Yao Ming (7'6" NBA center) from 25 yards. Imagine if a 7'6" person swung like Sadlowski

[nevets88]

450 yds?

[Stretch]

Cue four pages of "it's all about the short game, bro."

I would imagine there's also a point of diminishing returns in the full swing, where the radius becomes too large and the levers too long to achieve a functional level of control. Adding speed past this point isn't really going to do you much good.

[nevets88]

Guy on the left is 6'.

[iacas]

48 minutes ago, nevets88 said:

Guy on the left is 6'.

<sarcasm>Yeah, well, Yao is standing uphill from the guy, so…</sarcasm>

[nevets88]

49 minutes ago, iacas said:

<sarcasm>Yeah, well, Yao is standing uphill from the guy, so…</sarcasm>

LOL. Yeah and see how much closer he is to the camera? I call Photoshop! 

[Lihu]

On 10/22/2012, 3:30:41, nevets88 said:

450 yds?

 

 

 

 

This was not his second shot. . .The female announcer mentioned that this was his 3rd shot then the male announcer kind of stated that it was on a 450 yard par 4. I don't think either of them know golf that well. I mentioned this where I posted this video a couple times in the past.

In any case, the ratio between Yao and Jamie is 90/71 or about 27% taller. However, the club is not going to be longer. Guessing that if a 7'6" athlete could swing proportionately as fast as Jamie he would have a roughly 20% faster club head speed? Don't know if it translates to 20% more distance?

Mike Dobbyn is 6'8" and about as flexible and muscular as you can get in that size a frame. His longest official drive was 550 yards.

[DrvFrShow]

Imagine getting a decent club fit. I don't think that the rules allow for clubs long enough to really fit Yao.

[MrDC]

Look at that putter! it's as long as a driver!

He's large.

Edited November 11, 2015 by MrDC

[pganapathy]

Maximum shaft length is 48 inches.  I assume there must come a point where you are too tall to use a club optimally.  Yao would probably be too tall to get maximum swing speed efficiently

[DrvFrShow]

To get fit properly, Yao would have to have custom made clubs, and they would be illegal. But I say if the man wants to play golf, build him clubs that fit. It's like telling someone with size 20 feet they have to wear size 12 because that's the maximum legal size.