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Police · 11-19-2006, 01:51 PM

Mine has to be a 310 yard drive onto the par 4 15th green

ghost · 11-19-2006, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Police

Mine has to be a 310 yard drive onto the par 4 15th green

I've had a few roll up to the fringe areas in front of greens on holes ~315-330...

Unfortunately, driving the ball 310+ doesn't mean anything when your short game has gone to hell

Police · 11-19-2006, 02:49 PM

Dont give up on the short game issue practise your pitching and putting

Fore! · 11-19-2006, 05:17 PM

im not going to tell you because its crap

ghost · 11-19-2006, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fore!

im not going to tell you because its crap

Probably better than my regular 290-305 in the trees

srothfuss · 11-19-2006, 05:23 PM

My drive is only about 180 - 200 depending on what part of the fairway that I miss. Probably with some more practice I'll move up in the ranks of "long hitters"

Fore! · 11-19-2006, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ghost

Probably better than my regular 290-305 in the trees

i would take that over 200 yards max. oh im so weedy

**DennisM** · 11-19-2006, 07:27 PM

When I was younger, I could hit the ball miles and miles, but it was rarely measured so it didn't matter. It was just part of a round.

One long drive, also unmeasured, was in a tournament where the honor system prevails and you just write your name on the little chart stuck in the ground if you hit it past the previous mark.

I was playing here in Miami at the Italian Benevolent Society Tournament and hit a monster drive on the 10th hole where one sponsor had donated a prize. My uncle killed one on the par 5 where some other company had donated another prize. Both of us won.

My prize was a $1200 value Giovenitti lounge chair. Uncle Vernon won a Poulan chain saw.

**fitz-uk** · 11-20-2006, 03:53 AM

The problem is with longest drives, is that it can become an obsession.

There are probably half a dozen people at my golf course that can hit a ball further than me.

There are probably 300 or so members with a lower handicap than my, if my shortgame matched my driving ability I would be single figures easily.

Still, I have next year to drop 3 shots then it will be single figures.

Distance wise, I have driven a couple of greens recently, one in a match - the green was something like 310 yards away, landed straight on and stopped. I would have thought my distance averages high 200s low 300s, but I have taken to hitting a 3 iron off the tee for a safe 250 rather than letting the driver do all the talking.

I have started to hit my driver off the deck now, the 17th at my course in the winter is a real bugger to hit in two, you can hit a good 300 yard drive and still have to carry a lake at 200 yards, then a 50 yard lift the the green, hitting two drivers to that pleased me more than monstering a drive.