Top 5 Drives: 2017 World Long Drive Championship

Watch the longest drives from the 2017 Volvik World Long Drive Championship.
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[@tf7274]

I hit 400 yards once...hit asphalt cart path 3 times...each bounce was hit perfectly and I ended up on the green on a par 5. I 4 putted and got par...

[@haywood3874]

T F lol. Putting is the worse. Little tip. You can actually use the lines on your ball the line up your shot. Then you can use the lines on your putter to follow the lines on your ball. Sorry if you already knew this.

[@0Architectdude0]

FIGHTING FOR PAR

[@haywood3874]

@Tuukka Silventoinen Yes I can drive 250+ yards. I know all about the alignments 😂. Just made it clearer for those who don’t. Hope that makes sense. Edit: wait oh I didn’t read the message properly. 😂 fair enough I’ve made a fool of myself. He could be a mega strong guy who got lucky 😉

[@jakesnussbuster3565]

A 400 yard par 5? Shit hole

[@obscurereference6298]

nice par

[@PortCapital]

I currently hold the title for worlds shortest drive in 2019 ask me anything

[@jackclarkez5500]

vaughan adams how many yards

[@petermorcombe8344]

How does it feel? Also what was your distance because I have gone in the negatives before.. it glitches time and space but its doable with enough lack of skill

[@karlerlandsson2515]

Lol..

[@khairulazhar2691]

Anything?

[@James-kj2kw]

Mine is minus 50 yards

[@adambartley1152]

It must feel nice when you can use a pitching wedge on your 2nd shot on a par 5 😂

[@contactparrot453]

Adam Bartley or a putter

[@nash292]

Hopefully it might be a Par 6

[@fslhfz]

yeah i always use pitching wedge on 2nd shot par 5..... to lay up 🙃

[@joemarinaro8033]

If u think these guys actually hit the fairway ur crazy

[@XUKXENGLISHLAD]

Not see all them reds under there names for there recent shots. Rarely hit the fairway. On a proper couse they'd lose ball out of bounds.

[@zebur4170]

HAPPY GILMORE COMPLETED THAT FEAT NO LESS THAN AN HOUR AGO

[@tx_outlaw7951]

Hey SHOOTER ! I believe your ball has struck my foot.

[@camzula86]

Haha yes

[@ElementalFlanders]

Word?

[@thelove-maticgrandpa5978]

*pitching wedge slowly bending in half*

[@TehJMastuh]

“Well, moron good for happy Gilmore-oh my god!!!” 😂😂😂😂

[@Callsign_Decker]

Man, imagine Mark Rober's rocket propelled driver in this competition! Hahaha

[@multiyapples]

Great picks.

[@robertkelly8191]

Nothing more embarrassing than hitting your tee shot 50 yards in front of the clubhouse :)

[@jasmyshahdi5272]

i am currently holding the longest putt of all times.. thank you !!!

[@jaymoon7386]

good shit bruh

[@Slossage17]

1:23 When your voice never dropped but you can still hit balls far

[@sriramramamoorthy4276]

Nice hits

[@thickerconstrictor9037]

I hear Coach!!! Johnathan Coachman!!

[@craiglund6766]

My back broke and rolled both my ankles watching this video

[@PoloboyPrl]

I threw out my back just watching this video

[@Werdnasemajjamesandrew]

Can we all take a minute to realize a 437 yd cut wouldve been 470+ if it was a draw

[@itsmathematics7756]

That’s not how it works.

[@jimmytwotimes802]

When I was younger I bet I could hit it over that mountain.

[@--dh--]

3:12 There is his father 3:17 There is his dad

[@78TMP]

So I’m 2017 they where hitting consistently over 400. In 2018, the longest was 393. Did rules, the ball, or club set change.

[@andrewc0128]

Also, denser air is going to slow down the ball a bit while in flight. It's all about the conditions. In some comps the tail wind helps push the balls out to 450+. In my last regional qualifier in Hawaii a slight head wind dropped my shots into the 340s, while 1 guy caught a lull in the wind and hit it 386.

[@andrickboisvert524]

Wind in the face dont help for carrying over 400

[@bunkerputt]

I know right? How come I can hit it so good on the range too but when I get to the course I don't hit it as well.. It's like someone switched my balls on the first tee.

[@zandervandermerwe8191]

Wind bra

[@konstantinethegr8]

Elevation can also change the distance...i think I’d rather watch a long putt competition. 100footers all day

[@grahamyodude]

3:10 Bicep groping

[@wilsonmandudebro]

They count the roll ?

[@aidanreilly6147]

Why do they bring the golf bag ???

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

Wow!

[@ivarb629]

This is to golfing what drag racing is to auto racing

[@ivarb629]

Frank Helman psychic skills are impressive 😂 besides being totally off topic I’ve been over 300 kph in 02’ in a Ferrari 348, And in 2004 in a Porsche Turbo S. We good? 😂

[@quattro4468]

@@hunterhelman3593 dude f1 cars and moto gp bikes hit that speed and also take left and right turns at 5g's. Amerimutts only drive in straight lines.

