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Mike Dobbyn is an American professional long-drive golfer who holds the world record for the farthest drive in history: a recorded drive at 551 yards. [1] In regular professional golf, the hardest hitters average just over 300 yards. [2] However, although his longest drive is 551 yards, most of his drives range between 350 and 450 yards.
Tonya. Michael Hoke Austin (February 17, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American golf professional and kinesiology expert, specializing in long drives. [1][2] He was credited by Guinness World Records with hitting the longest drive in tournament play (471 m/515 yd) in 1974 at Winterwood Golf Course (now called Desert Rose Golf Course) in ...
The world record recognized by Guinness World Records as the longest drive in a competition is 515 yards (471 m) by 64-year-old Mike Austin in 1974 at the US Senior National Open Qualifier with a 43.5" steel shafted persimmon wood driver. [5] The record distance achieved in the European Long Drive Championship is 473 yards (433 m) by Allen ...
The World Long Drive Championship is an annual long drive competition in the sport of golf. It was first held in 1974, and since 2000 has comprised Open, Masters (over-45s) and Women's events. From 1995 to 2015, the events were owned and produced by Long Drivers of America.
The World Golf Hall of Fame is opened in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Mike Austin hits a 515-yard (471 m) drive at the 1974 National Seniors Open in Las Vegas, Nev., the longest drive ever recorded in competition. Jack Nicklaus' Golf My Way is published and rapidly becomes one of the best-selling sports books of all time.
Black Mountain Golf Course, North Carolina, USA, 17th hole, 747 yards. Once the world’s longest hole, the 747-yard 17th is part of Black Mountain Golf Course, which originally opened in 1929. 10 ...
Jamie Sadlowski (born July 6, 1988 [1]) is a Canadian professional long driver, golfer and ice hockey player from St. Paul, Alberta.One of the longest drivers in the world with a personal best of 445 yards, he won the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship successively in 2008 and 2009 and has competed in over a hundred long driving events and demonstrations.
In 2009, he won the Ventura County Junior Golf Association at River Ridge in Oxnard (72-73=145). [10] In 2010, he reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to reigning champion and Cal teammate An Byeong-hun. [10] Homa ended the year ranked 4th in California, 33rd in the U.S., and 78th in world according to amateurgolf.com. [10]