World Long Drive Champion Challenges Incredible Guinness World Record

By: Golfshake Editor | Tue 18 Apr 2023

Callaway Ambassador and World Long Drive Champion, Martin Borgeimer recently took on a Guinness World Record during a visit to the fabulous London Golf Club in Kent.

Armed with a Callaway PARADYM Driver, Martin had 60 minutes to hit as many drives over the 300 yard line as possible. The number to beat was 459, set in 2016 by Lynn Ray (USA) at the Riverwalk Golf Club in San Diego, California, USA.

Organised by the DP World Tour’s content team, London Golf Club was selected in its role as a European Tour Destination venue and its driving-range facility, which measures well over the 300 yards required for the record attempt.

Ahead of filming, the driving range was transformed overnight by the London Golf Club greenkeeping team and the DP World Tour team as branding boards were set up, ball-clearing took place and a 300-yard line mark was added to the facility.

Official adjudicators were also present as Borgmeier attempted to hit more than 459 drives past the 300-yard mark within the allotted time.

With cold and wet conditions on the day, the elements were working against the pair, but would Martin have the stamina as well as the strength to set a new Guinness World Record?

Stephen Follett, London Golf Club’s chief executive, said: “We were delighted to welcome the World Long Drive Champion Martin Borgmeier, the DP World Tour content team and adjudicators from the Guinness World Records to the London Golf Club for the record attempt.

“Holding events like this is a great opportunity for us to showcase the incredible golf offering and facilities here at the London Golf Club. We’d like to thank the DP World Tour for choosing us for this shoot. The video is great, so if you haven’t already done so then make sure you head over to their YouTube channel to give it a watch.”

Polly Benson, producer for the DP World Tour, said: “We came here to speak to London Golf Club to see if they were happy to have us. Obviously, they are a European Tour Destination and as a club they have been so welcoming to us. The driving range itself is spectacular and quite unusual in terms of its size - from a challenge perspective it fit all those specifications.

“London Golf Club has opened its doors to us and frankly we could not have asked for more - they really looked after us and Martin.”