Big hitter?

[HawkeyeMS]

Ok, lets assume this is true. First, he needs to do some work on his driver based on his 4i distance and second, have you thought about suggesting long drive competitions to him. If he does have that amount of power, he might do alright

 

[Tommo21]

One Junior I know hit a 50 mile drive off the first at Prestwick.
His ball landed on the coal train.

:rofl:

That train will probably be the last ever coal train.

 

[Tommo21]

Ok, lets assume this is true. First, he needs to do some work on his driver based on his 4i distance and second, have you thought about suggesting long drive competitions to him. If he does have that amount of power, he might do alright

And forget about the rest of his game.........

 

[Robobum]

All the short hitters are out in force again I see...

Watched some tour fella hit it pin high from 275yds with an iron the other day.

Here's Tiger hitting 267yds with a 3-iron (with no run).... do you guys seriously think he's the only person on the planet that can swing fast?

[video=youtube;ntICua3JSpM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntICua3JSpM[/video]

"Wind down off the right" are the commentators words.

Fellow top drawer pros used to (may still do) stop on the range to watch and listen to Tigers ball striking which they say is unlike anyone else's.

Can anyone swing fast enough? Yeah probably (though unlikely)

Can anyone have as pure a strike as Tiger? Unlikely, seeing that his peers don't strike it as well.

Can anyone combine the two? No.

 

[timchump]

what i find slightly unbelievable about long hitting high handicappers is you have to have good technique to hit the ball long

i can remember my first ever lesson with a pro he asked how far i hit my 6 iron, 155 yards, he said your in your mid 20's, fit and healthy, over 6 foot tall, if you can't hit a 6 iron at least 170 your doing something wrong

so how can somebody who is techincally able to hit a 4 iron 260 be soo bad at the other parts of golf?

edit not sure i caught the guys handicap if he is off 9 then i'll believe it

 

[HawkeyeMS]

And forget about the rest of his game.........

It doesn't have to be that way, Adam Stacey used to be a pro (maybe still is) at my old club. He's been European long drive champion and still has the game to go with it.

 

[Imurg]

What we need to know is the carry distance.
Roll-out is virtually uncontrollable especially downwind so this 4 iron could have carried 157 and rolled the rest.
That's no good to Man nor Beast....
If it was slightly uphill the there would be very little roll
I find a 240-250 yard carry with a 4 iron a little hard to believe without a serious following wind...it also makes a 290 yard driver pretty weedy by comparison....

 

[user2009]

NO one is calling you a liar. It is just very hard to believe that someone without any wind assistance, on the flat and not getting a huge bounce, could hit it that far with a 4i. It is even harder to believe when you say what his handicap. If he is consistently hitting that sort of distance with accuracy he should be ripping courses up. Unless he is a really poor golfer that only has the ability to knock it long.

All I can say us what I saw on the reading and it seemed about right looking at where the ball landed. The wind was blowing right to left on both holes in question but was nothing more than a stiff breeze. It's the first time I've met the lad and know nothing about him other than as I mentioned his short game lets him down by his own admission.

There's no point is arguing about it really, I can understand why some are skeptical but me and Dave are just saying what we saw.

 

[user2009]

What we need to know is the carry distance.
Roll-out is virtually uncontrollable especially downwind so this 4 iron could have carried 157 and rolled the rest.
That's no good to Man nor Beast....
If it was slightly uphill the there would be very little roll
I find a 240-250 yard carry with a 4 iron a little hard to believe without a serious following wind...it also makes a 290 yard driver pretty weedy by comparison....

Another thing I remember is he said had fallen out with his driver a bit, that's why he used a 4 iron, he may be way beyond 290 at best, I don't know. I can't remenber the carry but the fairway was dry and well mown so there will have been bounce

 

[Stuey01]

I have no trouble believing a 290yard drive, or even longer. I've personally witnessed the assistant pro at my place CARRY it further than that (pitch mark was on the fringe of the green, gps'd at about 300yards, ball was in the car park). The problem with this story is the relative distance of the 4iron, especially uphill to the drive being downhill.
Still, there are beasts out there, I'll believe it and assume he nailed the 4i and didn't really get the drive out of the middle, because someone hitting a 4i that far should be getting a drive out over 300 on a regular basis.

Seems to be a lot of insecurity surfacing on this thread. Long hitting does not equal lower scores, especially if it isn't coupled with accuracy (consistent accuracy...)
Doesn't mean it's not impressive and fun to watch though.

 

[Davey S2]

Our pro played with the Spurs wonderkid and new young and PFA player of the Year Gareth Bale at our club a few weeks ago and said he was a massively long hitter.

Apparently hit a driver and wedge into our 500 yard par 5 third! (albeit it is downhill for the first 2/3rds).

He plays of about 8 I think but seems to be one of those annoying people who are just naturals at all sports.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Out of interest what is the handicap of the biggest hitter at your club.
Mine is 14, followed by 7.

 

[Stuey01]

With Bales pace, it's not hard to believe he is very fast-twitch and can probably generate massive club head speed.

 

[SocketRocket]

A bit like some of the other posts here, I once hit my pitching wedge over 300 yards. It hit the club driveway, bounced all the way down it to the club gates, out over the road and into a building site.

 

[scratch]

I have driven the green on a 500 yard downhill, downwind, hard fairway par 5 and I've hit a 3 iron 312 yards in similar circumstances.

I'm not a long hitter, just the circumstances were right. I doubt this guy is hitting these distances on a regular basis.

 

[duncan mackie]

Out of interest what is the handicap of the biggest hitter at your club.
Mine is 14, followed by 7.

we have one off 3 who is in a different league from the normal 'big hitters'; and then there's the one off +2 who hits it like a tour pro and can hit it even further; but rarely did because he didn't need to. I say did 'cos he's headed off to college in the US at the moment and is doing rather well

 

[FairwayDodger]

Hmm.... this bloke hits his four iron almost 100 yards further than I do (on the rare occasion I actually catch it correctly) .... and I've been working out and everything!

Anyway, I once played at Dalmahoy at the same time as the Scottish rugby team were there. Those are some big strong boys hitting it miles but if they were only one fairway over they were doing well; wild didn't even begin to describe it.

 

[brendy]

It hit the club driveway, bounced all the way down it to the club gates, out over the road and into a building site.

Did you get a free drop/make par?

 

[bladeplayer]

Guy did it with 2 witnesses ? why would they lie ?

I hit it ok distance but id swop 10 yard length with the driver for 10 yards closer from 120 yards any day

 

[lyden]

I'm not saying they are lieing but the facts are that a 250 carry with no wind needs a club head speed of 118.....with a 4 iron. I hit it long and my 4 iron max speed is 98mph.