How Far Can Phil Mickelson drive a golf ball?

Not to be underestimated, however, is the attention to detail and evolution of Lefty's equipment. Fact is, Mickelson's average driving distance is 302.5 yards, which puts him in the top quarter of the PGA Tour, and he's seven yards longer than the tour average.
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How far does Phil Mickelson hit a drive?

Mickelson has advantage on PGA Champions Tour

The Golf Central crew discuss Phil Mickelson's advantage over the field in the PGA Champions Tour with his average driver distance at over 300 yards.
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What is the farthest golf drive of all time?

Mike Austin's 1974 strike is recognized by Guinness as the official world record golf drive. And the historic shot had several unique elements to it. Firstly, the absurd 515 yards drive at the National Seniors Open Championship was made by a 64-year-old man with a wood driver.
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How Far Can Jack Nicklaus drive a golf ball?

Throughout his career, Nicklaus would consistently hit mammoth 330-yard drives. Golf Digest estimates that the average driving distance has increased by 15.5 yards over the past 10 years, a period of time where metal drivers have been used.
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How Far Can Tiger Woods drive a golf ball?

According to Golf Digest, Tiger hits the driver an average of 285 yards with carry. His long irons (2- to 4-iron) range from 250 to 200 yards.
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What is Bryson DeChambeau's longest drive?

In Capital One's The Match, Bryson DeChambeau's 402-yard drive wins the Longest Drive.
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What is Rory McIlroy longest drive?

McIlroy smashed his drive 436-yards. That's 39 yards longer than the longest drive on the PGA Tour all year, and 55 yards longer than any drive Rory has hit this season on the PGA Tour.
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How far did Ben Hogan drive the ball?

Ben Hogan hit his driver 265 yards, according to an article in the June 10, 1949 issue of Time Magazine. Even 15 years later he still hit drives that distance in a Shell's Wonderful World of Golf match against the equally long-hitting Sam Snead.
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How far could Bobby Jones drive a golf ball?

53-54). Williams fed videotape of Jones's swing, taken from the previously-mentioned movies, into a biomechanical computer and made all sorts of measurements of the swing. The tape showed Jones driving the ball 250-260 yards, and measured his swing speed at 113 mph.
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What was Tiger Woods longest drive?

Back in 2002, Woods hit the longest drive in PGA Tour history recorded by ShotLink, a 498-yard blast on the par-5 18th on the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Hawaii during the Tournament of Champions.
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How far can Charlie Woods drive a golf ball?

However, there isn't much information available about Charlie's golf game. Whatever we know is from the 2020 PNC Championship. So, according to ESPN, last year, Charlie Woods was finding fairways consistently with a driving distance of about 200 yards.
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How far can the average person drive a golf ball?

Thanks to the folks at Game Golf, we finally have an idea. At its core, the median driving distance is 219.55 yards. Other club distances of note: the median 3-wood goes 186.89 yards, 7-iron clocks in at 133.48 yards and pitching wedge at a 73.97 mark.
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What is the longest drive Phil Mickelson?

Phil Mickelson hits a 450-yard bomb

As a result, he is the longest hitter on the tour. Watch this story: John Daily reveals why he never played against Phil Mickelson. Phil is also famous for his long drives off the tee. He hit a monster of a drive at the 17th hole at the WGC-Cadillac Championship.
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How Far Can Rory McIlroy drive?

Rory McIlroy's drives carry about 305 yards, on average. This is about 25 yards further than the average PGA tour Pro (280 Yards). In 2021, he recorded his longest average carry distance ever, with 311.7 yards. Rory's longest recorded carry distance on the PGA tour is 366.2 yards.
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How far did Ted Ray hit a golf ball?

Ray put on a long driving show by driving the 285-yard 12th hole twice, each time for a birdie; he reached a 550-yard hole twice in two strokes; and on the 10th hole, Ray drove his ball 320 yards, only to land in the moat surrounding the green.
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How far do pro golfers hit a 9 iron?

According the Leaderboard website, PGA Tour players' average 4-iron shots travel 210 to 220 yards (including the roll). They can hit 5-iron shots 195 to 205 yards; 6-iron shots 180 to 190 yards; 7-iron shots 165 to 180 yards; 8-iron shots 150 to 170 yards; and 9-iron shots 140 to 155 yards.
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Who has the shortest drive on the PGA Tour?

Shortest Hitter: David Toms

The average driving distance on the PGA Tour for 2014-2015 was around 290 yards. David Toms, the tour's shortest hitter, averaged a mere 270 yards per poke. Ben Crane, who was second-shortest, was a full yard better at 271.0 yards per drive.
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What was Jack Nicklaus swing speed?

A 118-mph clubhead speed would have ranked around 38th on the PGA Tour in 2019, and Nicklaus was nearing Social Security retirement age when he swung it that fast. You have to think he would have had a few extra MPHs when he was a younger man.
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How far does Jordan Spieth drive the ball?

But more notably, Jordan Spieth has become a long driver of the golf ball. On all measured drives, Spieth is averaging 302.2 yards per drive, ranking 11th on Tour.
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How far could John Daly drive the ball?

John Daly can drive a golf ball 300 yards. Three hundred yards is undoubtedly a ton of distance even though, today, many people can drive the ball further than 300 yards. In his prime, John Daly was one of the longest drivers of the golf ball.
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