Driving distances

November 3rd, 2016

Justin Thomas: Ground Force

Australian Golf Digest, Driving, driving distances, Instruction, Justin Thomas, Ron Kaspriske

October 14th, 2016

Driving distances on the US PGA Tour in 2015/16 aren’t as high as we feared

With Joe Miller’s mind-boggling distances in winning the World Long Drive Championship on Wednesday, it may make some wonder just what his mile-long hitting spree says about the state of driving distance in the game today.

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Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Shane Lowry	-17	11	4
2	Nico Echavarria	-16	11	4
3	Austin Smotherman	-14	11	4
T4	Ricky Castillo	-13	12	4
T4	Taylor Moore	-13	11	4
6	Keith Mitchell	-12	14	4
T7	Nicolai Højgaard	-11	F	4
T7	Jimmy Stanger	-11	12	4
T9	Brooks Koepka	-10	F	4
T9	Rasmus Højgaard	-10	F	4
T9	William Mouw	-10	17	4
T9	Matti Schmid	-10	16	4
T9	A.J. Ewart	-10	13	4
T9	Joel Dahmen	-10	13	4
T15	Pontus Nyholm	-9	F	4
T15	Max Homa	-9	F	4
T15	Patton Kizzire	-9	15	4
T18	Matthieu Pavon	-8	F	4
T18	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-8	F	4
T18	Chad Ramey	-8	F	4
T18	Takumi Kanaya	-8	16	4
T18	Beau Hossler	-8	14	4
T23	Jordan Smith	-7	F	4
T23	Ryan Gerard	-7	F	4
T23	Mackenzie Hughes	-7	F	4
T23	Kevin Roy	-7	F	4
T23	Zach Bauchou	-7	F	4
T23	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-7	F	4
T23	Kristoffer Reitan	-7	17	4
T23	Mark Hubbard	-7	17	4
T23	Aaron Rai	-7	17	4
T32	Haotong Li	-6	F	4
T32	David Ford	-6	F	4
T32	Daniel Berger	-6	F	4
T32	Kevin Streelman	-6	F	4
T32	Zecheng Dou	-6	15	4
T37	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	F	4
T37	Eric Cole	-5	F	4
T37	Steven Fisk	-5	F	4
T40	Danny Walker	-4	F	4
T40	Max McGreevy	-4	F	4
T40	Hank Lebioda	-4	F	4
T40	Patrick Fishburn	-4	F	4
T40	Matt Wallace	-4	F	4
T40	Dan Brown	-4	F	4
T40	Austin Eckroat	-4	F	4
T40	Garrick Higgo	-4	F	4
T40	Ben Silverman	-4	F	4
T40	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-4	F	4
T40	Lee Hodges	-4	F	4
T40	Thorbjørn Olesen	-4	F	4
T52	Car Young	-3	F	4
T52	Alex Smalley	-3	F	4
T52	Seamus Power	-3	F	4
T52	Michael Brennan	-3	F	4
T56	Emiliano Grillo	-2	F	4
T56	Chan Kim	-2	F	4
T56	Adrien Saddier	-2	F	4
59	Tom Kim	-1	F	4
T60	Adam Schenk	E	F	4
T60	Davis Thompson	E	F	4
62	Billy Horschel	+1	F	4
T63	Jackson Suber	+2	F	4
T63	John Parry	+2	F	4
T63	Chandler Phillips	+2	F	4
66	Dylan Wu	+4	F	4
67	Joe Highsmith	+6	F	4
CUT	Lanto Griffin	+1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	+1	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	+1	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	+1	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	+1	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+1	F	2
CUT	Sam Ryder	+1	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	+1	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	+1	F	2
CUT	Webb Simpson	+1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	+1	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+2	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+2	F	2
CUT	Gary Woodland	+2	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+2	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+2	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+2	F	2
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	+2	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	+2	F	2
CUT	Chris Kirk	+2	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+2	F	2
CUT	Paul Waring	+2	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	+2	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+3	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+3	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+3	F	2
CUT	Danny Willett	+3	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+3	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	+3	F	2
CUT	Johnny Keefer	+3	F	2
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+4	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	+4	F	2
CUT	S.H. Kim	+4	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+5	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	+5	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+5	F	2
CUT	Blades Brown	+5	F	2
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	+5	F	2
CUT	Justin Hicks	+6	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	+6	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	+7	F	2
CUT	K.H. Lee	+7	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+7	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	+8	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	+8	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	+8	F	2
CUT	Sami Valimaki	+9	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+9	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+10	F	2
CUT	Frankie Capan III	+10	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	+11	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+13	F	2
WD	Keita Nakajima	-	-

