Darksun22

Mine was recent. Me and my foursome got to the 18th green to find 3 mysterious balls just laying next to the green. Looked like old balls someone just threw out. I had my PW and SW in my hand. I chipped my ball with my SW from about 30 yards out and got like 10ft from the hole. I then walked past the other balls (about 25 yds in) and just playing around with my PW IN ONE HAND hit one of the balls. The ball flops up in the air, hits the fringe, breaks about 5 foot to the left and drops IN THE HOLE with perfect speed. One guy fell down laughing, I fell down laughing, one flipped his putter and walked away and the other went to the cart to laugh and drink his beer. Was one of the craziest one handed shots I have ever saw.

Im no Tiger fan, But last time I checked he was in the top 10 in the world and has won more tour events than anyone up to date in 2012. He is still near the top in driving distance and swing speed, so physically he is fine. I would not be surprised if he plays for 10+ more years. And he will be on the olympic team in 2016, Bet your pants on it. I don't think that is done. For real, Just because he is not super dominate anymore does not me he is done. There will never be another "tiger like" domination. There are too many good athletes coming into golf and golf is now super mainstream. It just won't happen again unless a super human athlete comes in a consistently puts up rounds of 65 day after day after day. And on some tournaments that won't even win. I will say again, I'm not even a Tiger fan, but facts are facts. Tiger (like him or not) is still one of the best golfers alive, just has more resistance these days.

Always remember, For the ball to go up, You must hit down. The average pro hit at 1.5 degree descending blow with the driver and slowly goes up to a 4 degree by the time you get to the pitching wedge.

Haven't logged on in a while. I have to say good job and sorry for doubting. Also sorry for unintentionally hijacking the thread, I honestly didn't thing you were coming back. Either way... GJ Jimbo

Hmmm. I do play in a Sim a lot but I live in northern GA above ATL. You must have my location mixed with someone else. I think Hybrids are the new go to club for a lot of people because how friendly they are to mis-hits. You can't really shank the shot and it is harder to hit it fat. You can still top it, but you eliminate 2 beginner problems with the Hybrid. On top of that, most hybrids are set with a draw, which helps most golfers that "push" or slice the ball. If i lost or broke mine, I would be going to buy a new one the very next day.

125 is a great PW. Honestly I just get the ball as close to the hole as possible on every shot (If hazards allow and whatnot) I'm usually not the guy that has a dead on 240 in and says "nah ill just use my PW twice" I usually pull out the 4i and let one fly. Of course if i have to lay up then i will, but if it is reasonable, I go for it. I'm a good chipper from 50yds in, so that may be the reason?

Course. I never use that club in the Sim. I just feel like it can pop the ball out of the deep stuff better than my 3i or 4i ever could. Of course its not as good as a wedge, but I think it does a great job for longer shots in deeper stuff. My 5 Wood went the same distance as my rescue, my 3i was a club almost never used, and my 9 wood was almost identical to the rescue just more loft. I use it exactly how the name describes it, to rescue my butt from a bad shot, and i think it holds the right to keep its name for me at least.

A good Sim will cost you 15k. + I play on one all the time and thought about buying one for my home. Great machines. I say go for it if you have the cash and the space.

Commando Survival Knife, 9MM, Ar15 with 500 rounds and 3 clips. JK..... Just funny what some ppl carry. LOL @ extra iPhone battery. Guy has to be fun to play with

I've never been to a trackman. The highest balls speed ive reached with my regular driver in the sim was 201. The highest with My LD club was 209. The carry distance for both of those ball speeds seemed a little low actually. Not sure if the formula for the higher ball speed is a little off or what, but i expected more than 325-330 carry off of a 201 ball speed witha 11-12* launch angle. I also snapped my driver in two that day i was laying it all out with my regular driver. They are not made to take it like my LD driver is. On a side note. 175 ball speed is pretty quick. I actually think if you used a LD swing you could reach 190. Its all about hand speed with the larger shaft length. Sounds like you have a powerful swing. I'd like to check a video of your swing out if you can pop one on here. Quality does not matter.

Hybrids are great clubs. I love the feel of the club and the way it reacts in deeper rough when you still have a long shot. They are also VERY effective when your driver just isn't working with you. I replaced my 3 iron and 5 wood and 9 wood with a TM burner 2.0 18* rescue club.

We have a hole like that on a local course. Crazy elevated, and the drives seem to go for ever. Really fun hole to play though.

Thanks for supporting the thread. I'm glad you get the same thrill out of hitting a nice long ball. Sounds like you are making a good bit of power. I learned a lot from reading some stuff Jamie S. (The long drive champ) has written. You may want to read some of his articles if your interested in getting a few more yards.

I appreciate it. I'm very interested in seeing what others can do. I have a feeling this will be a fun thread.

Even though Long Drives are not the name of the game, A lot of people seem to be interested in the new fad of bombing the ball. I am one of these people. Distance sells, and its a good runner up prize if you can't shoot in the 70s. You will see a lot of people making the 300+ claims with no proof. But we are all golfers here, we have all played with a Ton of golfers and we all know that 95% of the claims are false. I wanted to start this thread to those who love the long drive, or those who think they can drive 300+. Show us what you got. Ill start this bad boy off with some stats of my own. I'm a amateur Long Driver. Im 24 years old 6'3 225lbs and my current Handicap is 14.8 as of yesterday. Even though I have a high handicap, I take pride in smashing golf balls. My longest ball in a Comp was 358 yds. There is no telling my longest ever, but I would not doubt I've put a few over 360-370 on the range from the thousands i've hit. I've drove multiple par 4s and hit some monster bombs from elevate tee boxes and downhill landing areas. I can stripe one 330-340 with my regular driver ( a TM burner 2.0 10.5*) on the range pretty consistently. I can also hit my stock TM burner 18* rescue club into the 300s (which seems to get more attention than my driver is why I mention it) Below is 2 videos I made for a different thread, but ill post them here for people to look at. When I made the videos I was rushed for time (you will see my wife in the white shorts telling me to come on in the hybrid video) So I just got up and hit a few balls after 36 holes of golf. So i was already a little tired. It was not my best attempts, but it is unedited and all I have right now. The first one is my regular driver, with my regular driver swing. The second one is my hybrid. I'm waiting on my LD driver to be fixed right now and ill post my LD Driver Video with my LD Driver swing. What do you think? Can you do better? Lets see what the beasts on this site have in them.