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• aldoregozani 12 Posts

  Tue, Jan 12 2010 7:17 AM

  diamond award for a 400 yard drive.... i mean you cant even crack the 300 mark with the best driver (280 with favorable wind for me ) so why even offer it?

• Crazyman2 731 Posts

  Tue, Jan 12 2010 9:56 AM

  Not sure about 400yards  but I often exceed 300 . Can't seem to crack the 325 yet.

  But I know many players go further than that.  Not sure who holds the longest drive .  But I am sure someone will enlighten us.

  Try the 9.50 taylormade driver. and perhaps balls that give that little extra. I see you are using the 10.5 degree loft.  with starter balls But be prepared for super quick speeds on the meter. tour-s balls will slow the meter down a bit. And there are other balls that will also do the same.

  Happy Golfin'

• AvatarLee 1,644 Posts

  Tue, Jan 12 2010 11:33 AM

  I think it's maxed out at about 352 right now... trying to find the thread....

  *edit* found it ... It was on Bethpage #6

• Snaike 3,678 Posts

  Tue, Jan 12 2010 12:01 PM

  AvatarLee:

  *edit* found it ... It was on Bethpage #6

  ..and the only reason it is that long is because that's where the fairway runs out.  lol

• donsprintr 2,063 Posts

  Tue, Jan 12 2010 12:32 PM

  aldoregozani:

  diamond award for a 400 yard drive.... i mean you cant even crack the 300 mark with the best driver (280 with favorable wind for me ) so why even offer it?

  My long drives ... 343 unrecorded on bethpage #6 .... matchplay so it didn't record

                                 329 on i don't remember the hole  .... my longest award

                                 342 on kiawah #1 ... hit a yardage marker and ran into rough ...

                                 331 at beth #13 with a 20 mph tailwind ... if this one hadn't run                                                             into the rough it likely would have gone over 350 ....

   

     But one that really blows me away is a drive by sannevw ... when she was a pro she hit one 321 yds on kiawah #3 from the pro tees with a tour pro driver ... she's got the silver long drive award and the replay to prove it ....

• Soulcatcher 1,970 Posts

  Wed, Jan 13 2010 5:57 AM

  I sit at 349.   The 352 is possible but there is no more fairway after that. The 400 yrd award I would guess would be for yet to come clubs, courses and tees. 

  My favorite award is still diamond in the drink.....10 000.

• Kaslo 428 Posts

  Wed, Jan 13 2010 10:27 AM

  I suspect that once St. Andrews is released with its extreme winds and long links fairways we will see driving distances increase.

   

• AvatarLee 1,644 Posts

  Wed, Jan 13 2010 10:42 AM

  It will be interesting.... there are no real big elevation changes there though, not like on BP #6....

• aldoregozani 12 Posts

  Fri, Jan 15 2010 12:17 PM

  um so i went and actually bought the most expensive driver and still only hit it in the high 270s on a good day (perfect hit with 12mph tailwind). i mean i need a 20+ mph tailwind to get even close to 300. i am not trying to say that you all are a bunch of cheaters, but i kinda do :D, not that it matters anyways. but honestly, how on earth do you hit 300+? thats a huge advantage, no wonder that a couple kids here shoot rounds of 60 on a regular basis and win one tournament after another. well thank god the real golf season starts soon again :) until then i keep practicing my virtual game i guess.

• Mem11 199 Posts

  Fri, Jan 15 2010 1:01 PM

  aldoregozani, You may have the most expensive driver, but you don't have the longest...  Check this out:

  http://www.wgt.com/proshop/product.aspx?i=743dfbd9-292a-4bac-8eb8-0b346523b7cd&c=Drivers

  That's what a lot of the Masters use...  I just upgraded to the Tour Pro 9.5 a few days ago, which has an average of 245, and got one out to 284.  I can definitely see someone hitting well over 300 yds with the R9 Master. 

  Good Luck...