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PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Anthony Kim	-23	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-20	18	4
T3	Bryson DeChambeau	-17	18	4
T3	Tyrrell Hatton	-17	18	4
T3	Peter Uihlein	-17	18	4
T6	Lucas Herbert	-16	18	4
T6	Dean Burmester	-16	18	4
T8	Cameron Smith	-15	18	4
T8	Sebastian Muñoz	-15	18	4
T8	Branden Grace	-15	18	4
T8	Marc Leishman	-15	18	4
T12	Abraham Ancer	-14	18	4
T12	Joaquin Niemann	-14	18	4
T14	Matthew Wolff	-13	18	4
T14	Graeme McDowell	-13	18	4
T14	Brendan Steele	-13	18	4
T17	Caleb Surratt	-12	18	4
T17	Jason Kokrak	-12	18	4
T17	Dustin Johnson	-12	18	4
T17	Charl Schwartzel	-12	18	4
T17	Ben Campbell	-12	18	4
T17	Talor Gooch	-12	18	4
23	Richard Bland	-11	18	4
T24	Byeong Hun An	-10	18	4
T24	Scott Vincent	-10	18	4
T24	Yosuke Asaji	-10	18	4
T27	Ian Poulter	-9	18	4
T27	Thomas Pieters	-9	18	4
T27	Elvis Smylie	-9	18	4
T27	Victor Perez	-9	18	4
31	Thomas Detry	-8	18	4
T32	Danny Lee	-7	18	4
T32	Minkyu Kim	-7	18	4
T32	Josele Ballester	-7	18	4
T32	Michael La Sasso	-7	18	4
T32	Charles Howell III	-7	18	4
T37	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	18	4
T37	Sergio Garcia	-6	18	4
T37	Bubba Watson	-6	18	4
T37	Wade Ormsby	-6	18	4
T37	Richard T. Lee	-6	18	4
T42	Adrian Meronk	-5	18	4
T42	Carlos Ortiz	-5	18	4
T44	Younghan Song	-4	18	4
T44	Harold Varner III	-4	18	4
T44	Tom McKibbin	-4	18	4
T44	Miguel Tabuena	-4	18	4
T44	Ben Schmidt	-4	18	4
T44	Luis Masaveu	-4	18	4
50	Anirban Lahiri	-3	18	4
T51	David Puig	-2	18	4
T51	John Catlin	-2	18	4
53	Laurie Canter	E	18	4
T54	Bjorn Hellgren	+2	18	4
T54	Paul Casey	+2	18	4
56	Sam Horsfield	+3	18	4
57	Cameron Tringale	+4	18	4

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Driving distances on the US PGA Tour in 2015/16 aren’t as high as we feared

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Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	RIPPER GC	-55	18	4
2	LEGION XIII	-53	18	4
3	4ACES GC	-52	18	4
4	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-49	18	4
T5	TORQUE GC	-48	18	4
T5	RANGEGOATS GC	-48	18	4
7	SMASH GC	-41	18	4
8	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-28	18	4
9	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-27	18	4
10	CRUSHERS GC	-25	18	4
11	HYFLYERS GC	-22	18	4
12	FIREBALLS GC	-19	18	4
13	MAJESTICKS GC	-10	18	4