any golfers on ATOT??

[z0mb13]

If so, what is ur handicap??

mine is about 30...... I never broke 100 yet 😱


I'm trying to build my power for greater distance..... what kind of exercise should I do?? bicep?? tricep?? shoulders?? chest??

 

[UDT89]

i shoot on average a 95.............its weak huh


But i am practicing to be a long driver. Im currently at a 365+ drive.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: UDT89
i shoot on average a 95.............its weak huh


But i am practicing to be a long driver. Im currently at a 365+ drive.

WTF??? 365 drive??? how can u accomplish this??
Im lucky if I can get 200+

 

[habib89]

Originally posted by: UDT89
i shoot on average a 95.............its weak huh


But i am practicing to be a long driver. Im currently at a 365+ drive.

jesus! that's insane.. do you mean feet or yards??? insane.. can the ball even go that far?? man.. i hit 200+... 250 if the wind's at my back and hitting a tee shot into a long straight wide fairway

 

[dOrKuS]

Originally posted by: UDT89
i shoot on average a 95.............its weak huh


But i am practicing to be a long driver. Im currently at a 365+ drive.

I'm going to go ahead and call bs.

That's impossible.

 

[KahunaHube]

its hard to believe you can hit a 365 drive

thats like tiger woods range

 

[broon]

I work with someone who shoots low 70's consistantly. He's going to A school or whatever it is next year.

 

[jlarsson]

My handicap is about a 10. I can consistently drive about 320 - 330, so I don't think that 365+ is impossible. (Especially since UDT89 is practicing to be a long driver).

 

[Doggiedog]

365+ isn't impossible.

I'm a 20 handicap and I suck but I can still crank it out and I'm only 5'10" 165lbs. Last month I hit my 3 wood 340+ and nearly drove the hole. Granted, I pured it with a downwind and used a Callaway Red but it had no roll because it plopped down into a mud pile. I probably average 260-280+ yards on my 3 wood. Maybe 300+ with my Steelhead Plus 9 degree driver but I am so inconsistent with it that it is almost always bagged unless the hole is really short.

I can imagine a person who has very good contact and fast swing speed could hit 360+ but a 280 yard shot straight at the hole is far more impressive to me than a 400 yard blast 100 yards left or right of the hole.

 

[SyahM]

I usually got two or three hole-in-one per course 😀 .... of minigolf.
365!!!! I'm lucky if i can get 170+ ...

 

[jorken]

I've haven't broken 100 yet either... when i'm not topping the ball repeatedly its usually being sliced 2-3 fairways away 🙂

 

[BigJohnKC]

I've been playing for just over 16 years - started when I was 6.

I'm trying to build my power for greater distance..... what kind of exercise should I do?? bicep?? tricep?? shoulders?? chest??

Golf. Just go to the driving range every day. Swing harder. Eventually the right muscles will be built up. I never pumped iron to help my driving distance, and I average in the high 200's (for comparison's sake, Tiger's average this year is 295.4 - source). My longest drive ever was 404.😀 I haven't played a lot this summer, but my best score was a 76 this year. Pretty good, huh? 😛 You guys keep practicing, we'll have an ATOT golf tourney some day...

 

[sohcrates]

I'm around a 20 handicap, play 2 or 3 times a month with a league at work

course, golf season is ending....and bowling season is starting!

 

[302Ranger]

i chase the little white ball around once in a while, hack at it a few times and usually come back to the clubhouse around 85....
Bowling.. now we are talking 🙂 Just picked up a new Ebonite Aggression yesterday.. good stuff!

 

[diamondgoat53]

ok, all you idiots who claim to "consistently hit it 300-320" realize that there is only one PGA Tour professional averaging 300, right? that Rich Beem averages 291 and he is 15th in driving distance? you average 260-280 with a 3 wood? bullsh*t. and if you do, it's because you de-loft it so much that you have no control. i'm a scratch golfer and teacher who averages about 285 off the tee. i play all year with idiots who tell me they "average 300" of the tee, yet i'm past them all day. one drive, downwind, one day does not an average make. you do realize that your muni courses lie about the yardages, right? they want you to think that you're killing the ball. it keeps you coming back. if you knew you only hit it 250, maybe you'd quit. if you average 260-280 with a three wood, and you're a 20 handicap, you should try tennis.

bigjohnkc is right. the only thing you can do is play. get lessons, tell the pro you want distance. he'll show you the correct form. work on your stabilizers--abs and back, especially the obliques.

 

[BigJohnKC]

Originally posted by: diamondgoat53
ok, all you idiots who claim to "consistently hit it 300-320" realize that there is only one PGA Tour professional averaging 300, right? that Rich Beem averages 291 and he is 15th in driving distance? you average 260-280 with a 3 wood? bullsh*t. and if you do, it's because you de-loft it so much that you have no control. i'm a scratch golfer and teacher who averages about 285 off the tee. i play all year with idiots who tell me they "average 300" of the tee, yet i'm past them all day. one drive, downwind, one day does not an average make. you do realize that your muni courses lie about the yardages, right? they want you to think that you're killing the ball. it keeps you coming back. if you knew you only hit it 250, maybe you'd quit. if you average 260-280 with a three wood, and you're a 20 handicap, you should try tennis.

bigjohnkc is right. the only thing you can do is play. get lessons, tell the pro you want distance. he'll show you the correct form. work on your stabilizers--abs and back, especially the obliques.

