Monday, 8 October 2007

Golf Ball World Records!!!

Record
Result
Result
Longest Carry of a Golf Ball, Guinness World Records. 2004. "The greatest recorded carry of a golf ball is 418.78 m (458 yards), by America's Jack Hamm, at Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA, on July 20, 1993." 418.78 m
Long Drive Team. Cobra Golf. 2004 "Jason Zuback … Holder of the Longest Drive Ever in the Final Round of the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship (412 Yards 2 Feet 3.5 Inches)" 377.431 m
Reed, Philip. The Man Who Cracked The Code. Los Angeles Times. 7 October 2001. (Archived at Peace River Golf Videos 2003.) "On Sept. 25, 1974, [Mike] Austin was playing in the US National Seniors Open Championship at the Winterwood Golf Course in Las Vegas, a course since renamed Desert Rose. Austin drew back and unleashed a blast that flew more than 400 yards, bounced in front of the green and came to rest 65 yards beyond the flag-stick. That shot set the Guinness world record as the longest drive ever recorded in a PGA tournament: 515 yards." 471 m
Peterson, Ivar. Golf Clubs and Driving Distance. Ivar Peterson's Math Trek. "In 1980, for example, the leader in driving distance on the Professional Golfers of America (PGA) Tour was Dan Pohl, who averaged 274.1 yards." 250.6 m

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