Monsters are coming......WLDC
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.
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!
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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.
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.
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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. 
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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.
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.
That's the real version of golf right there. I can count on one hand the number of golfers I have played with that were as long or longer than me off the tee, but i lost count long ago of the guys that think they hit it 300 yards. Truth be told, I have played with probably 5-10 guys that are in the 280 range on a fairly consistent basis, 2 that are near 300 on good shots and 1, yes 1 guy that hit the ball farther than I do off the tee, playing regular golf.
The guy was built like a brick outhouse and crushed everything long, he's the first and only guy I have seen hit one particular par 5 (dog leg at about 320 out on a 538 yard hole, massive trees protecting the corner and ponds all the way up the right) hit the green in two... with back to back hybrids 
. Putting that in real perspective, I have hit that green in 2, 2 times ever, driver, 3 wood/hybrid... you can't cut the corner and the landing area usually funnels you to the rough, with a down hill lie. I've played the hole 100+ times, it's a 3 shot hole for any mortal. I have learned to play conservative off the tee, play out to the "2nd" corner of the dog leg ( the area where you can actually see a round the trees) and play in from there.
Anyway, the whole point I was trying to get at here, the average guy hits it 220-235 off the tee, the longer hitter gets to 250 and most everyone else thinks too highly of their ability. Weirfan slaps the ball out there in the 280-300 range when he's feeling it and he can get both feet fully off the ground on follow through.. he's been probably the longest, not the tallest, I have played with in a long time. There is no way the average guy swings at 100 mph... these freaks at 150 are crazy. The very best I ever got was in the mid 130's with ld equipment. It would be like comparing the highscool football star to the best in the NFL, I can't imagine adding that much speed, good gawd.
Darrin, you should. you are still young enough.
That day we played in Rochester you hit several drives over 350, the most impressive was the 360 yard uphill par 4 that you flew the green on....not to mention carrying a bunch onto the roof of that garage well past the end of the fairway on the range which ended at 300.
I have promised myself I will be in shape this coming season. Working on the habit of getting to the gym 5 days a week again. When we played in Rochester I was in pretty good condition, then I tried out a new shape.. round.. and that didn't work out well for me. I'm getting back to better shape and it's starting to show on the course, I leaned into one last round to try to get to a par 4 and flew it middle of the green, ~325 carry.. bounced off and left me a mell of a hess, but a par non the less. Hopefully, I can get back to the strength level I was at three years ago and get more of that pop back in the game. I'm sure I can compete at regional levels now, but there is no chance with the real hitters.
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There are monsters out there on the golf course.
I concur with the type of golfer whom hit it super long off the tee. One time maybe 29-30 years ago, I was a walk on with two other singles at a suburbia golf course. One golfer is an older guy ( back then about 50'ish ) and the other in his 30's wear eye glasses and looked like a body builder.
This guy will lay up on a dogleg hole using a 4 iron while the third guy and I were using drivers, still shorter than the 4 iron this other guy hit. The older golfer immediate ask a bunch of questions like did the guy play there often, did he belong to the man's club......... I knew he wanted to hook up with this long hitter to play club tournaments.
I can say I had encountered more than a few whom could hit over 300 on a regular base, after the practice rounds at the qualifying for the Public links and local events. They are out there, but I had never witness anyone hit it over 400, ever.
TWLD brought out the beasts from all corners of the world.
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the ball and equipment are so good these days that even an old guy ( 55 next month) like me can hit 300 yard drives once in a while. Had one of 312 Wednesday using an M1, My first day in Phoenix with JackZ and Customgolfcenter, I had 3 maybe 4 that were 300 plus including one close to 330 ( Ping G25). my best on the year, hit one almost 360 on a 540 par 5 at my home course this summer with a mild tail wind and some dry and firm fairways ( Cobra pro)
Hell, if I could drive 250 I'd probably be famous!
Outside of my grandson(Jake) and stepson, along with my oldest son....3 who can go 270-320 every day, I seldom play with anyone that is really long.
Did I mention those 3 can seldom, if ever, beat me scorewise? There's more than 1 money shot in 18 holes!! ; )
I do love watching the LD fellas hit them long sumbiches though.
Art Sellinger had NOTHING to do with that Championship...It was all Golf Channel...they made all decisions.
Art was called to do some announcing chores...that is it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure lots of people, esp the young guys can hit it long. I'm just talking average Joes. Heck, I averaged around 250 when in my late 30's when I started playing. But if I go to any course in Mi including the higher end courses, I have a 99% chance of not being paired up with someone hitting it 250 or more. At least that's been my experience lately.