Golf Galaxy bomber

[TaylorMadeTaylor]

So I'm in Golf Galaxy hitting in the simulator, trying out a couple new drivers (910 and the new Machspeed) and in walks this guy, probably 5'11'' 175lbs, looks like your typical surfer dude. Long shaggy hair, vans, rusty shirt, sunglasses on his head. The store is about to close and there are probably 2-3 employees working, all of them at the front desk. I'm hitting them pretty average, most rolling out to around 255-260 yards. He walks up, grabs a pre-owned driver off the rack and asks me if he can hit a few. He tees one up, and blam! the ball takes off, carries forever, and rolls out to 432 yards! . I was astonsihed. He hits a few more, all of them breaking four bills. After about ten balls, he leaves and heads to the clothing section, and I'm just standing there in disbelief. I step back in to make sure it wasn't just the machine acting up, and sure enough, 255 yards. Isn't this guy outhitting long drive champions? I know it was just a launch monitor but this guy was displaying insane numbers, like 148 swing speed, and 205 ball speed. It was just nuts. Do you guys think this is legit? Or did someone drop some LSD in my water bottle and I was trippin'.

[motteler621]

So I'm in Golf Galaxy hitting in the simulator, trying out a couple new drivers (910 and the new Machspeed) and in walks this guy, probably 5'11'' 175lbs, looks like your typical surfer dude. Long shaggy hair, vans, rusty shirt, sunglasses on his head. The store is about to close and there are probably 2-3 employees working, all of them at the front desk. I'm hitting them pretty average, most rolling out to around 255-260 yards. He walks up, grabs a pre-owned driver off the rack and asks me if he can hit a few. He tees one up, and

lol, were you speechless or something. You didnt say anything to him about it but just looked at the numbers?

[kpaulhus]

Did his swing look like it was super fast?

[Shindig]

It is often speculated that the simulators in most stores are ... let's say optimistic? But that's pushing it for explaining this. I have no idea. Maybe he's an LDA guy and you didn't recognize him?

[jamo]

Oh you guys saw that? My bad.

[iacas]

Oh you guys saw that? My bad.

Ha.

He might know how to "game" the system. Unlikely that he broke 400 with every ball. The LDA guys don't do that, after all, and they're using awfully special equipment.

[TaylorMadeTaylor]

lol, were you speechless or something. You didnt say anything to him about it but just looked at the numbers?

I didn't say a word. I couldn't with my jaw all the way down on the floor.

Did his swing look like it was super fast?

Yea, and the ball was slamming the fabric thing really hard and it was super loud.

It is often speculated that the simulators in most stores are ... let's say optimistic? But that's pushing it for explaining this. I have no idea. Maybe he's an LDA guy and you didn't recognize him?

The employees often tell me that the distance isn't accurate but the ball speed is. For what I saw his balls were coming off over 200mph.

He might know how to "game" the system. Unlikely that he broke 400 with every ball. The LDA guys don't do that, after all, and they're using awfully special equipment.

Yea, I was thinking he did something to the monitor to make it spit out crazy numbers, but his swing looked awfully fast. I'm sure most of them broke 400 though (or at least the launch monitor says so). Maybe he's just a really long hitter that doesn't want to publicize himself. Either that or Jamie Saldowski with a wig on...

[motteler621]

ive noticed indoors when your hitting balls that it always sounds and looks like your are crushing them but its only cause your in a small room. I cant imagine what a 430 yard drive would sound like indoors like that