[@TrainerCTZ]

They haven't gotten longer since?

[@KEICHAMAN8989]

i want to have big drive.i will go to gym and get big muscle for now.

[@quattro4468]

Just grabbing the award. Classless.

[@gohawks415]

Happy Gilmore has entered the chat

[@DTK-gg1uh]

I once hit one off the under heel of the driver it bounced towards me and went over my head then rolled down the cart path 10 yard behind me so… Sign me up for this next year

[@user-vj7fb2kp4q]

Gooooood

[@Spoonz92]

I want Tony finau to come compete. He hit over 500yrd

[@markgrace1234]

Mr Gilmore accomplished that feat no more then a hour ago

[@user-ci1iy5pb6v]

Легко

[@matthewchapman2494]

Man.. that one Guy didn't even look like he was swinging...and kah.. Rush!!!

[@TylerSavin]

That was a long Bud Light Seltzer commercial.

[@someguynamedav7947]

Mike traut should play in this

[@TheFirmest]

I want to see someone hit it like Happy Gilmore

[@itsgiorno2311]

"im proud of you"

[@Jarhead1968]

I’m usually good for a hundred yard worm burner.

[@TomDelayBeats]

Why are they driving 40 yards farther than in 2018?

[@hygrometer]

jeeeeeeeeeez

[@Stealthcola]

Imagine putting for Albatross, Jesus

[@jacksonstroud2286]

i’m lucky to him 250

[@KG-dd8hw]

いい匂いしそう！

[@yourefireed]

But can they putt

[@user-np7er5uo4o]

와…

[@samplautz5586]

2017: let’s smack this ball 2018: we need all the male testosterone we can possibly get

[@_MrLee]

Why is this more exciting than regular golf?

[@noel9681]

wow! 430miles!?

[@jacob3707]

No ya idiot that would land in a different country

[@user-omakeplus]

NiceJoke.👌👌👌

[@UndoingRuin08]

I've hit about 300 yards... 4 houses, 7 windshields, and even a restaurant but they shouldn't have those so close to the fairways...

[@ruskolnikov7211]

Literally a quarter mile

[@mattb.6057]

437 yard fade. "But you have to hit a draw." A draw always goes farther.

[@andrewc0128]

I always call my fades "Lefty Draw" so it goes further.

[@skm8838]

2:20

[@re-re_mo7580]

半端ねー笑笑 300飛んだらいい方だわ〜

[@Rorona550]

Let mike trout enter this

[@DevilWearsthePrada]

Let’s get Mike trout out there

[@michaelnguyen5100]

Who’s checking all the Happy Gilmore comments?

[@jake_de48]

2:30 2:31 2:57 2:59

[@josebrambila515]

No one will beat happy Gilmore

[@liljackypaper]

I don't think the numbers on that last drive were correct. I was under the impression these guys had to use clubs that were legal in terms of USGA regulations? If that's the case, A 149 mph swing, even if hit perfectly dead center of the face/ball, would yield a maximum flight speed of 223.5 mph. So I think one of those two numbers has to be slightly off 👍

[@glyphsuritos6588]

how, why, what???? 223.5 is maximum? i want to know

[@liljackypaper]

@@glyphsuritos6588 Drivers are allowed to have a maximum smash factor of 1.50 to be considered "legal" under USGA regulations. Smash factor is the relation of club speed to ball speed. So a legal club can yield a smash factor of 1 to 1.50. So at whatever the speed the driver is swung, a regulation ball is only capable of going 150% of that club speed (and that's if the ball is struck optimally or near optimally in the center of the clubface). So if you have a swing speed with a driver of 100 mph, even if you pure it the fastest it the ball should be able to go is 150 mph. So a 149 mph swing speed with a USGA legal driver should yield AT MOST a 223.5 mph ball flight (149x1.5)... 👍

[@liljackypaper]

I've heard of guys getting a smash rating of 1.51, 1.52 or even 1.53. Not sure if that's just a small margin of error on the club manufacturer or just a miscalculation by the trackman machine recording the swing!

[@floridaman6203]

@@liljackypaper lmao. Lay off the crack pipe.

[@creid133]

@@liljackypaper Smash Factor is a very sensitive measure. Club speed has a tolerance of +-1.5 mph for TM3e and +-1.0 for TM4. For a club speed of 100 mph with a ball speed of 150 mph, this will give a variation of the smash factor from 1.478-1.523 (TM3e) respectively 1.485-1.515 (TM4). Note that the uncertainty of the clubspeed measurement is really an uncertainty on where on the club head the measurement is referenced to. There are significant differences between heel and toe speed (in average +-6-7%, meaning if center is 100 mph far heel is 93 mph and far toe is 107 mph), so this combined with uncertainty on where the radar reflection origins from on the club head gives this added club speed tolerence.

[@lumi4lyfe763]

Longest I got was like 300 yards

[@fppfmedia]

Driving’s for show... Putting’s for dough

[@andydecoy1138]

I think you drive for dough these days as well. Many of the top dogs hit it quite deep. DJ, Rory, Wolff, Bryson, Bubba, Koepka... list goes on. Tiger made people realize that it actually pays off to have some muscle in this sport.

