getting interesting again!

[ohiolefty]

I hit it over the mountains, once

[iacas]

417 yards. Rock hard, downhill, downwind. Ball flew 340 or so.

Level ground, "normal" fairways, no wind or sprinkler heads or cart paths... 333. Flew about 300 and rolled out the rest. Was in a scramble and we had a drive at about 270 in play, so I let it go.

[mcgriff]

Soon as I can get the cart up to full speed before getting to the ball I will let ya know.

[vct33]

I really have no idea how long my longest drive was. The other day I was on the fringe of a 555 yard Par 5 with Driver then 3h. I don't know how long each shot was but I'd say the drive was easily my longest of the season.

[Chas]

285 yards, 3W. Pured it, slight draw -----> long roll on hard, dry downhill fairway (but no wind assist). Proceeded to boot the wedge and end up with bogey.
Distance confirmed with two GPS's. I've prolly hit driver further (with lots of positive factors) but this 3W is still the sweetest.

[wrx_junki]

348 with 3 witnesses. my local range has a fence at the 305 mark and If I were to hit 10 drives I'd probably put 8 over the fence. being 6'3", having arms 4"longer than normal for my height, and being young and very flexible = tons of reproduceable clubhead speed. My average drive for the last 8 rounds I've played is 309 yards.

Nice, your right up there with DJ and Bubba.

Hit one on 500 yard par 5 to 150 yard marker.

[pipster11]

longest, 350 on a par 5. 500 yard hole and had exactly 150 to the green. that was wind behind height of summer with firm fairways.

normally i shrimp it around 260.

[oneoverwrx]

348yds middle of the fairway, caught the backside of a ridge and kept on rolling. This was at Cherry Blossom in Georgetown, KY. The carts have gps and they measure distance from the tee boxes. My average distance that day was 294yds. Of the 11 drives i noted.

[Zeph]

According to the course guide it was around 260-280 meters. Downhill, downwind and downslope landing spot.

Pulled the 4 iron into some bushes, chunked it short of the green, up and down for par 5.

[nearwater]

About 308 yards on a 348 yards par 4. And this is was on a day after pulling an all-nighter.
I was stunned that I hit that far. My drives averages about 250 yards when I'm in good condition.

Wasn't been able to pull that kind of drive ever since. But to be honest, I'm pretty happy with my 250 yards drive as long as I hit it consistently.

Dan

[RC]

On a normal hole, straight away, no bouncing off cart path or yardage markers, no downhill help, 438 yards, and in an official long drive contest with grid and precision measurements, 352 yards, this latter number after passing 60 years old (62 or 63 I think.) Modern equipment and balls helps for sure. Now I am just average length and struggling, wishing for those yards to come back, knowing they will not, and watching that handicap creep upwards. Now a 300 yarder is rare, and I need a little wind. My goal is to hit one 300 yards at age 70 in a few years, even if I have to find a hurricane wind to help me do it.

[pavespawn]

I hit one about 310 once. I was hitting it solid so I was playing from the tips at the local muni. I was on #1 with a bunch of high school kids behind me waiting to start their league play. I hit one of those "I never felt it leave the clubface" shots and it took off like a rocket. It went at least 300 in the air because it cleared a bunker that started at about 280 and was at least 15 yards deep. The kids were all mumbling about the shot and I walked off like I did it all the time.

[SouthernILGolfer]

I hit one about a couple months ago at Indian Hills at Mt Vernon IL. 6th hole, 556 yard downhill par 5 with a mile wide landing area. Was really dry at the time so the ground was rock hard too. I hit a low rocket that bounced and rolled to about 285-290. Hit another one a similar distance at Mcleansboro IL earlier this year on the 6th hole there, a short par 5 (452 yards)from an elevated tee and reached it in 2 with a 7 iron for the second shot, wind was helping that day as well. I dont get those very often, usually about 235-240 is a great drive for me but every once in a while Ill catch one just perfect under optimum conditions.

[billysandy]

460 yard par 4, and I hit a 51* pin high for my second shot. That makes it a 350 yard drive.

335 yard par 4, 10 yards from front. 325 yard.

331 yard par 4, 20 yards off the front. 311 yard.