I hit something like 330 according to GPS. It was a par 4, something like 340 yards, actually putted up on the green for a birdie. As the summer wore on though, I started to lose a lot of distance with my Hi-bore. Anyone else have the same problem? I'm probably hitting it maybe 275-285 whereas earlier, I was consistently 300-315 with it.
I hit something like 330 according to GPS. It was a par 4, something like 340 yards, actually putted up on the green for a birdie. As the summer wore on though, I started to lose a lot of distance with my Hi-bore. Anyone else have the same problem? I'm probably hitting it maybe 275-285 whereas earlier, I was consistently 300-315 with it.
I had one of 408 yards while playing at in a tournament at Maxwell AFB in the mid-60's (the years, not my score). Now it takes me two shots to get that far.
I hit a drive once that seemed to go on for ever and ever, and when I paced it off I found that I had hit it approximately 250 yards. This was without any help either, no cart path, wind, downhill, or hard fairway.
Yeah, I know that seems short but when you normally hit it 220 the extra thirty yards seem like a lot.
I am no long hitter but I can regularly carry 220-230 yards with a lot of roll with the draw. I don't like to swing fast because I want to control it. The courses I play don't have much room for driving errors. I suppose if I hit from the blacks instead of the whites there is more room...
With roll, wind at my back, on a downhill, Top Flite Super Long and an agressive swing it went 270 yards.
My best "real" long drive was about 290 10 years ago. I say real because the hole is flat, the fairway was not hard and there was virtually no wind. It was a legitimate 290. I have hit drives well over 300 on courses that were so dry they were like concrete. Played in a scramble about 5 or 6 years ago on a course that was like concrete and went with a 3 wood on a 340 yard par 4 because I thought I might hit my driver over the green. I hit the 3 wood close to 300 on that hole. Now a days I probably max out at about 270 on a legitimate hole.
Last edited by nickster : December 1st, 2006 at 05:20 PM.
The longest one I've measured was 310, w/o the help of wind and downhill slope. That's with my old driver. I just got a new Cobra X-Speed w/ stiff shaft yesterday, so I hope to see some bigger numbers!
365, i flew it about 300, dead center contact and i swung out of my shoes, it was a huge hill to carry and then it sloped deaaad down and ran out like crazy... did that the 2nd week i got my SQ