Farthest Golf Ball Ever Hit?????

Question

how far is the farthest recorded golf ball ever hit on Earth

my one friend said he read a thing that said some guy in Alaska hit a ball 1 mile (because it rolled on the ice and just kept goin)

can anyone verify that or disprove it and let me know the right answer??

thanks

Answer 1

That's an easy one.

Alan Shepard put a 6-iron on a metal instrument while he was walking on the moon, dropped a couple of balls to the ground, and swung.

Remember, there's no atmosphere on the moon, and little (1/6) gravity. So the balls certainly went an incredible distance by our standards. We'll have to wait until returning to the area to get the exact distance.

I think the earth record probably was a stunt, set on an airport runway.

Answer 2

I have been hit atleast 5 times on the course. Most of them are were during collegiate tournaments when you have 144 people on the course at the same time, and people are spraying the ball on a narrow course. I still think the worse though was when it was my first round of golf recovering from major reconstructive elbow surgery. So we were waiting on the tee box of a par 3. This par 3 was at the end of like a 350 yard driving range and was the second hole. Well, wind was blowing and some big hitter wanted to see if he could hit it over the range. That being said, he it me right in the same elbow that had just been repaired and rehabbed for a year, and broke the thing. So long story short, I couldnt play for 1 year after surgery on my elbow, get out there, play the first hole, wait on the second hole, have my elbow shattered again, and can't play for another 6 months. Absolutely terrible, anyone who has suffered a major injury knows that it is never the same, and it still isnt. I was a +2.5, now Im only a scratch and hit the ball about 30 yards shorter. But hey thats life right