re: What’s y’all’s longest drive

337 laser measured. Down hill, down wind in a tournament at Trophy Club in Texas. Won a long drive contest with that poke. I’ll never hit a ball that far again.

Longest drive that I'm positive of the number is 370 on #17 at Bayou Bend. Wind at the back and probably got about 30 yards of roll. Pin high in 1 and 3 putted for a par

Longest drive that I think I've hit is 380 at Irving Golf Club a few weekends ago. 393 to the center of the green and I was on the fringe along with a buddy of mine. Wind at the back again, though.

I likely average around 300 but not in my own fairway so it's useless

Several years ago about 325, low drive on rock hard fairway ball rolled right to the side of the short Par 4 I was playing at Fashion in Hahnville (a GOAT Goat ranch)

Now, maybe 275-280 if I get really lucky downwind.

340 hole 6 par 5 Carter Plantation Saturday before Easter, my buddy I was playing with striped his 323.

Last month I got one out to 322. I'm old so I don't like to step on it like that.

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I started my day in a tournament like that. It did not lead to a good day.

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Yeah I was glad to only have one hole left after that. I think if that had happened on #2 at BBCC, I'd have just left

Have gotten a couple 350+ before downwind and downhill albeit. Was on a trackman for the first time a couple weeks ago and was sitting around 116mph swing speed and 280 carry. This does not translate to good golf however, just happens when you are 6’4 215

I was playing with a group from work at one of the RTJ golf course right outside of Orange Beach. It was the first (and only) time I have played this course. On the back nine, we came to a Par 5 where you were basically hitting into a small hill. My three playing companions all hit drives that basically went into the hill and either stopped or rolled backwards. I CRUSHED my drive and hit just shy of the top of the hill. I saw the ball pop up and then it went over the hill. I would say it was probably about 300-315 yard carry to the very top of the hill.

I had no idea what was behind the hill so I had no idea what had happened to my ball. When we reached the top of the hill I saw that there was a very steep DOWNWARD hill on the other side. I started looking for my ball right over the hill. The group that was ahead of us was with our company and they were down at the bottom of the hill hitting their third shot (over water) to the green. They started waiving us down.

As it turned out, my ball went all the way down the hill and had actually rolled passed their second shot.

We wound up having about 135 yards into a 525 yard par 5.


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The longest shot I've ever seen in person was hit by a guy I used to play with regularly. We were playing the old City Park West course and we came to the Par 5 18th hole. As I recall, it was about 515 yards. He kind of shanked a drive right into the line of oak trees to the right. The cement cart path was just to the right of the trees and basically went under the trees. Fortunately for him it went straight through all of the branches and leaves and hit the cement cart path SOLID. It then took a high bounce (almost hitting the branches) and just started bouncing down the cart path. It went at least 225-250 straight down the cart path and then came out the other side of the line of oak trees into a clearing. We were just staring in amazement as we watched it bounce STRAIGHT down the cart path.

He wound up having about 45 yards to the green on a shot that couldn't have traveled more than 225 yards.

255yds left into #14 at Bayou Bend. Hard downwind onto a rock hard fairway