You tell 'em.... 😉
Yeah, the egos are running rampant today on ATOT. I'll say I have hit it 260-280 with my 3 wood, but I don't average that....closer to 240-250, but in that range I'll usually take out the 2 iron. And of all the people I've ever played with, I have consistently hit farther than anyone. With every club. Likewise I've averaged over 300 off the tee in a single round, but not a lifetime or even season average. Not a chance. Anyone who says they average 300 off the tee or 260-280 with a 3 wood is either crazy or a liar. But if you can, pack your bags for Q school, you could easily entertain the masses with that kind of a show. 😀

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: diamondgoat53
ok, all you idiots who claim to "consistently hit it 300-320" realize that there is only one PGA Tour professional averaging 300, right? that Rich Beem averages 291 and he is 15th in driving distance? you average 260-280 with a 3 wood? bullsh*t. and if you do, it's because you de-loft it so much that you have no control. i'm a scratch golfer and teacher who averages about 285 off the tee. i play all year with idiots who tell me they "average 300" of the tee, yet i'm past them all day. one drive, downwind, one day does not an average make. you do realize that your muni courses lie about the yardages, right? they want you to think that you're killing the ball. it keeps you coming back. if you knew you only hit it 250, maybe you'd quit. if you average 260-280 with a three wood, and you're a 20 handicap, you should try tennis.

bigjohnkc is right. the only thing you can do is play. get lessons, tell the pro you want distance. he'll show you the correct form. work on your stabilizers--abs and back, especially the obliques.

Part of the reason for my being a 20 handicap is my long game. I've been playing 4-5 yrs now maybe once every 2 weeks in the summer and fall. My short game isn't bad but my driving is what always gets me into trouble. I probably throw away 5 shots + per game in bad drives.

Here are the distances I use with my X-14 Pros:
P - 145
9 - 155
8 - 165
7 - 175
6 - 185
5 - 195
4 - 205
3 - 210+

5W - 230 off the deck.

Granted, this is hitting cleanly, which I am still not consistent doing. Maybe if you averaged in the shanks I'd be below 200. But distance wise, I know I am there. One of my best friends has been club champion at his private CC for 2 years running. He is a low single digit handicap and I regularly outdrive him. But I would defintely trade 10 yards forward for 10 yards less sideways 🙂

 

[GasX]

I played with my father a month or so ago and he hit a drive at least 350. It was the most beautiful drive I have ever seen. It ran down the left side of of a dogleg left fairway and through a break in the tree line and came down perfectly aligned with the cart path. Two high bounces on the concrete and it disappeared around the bend. I hit a pretty big drive and was 100 yards behind him. He went up and down for an Eagle.

note - two bounces on a cart path = 350 while "Im currently at a 365+ drive." = fishing story

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: z0mb13
If so, what is ur handicap??

mine is about 30...... I never broke 100 yet 😱


I'm trying to build my power for greater distance..... what kind of exercise should I do?? bicep?? tricep?? shoulders?? chest??

you don't need strength, you need flexiblity and a good sense of timing during your swing.

i hit my 3 iron about 230 and i can tell you that it isn't because i am strong. its because i swing fast with a good tempo.

handicap is about 16

 

[Cable God]

Originally posted by: dOrKuS

Originally posted by: UDT89
i shoot on average a 95.............its weak huh


But i am practicing to be a long driver. Im currently at a 365+ drive.

I'm going to go ahead and call bs.

That's impossible.

BS on you. Watch the ESPn/ReMax World's Longest Drive Contest sometime. You see a few over 400 yards at times. I think this year, overall the longest was 413 yards. The guy who hits 380+ consistantly usually wins it though. these guys have clubhead speeds around 180mph. Tiger woods can't even come close to that. He is 310-320ish AT MOST with 130-150mph clubhead speeds. Myself, I am around 280-290 consistantly and I normally run about a 10-12 handicap on a good day.

 

[Doggiedog]

What do you mean Tiger hits 310-320 at most? Don't you ever watch some of the tournaments he's in?

Last tournament, he was hitting some balls 340 yards+ on the par 5s.

 

[Jhill]

My handicap is about 15.

 

[soccerbud34]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
What do you mean Tiger hits 310-320 at most? Don't you ever watch some of the tournaments he's in?

Last tournament, he was hitting some balls 340 yards+ on the par 5s.

from what i understand, Tiger's average drive off tee's is 297 yards

 

[Doggiedog]

Average is different from what he can do. Tiger will hit a club according to the course layout. He won't always use a driver on a hole. Sometimes he'll hit a 3 wood or a 1 or 2 iron.

If he lets it rip each time, he'll easily get over his average. It's just that the courses these guys play are so difficult, it's not always wise to use a driver and hit it max each time. If the pros played the shorter wide open holes regular guys played, their driving averages would definitely go up.

 

[Mucman]

I use to play a lot... was down to an 11 handicap. I am probably around a 16-17 now though. I only play a couple times year now 🙁.

Since we are all macho men here... my biggest drive is probablu around 380, but my average is more around 250-260. Everyone knows you drive for show and putt for dough 🙂