Mike Austin's 515 Yard Drive

I came across Mike Austin when a friend introduce me to watch Austin's golf instruction. Personally, I have tried the swing and it does feel great. In case you have not heard of Austin, he recorded the longest drive in a PGA competition.

At 515 yards, "Austin, then sixty-four, unleashed all hell on the ball, sending it 515 yards before it finally came to rest—sixty-five yards beyond the flagstick on the par-four fifth hole. Thirty years later, it's still the longest drive ever, according to Guinness World Records. (The PGA Tour began logging individual driving distance in 1980. The longest drive since then is thought to be 457 yards, by J.C. Goosie, at a Senior Tour event in 1988; the longest recorded drive on the regular Tour is 427 yards, by Chris Smith in 1999.)" (David Hochman, 2004).

If you look at the swing instruction he gives, you will first note that he does not tell you to hold any positions. As most golfers know, we have often been told to hold the lag. Austin's method is to let it all go at the top with the right pivot (he calls it compound pivot). I put he's swing style t test and am glad to say I gain backed the distance I lost of the tee.

You can read more about Austin here (Mike Austin 515 Yard Drive )

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