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Jeff Muir

hi like i said i am new to all this golf stuff but even being new surly theres noway anyone can hit a 204mph drive??

so what do you think about it?

its here www.golfcourseinfo.webs.com

(plus there are some good tips clips)

Loud Mouth b.a.

http://golfcourseinfo.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/7341465-204-mph-drive-

The
clip is genuine, and several world class longdrive competitors are believed to be much faster than Jason. We are talking about ball speed here, not swing speed.

This year some of the guys are hitting COLOSSAL distances, and as previously reported by me on Golfshake, Tom Hollingworth (working on three of his drivers today) took the European Longdrive record with 478 yards in Sweden just a few weeks ago.

http://www.golfshake.com/forums/view/6970/Yorks_European_Longdrive_Champion_
Open_Division_Earns_Spot_in_World_Longdrive_Finals.html

Even so, the competition in the World Longdrive Champs. is so intense that if Tom can make the top eight that will be an incredible result. The world's longest hitters are not only golfers but are also outstanding gym. trained athletes.   

Jeff Muir

Loud Mouth b.a.

Jeff,

All drivers are USGA conforming save only that the Longdrive club length rule of 50" (measured vertically with the driver standing on its toe) equates to approximately 48.50" USGA (measured at 60d). The length limit for golf is 48" USGA. The 0.50" safety margin allows golfers attending their first Longdrive event to have slightly mis-measured their maximum length golf legal drivers but still not be disqualified.

Heads have re-inforced faces (conventional driver heads are only good for swing speeds up to 115mph) and tend to range from lofts of 4d right up to what old timers like me use - 7-8d. Centre of gravity etc. in the heads is tuned to produce around 1800 - 2200 rpm, whilst conventional heads generally produce between 3000 and 3800 rpm.

Shafts tends to be 48"  X, XX, XXX, and XXXX grade, and of course 48" shafts generally have more wraps in them than 46" shafts so a 48" X grade shaft is often stiffer than a 46" X grade shaft.  We often play softer shafts than or SS suggests. At a modest SS of 135 mph I fit into the XX category, but only use an X as this provides more kick / energy return.

There's nothing magical about our drivers. Such is simply equipment which can handle our swing speeds.  Give such a driver to a  golfer with a 'normal' SS and he will generally drive worse, not better. 

Jeff Muir

cheers for that, good info there,

 plus i have clicked the link and could not get it to work so maybe the direct page might?? http://golfcourseinfo.webs.com/apps/videos/

sorry if it has'nt for you aswell.....

Loud Mouth b.a.

Jeff,

Here is the direct link again:

http://golfcourseinfo.webs.com/apps/videos/videos/show/7341465-204-mph-dri
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Jeff Muir

Jeff Muir

Loud Mouth b.a.

Jeff,

The biggest hitters are competition longdrivers, but that is not to say that a couple of tour players could not seriously compete if they were tooled up for distance and really let go. No, I won't name names save to say that I would not nominate John or Bubba for taking on the world's best. I am thinking of far better swingers.

Jeff, once one uses the word 'pro.' one enters difficult territory. I personally am a pro longdriver, but like most LD pros. each year runs at a financial loss. But by being a pro. I am eligible to keep any and all prize money won.    

Most of the world's top longdrivers are in fact like me amateurs insofar as they do not make a living from longdrive. They may make a living from their golf shops, but not all are trained time served pros. See how complicated it becomes?

With Jamie Sadlowski having won the World Longdrive Competition (the prestigious Open Division - any age) two years in succession, and having become a full-time LD pro., many other top hitters have  upped their training regimes and are out to nail him. 

This year's USA Regional Champs. (the final qualifying stage into the World Champs.) have produced some incredible hitting distances including a 16 year old capable of hitting beyond 420 yards! Several other unknowns have appeared, likely inspired by Jamie's first win at aged 20 years. Before Jamie arrived on the scene world class hitters tended to be much older, much bigger, and with years of training behind them. The entire LD scene has changed almost overnight.   

Sadlowski has to be favourite for the World title again but my money would go on the ten plus other guys well capable of taking him.  Because there are simply so many players who can cruise through 400 yards with consumate ease. 

There is no-one who stands out as being the World's longest hitter.  We all hit well on some days and not on others. Who can handle those final six balls best in a head to head in front of a wild crowd of spectators, tv cameras, and floodlights  and the World Championship trophy standing yards away? Who knows.

It really is a sight to behold seeing player upon player hit balls distances which most golfers would not consider possible, and it's a shame that most of the action takes place across the pond.  

The biggest hitter is the winner of the World Longdrive Championships. Anybody who can cut it competes. But it's only 40% about distance and 60% about consistency as there are so many rounds to go through. I would be more than happy to get a 95% ball on the grid in every round. Ultimate power by itself is not close to being enough when competing in the big one.

Jeff Muir

Jeff Muir

Loud Mouth b.a.

Jeff Muir

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