Who hit the longest drive in golf history?
Mike Austin holds the world record for the longest drive in professional play, driving 515 yards at the Winterwood Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1974, blasting it 65 yards past the flag on the par-4 fifth. His golf swing, known as The Mike Austin Swing, is practiced and taught by current golf professionals. Other notable swings are Ben Hogan's swing, Jim Furyk's swing and Tiger Woods' swing.
Who hit the longest drive in professional golf history on earth?
Austin Mike Austin
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In February 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first person to golf anywhere other than Earth. He smuggled a golf club and two golf balls on board Apollo 14 with the intent to golf on the Moon. He attempted two drives. He shanked the first attempt, but it is estimated his second went more than 2 miles. Holding the unofficial world record of the longest golf drive yards.
Who hit the unofficial longest drive in golf history, including on the moon?
Alan Shepard Shepard
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However, the official world record holder, Mike Dobbyn, whose longest drive is a world record 551 yards, is 6'8" and a muscular 310 pounds, implying that raw power is also very important, particularly in the left shoulder and right pectoral (for a right-handed golfer) and in the twitch muscles on the left side.<ref name="Research quarterly / American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance"></ref> Several of the past RE/MAX winners such as Sweden's Viktor Johansson have also been at least 6'5" and near 300 pounds and five-time winner Jason Zuback was an amateur powerlifter.
Who hit the official longest drive in golf history?
Mike Dobbyn Dobbyn
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World Long Drive Championship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Long%20Drive%20Championship
In golf stroke mechanics, a drive, also known as a tee shot, is a long-distance shot played from the tee box, intended to move the ball a great distance down the fairway towards the green.
Drive (golf)
In golf stroke mechanics, a drive, also known as a tee shot, is a long-distance shot played from the tee box, intended to move the ball a great distance down the fairway towards the green. Mike Austin holds the world record for the longest drive in professional play. The official world record holder for longest drive however is Mike Dobbyn, whose longest drive is a world record 551 yards. In February 1971, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first person to golf anywhere other than Earth. The longest unofficial world record was Shepard's 2 mile drive on the Moon.