2006-09-13 23:01:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Golf
THe guy with the record died last year. He hit it back in 1974 and I can't think if his name right now. He hit it in Las Vegas
2006-09-14 12:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by Doug 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here are three record take your pick (one from a level fairway, one with an excessive bounce beyond the green and one off an airport tarmac.
According to the Guinness book of world records
" 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."
"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."
"On September 25, 1990, Kelly Murray set a Guinness World Record by hitting a golf ball 684.8 yards on the 30-yard wide airstrip at Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, besting the previous record by 50.7 yards."
2006-09-14 12:30:17 · answer #2 · answered by Brian M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once drove a golf ball from NYC to Los Angeles. Does that count?
2006-09-14 06:05:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
515 yard is the world record set by mike austin
2006-09-15 11:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by bluenose123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it was 527 yards
2006-09-14 12:17:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