[@jimboslice9472]

how ignurt

[@charlie0101]

I wish I had recorded my drive of 430 meters in 1996.

[@lewismoore6263]

i wish i had recorded my 730 metre drive back in 1884

[@charlie0101]

@@lewismoore6263 Me to I spanked my lob wedge 260 m down wind.

[@josephzero0809]

Happy Gilmore accomplished that feat, no more than an hour ago

[@Aiden_Field]

You stole a guys comment 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@aandisegregate5208]

Where's Happy Gilmore?

[@andrewjohns5393]

i hit my lob wedge 390

[@andrewjohns5393]

Uphill & into the wind , these guys need to lift their game . I could fly it , at least 680 into the wind .

[@jacob3707]

@@andrewjohns5393 Yeh and I could throw the ball 1000

[@liljackypaper]

That would be amazing even in feet

[@CompanionCube]

top 2 is 437 and top 1 looks like 435? i don‘t get it

[@bmil38]

#1 was done with a standard length driver, not the super long ones like the rest used, so that's pretty damn insane

[@charliemoua13]

Give me a 430 yard drive on a par 5, and I bet you I'll still bogey lol.

[@Dudeman9339]

I mean... using superballs and 500cc drivers... most reasonably capable golfers could drive 350+

[@DillRust]

Mike trout would demolish these guys

[@dequaviontaviousbartholome1310]

sign Mike Trout

[@purpleheartsofficial]

you know what they say, they longer the drive.....

[@StephNuggs]

When bros play golf

[@syedahmed510]

But , can they put?

[@Slekbit]

Find some more original insults. The "can they putt" thing on the long drive videos is the most boring form of trolling I've encountered on the internet in my life. To answer your question, yes, a lot of them fucking can. Much better than you anyways.

[@CharlieAUS]

Slekbit it’s just a joke asshole

[@poggergen1937]

My friend holds the world record for most times to miss the golf net that's 4 feet in front of him 4 feet wide and 7 feet tall net

[@johnq4196]

what a murican thing to do...

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

why do they have wwe belts

[@Maybesethrogen]

You guys make it look hard lmao I’ll put up consistent 500 yards if you give me a camera

[@Maybesethrogen]

Can’t play small game but I’ll destroy the long

[@aus3492]

@@Maybesethrogen I'm the same I can drive it a tonne but short game is hopeless, that said I've never had any traning, I remember being at a driving range a few years back and the owner was there and saw me hit a ball over the length of the range and into trees at the far side, he came up to me and said "I'll need to extend my range if you keep doing that" it was 315 yards to the trees and I maxed it out without a bounce with a driver that was there for anyone to use. I'd say with traning and better equipment I could add decent distance.

[@muhammadatif6393]

Imagine if it hits on your face

[@bobbob-pi2xu]

3150

[@shadybrady8101]

Whats funny is my Dad use drive the ball almost that far with the old persimmon head with steel shafts. Couldn't imagine had he played with the technology of today's clubs. But these guys do hit it a mile.

[@_watty]

imagine how far he could drive with a 2021!

[@Hrybread]

no he fucking did not lmfao. NO ONE drove the ball 400 yards back then

[@jaljal6329]

めちゃくちゃアメリカっぽいスポーツだ

[@redhonda6222]

Happy gilmore hold that record

[@BJ-mp8wk]

트라웃이랑 벨린저거 쳐야되는데

[@bmericle11]

Longest drive, but can't sink a 4 ft putt lol

[@lcunash8093]

Whoa where’s long haired dude?

[@justincredable1705]

Just cute.... 460 plus and I'll come out of retirement

[@user-zd9zd1rj4j]

地面がコンクリートなら負けないけどなぁwたぶん🤣

[@Thegolftour]

400......

[@jacob3707]

400 yards

[@user-zz6pm9tp8v]

普通のゴルファーは300ヤード飛ばすのにすら様々な苦労するのに怪物すぎる

[@user-omakeplus]

球って統一されてるのだろうか！？

[@ThatGuy-pw9ld]

Lol, can't call it world if there's just NA competitors

[@sscollectors5364]

Completely agree

[@tomdotson6053]

wa wa wa

[@falconmyao5382]

ボールがかわいそう。。。

[@notmenotme614]

There’s always an hysterical woman screeching in the background? Why?

[@theweekendhack]

Kinda weird to post a video of top 5 drives from almost 2 years ago

[@theweekendhack]

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[@jettlaxholly]

The Weekend Hack lol 2 years ago are you dense? It was from 2017, and event happens from August 30th to September 5th.

[@theweekendhack]

@@jettlaxholly sorry man. I'm living 2019. Future get with it

[@jettlaxholly]

The Weekend Hack Lolol my bad

[@zandervandermerwe8191]

The Weekend Hack asshole!!!

[@sigmaprime8197]

and here i was thinking the rockets were being launched from hamas .... lol

[@lawslugger]

Thanks for ruining LD golf channel

[@johndistasio2618]

No way those are regular golf balls

[@ohan4864]

Jesus loves you 🙂

[@markbrannigan9934]

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