Long drive champion!

[golfaddiction]

This weekend I won my 2nd long drive trophy of the summer. The first one went uphill, into a slight wind 265 yards. I was the first one out and later learned that a few people beat it but didn't find the fairway.

In the 2nd contest, my drive went about 290, downhill, downwind. I thought it was right all the way, but it got a side/down slope and kicked out further down the fairway. I knew I had the contest locked up when I got down there and had beaten the previous mark by 20 yards.

These tournaments were both fund-raisers, so the competition is a bunch of older people, but I didn't think those distances would win. Am I playing with scrubs or are these distances respectable?

[sean_miller]

This weekend I won my 2nd long drive trophy of the summer. The first one went uphill, into a slight wind 265 yards. I was the first one out and later learned that a few people beat it but didn't find the fairway.

Possibly and definitely.

[socks and shoes]

This weekend I won my 2nd long drive trophy of the summer. The first one went uphill, into a slight wind 265 yards. I was the first one out and later learned that a few people beat it but didn't find the fairway.

If it's in the fairway, it is respectable.

But those are also really good distances.

[chilly]

Despite what you hear on internet forums, 265yds is definitely a very good drive, and 290yds is a bomb. 290 would be in contention anywhere...

[nearwater]

Despite what you hear on internet forums, 265yds is definitely a very good drive, and 290yds is a bomb. 290 would be in contention anywhere...

I agree. My good drives are normally 250-260, and I'm one of the longest driver among my co-workers.

Dan

[Shanks A Million]

These tournaments were both fund-raisers, so the competition is a bunch of older people, but I didn't think those distances would win. Am I playing with scrubs or are these distances respectable?

Great distances. 290 is not just good, it's amazing.

[wubskis]

290 is pretty incredible indeed. I for one don't expect to see this kind of distance off the tee anytime in the conceivable future, pending lottery-winning luck on my side.

[ohiolefty]

290 is fantastic. But, according to this forum, only a crippled 11 year old named Nancy would hit it that far. But, according to this forum, someone with an 18.6 handicap should play $1600 sets of blade irons that look like you can spread things on a bagel with them after the round. The point being - this forum is often unreliable as far as truth is concerned.