leaguegolf,

I do agree with you there. I don't know how many times I hear people at the course say something about hitting that 300 yard drive and blah blah blah, and in actualality they are hitting it about 245, but they think they are hitting it alot farther.

14nsome,

I'm sorry, I beg to differ. There is no way you can get me to believe that a 100 mile an hour swing will hit a 300 yard drive. Its true that certain things hender a drive such as spin rate. With what you said, tempo, hip movement, shoulder turn and wrist hinge are all things that will help you achieve a good club head speed. What it boils down to is if you have a high club head speed you will hit the ball farther...I just cannot believe that a 100 mph club head speed will hit it 300 yards. I would just have to see it to believe it.

even looking at the pros, at the battle of the bridges. Tiger, and Phil had around the same swing speed which was 129 or so and was hitting it 300. So there is no way you can get me to believe that a 30 mph slower swing will hit it the same distance. Granted their sping rate was very high, someone could swing a little bit slower and have a lower spin rate and still hit it as far (IE: Hank Kheune at battle of bridges)