Did I hear correctly, from the announcers.....it takes 270 to count as 'good'(minimum)??

    Was I watching the re-run last night when Jamie Sadlowski got knocked out after he could not place even one ball in the grid ?
    Why did he changed the shaft recently ?

      darpar

      Thanks, I was not quite myself and not really watching TGC, was going through a sever reaction to the flu shot .
      For a whole day wasn't feeling myself and for 4 1/2 hours I thought I had a kidney stone attack.........
      Kind of dazed when I turned on TGC.
      Might watch it tonight.

        Yep it's MILLER TIME again!!!!
        That dude's a beast!

        That was some good shit, for a change!!

        Although, I don't like them hitting all their balls at once; would like to see them alternating after 1/2 hit, like years past.

          Par4QC

          Totally agree,seems like Art changes the format almost every year.

            Par4QC

            I respect anyone whom could have muscle tone on the back of their head and their eyebrow.

              Wow, 427? I don't care what the conditions are, that's awesome. I am itching to make a "comeback" and hit the locals again next season, I know I still have some swing speed, I am curious to see if I can get muscle tone in my eyebrows though, that sounds like an interesting challenge.

                DC300

                Yes you'll need to lift weights with your eyebrow to hit over 400 yards. :-)
                The wind should help a little but not as much as a sloped fairway or car path bounce. I could not imagine to go much farther without tinkering the equipment outside of the conforming conditions.

                What happened to the yellow and black MUTANT driver ?

                    Release Those are some amazing numbers, when you consider these guys are hitting it darn near 2x as far as most people can, let that marinate for a minute and realize just how obscene it is. They are hitting the ball well over 100 yards past the average professional golfer on average, just nuts.

                    I have a couple of drives that have reached 400 yards, but those were down wind and hit the dow n slope, still a pretty awesome feeling. To accomplish multiple bombs that long in that span is amazing.

                    Enough talk, off to the gym, gotta get my eyebrows in shape!

                        From what was said, they did have wind at their backs. And it looked like the grid was much firmer(rolled??) than the previous night when there was, sometimes, under 5 yds. of roll. Also, it looked like the right side of the grid was the only place to land the ball to stay in. But, mygawd....seen some balls carry 400!!

                        Breed tried to say, last night, that the avg. amateur golfer's drive was 252, (senior's 230). Complete frickin stupidity. Means the avg. SS would be around 100 mph!!

                        btw...best show in the past 5+ yrs., imo. But TGC needs to rethink who they have as "hosts/announcers/interviewers"; all , inc. Art, are just horrible doing it.

                          Par4QC

                          Sellinger needs to consider giving up his throne to someone whom could promote the telecast better.
                          LD is all adrenaline, unlike the tournament golf, it needs to be promoted more like a Super Bowl instead of MLB.

                            DC300

                            Post a picture when you have muscle above your neck.

                            I had never in my life had a drive over 400 yards, that including all the aid from the cart path with favorable bounce.
                            A few truly over 300 yard driver were done with either persimmon heads or the first few generation of the steel heads, with one slightly up hill ( which I had never duplicated again ).

                            To hit the golf balls over 400 consecutively inside the grid, is, simply AMAZING and super human'ish. I would like to have a zap of their Gama Ray next time they boost up.

                              Par4QC Breed tried to say, last night, that the avg. amateur golfer's drive was 252, (senior's 230). Complete frickin stupidity. Means the avg. SS would be around 100 mph!!

                              During the same telecast there was an ad for the "Speed Stik" which stated the average swing speed of an amateur is 81mph while the average tour pro is 109 mph. There's no way the "average" golfer is hitting the ball 250 yards. According to this chart, the average golfer has a SS of around 93 mph...but that is for golfers carrying handicaps. http://members.swingmangolf.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/handicap-s-average-driver-club-speed.jpg

                              81 might be a bit low, but it's a lot closer to that than 100. According to PGA stats, the average tour pro is around 113. The highest average on the PGA tour is 124. I realize they're using different equipment, but swing speeds of 150 by the LD guys is bonkers.

                              That chart also tells me my handicap should be A LOT lower than it is. 🙂

                                I tend to play with "average" golfers when I get paired up with people and nobody, and I mean nobody hits it 250.Not even one time.
                                I played "bogey golfer" type tournaments this year, hdcps from 3-30. and only one guy I played with hit it over 250.
                                He hit one 270 and that was a one time thing. The biggest hitters were around 240. And these are avid average golfers as they're playing in tournaments and paying more to do so.


                                  garyt1957

                                  Depending on which golfer you hang out with.
                                  In our area, the low handicap golfers like to hang out with their peer.

                                  Once in awhile I got to paired up with a few younger golfers and often times they were long off every club.
                                  Just this week, I got paired with several youngster in their early 30's and they were playing army golf in the front nine but straighten their drives in the back to average over 250 for sure some close to 280 with temperature below 60° F and a soggy fairway ( also just aerified ).
                                  A few year back I paired with a guy consistently hitting close to 300 and a few close to 320. He used to play college golf.

                                  But for the most part, yes, often when I got paired up with other golfers, the 250-260 range would be long off the tee in general. A majority of the faces I run into often drive the tee shots around 220-230.