Can an Average Guy Drive A Golf Ball 295 Yards? | Above Average Joe | GQ Sports

but just swing like that when Do it like that, just know that you're not going to hit it far, that's going to be a little difficult because think about it, you still have to get back to the

ball

, you've lost all your power in your backswing once. You throw like this and now you have all the space from about shoulder height to the

ball

to somehow generate more power throughout your lower body. I think if you look at a lot of

golf

ers, you really won't find any. you know, even if one does that, I know there are a lot of parts to a

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swing, but I'm curious how you approach the ball, how you approach the ball, I'll just explain to you what you're thinking and what a good swing should be like. swing.

Wow, I mean obviously the

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r of the longest club in the bag, um, so you know, guys have a little bit wider base and a little bit wider stance, but it's all about ball position. You know you have to get comfortable with that position of the ball forward, almost on your left heel. inside, they all vary, you see some guys that are on the left toe, some guys that are more inside left center, but keep it in that front part of your stance because obviously that's what I told you before, it will help you hit the ball, that's what you're trying to do, you're trying to hit. up, create loft, the club has enough loft, you're not trying to lift the ball, but to get the distance you want the ball to go that 300

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, you have to hit it slightly up, hit it high.

I know balance will be the most important thing, like I said, how do you get back to center contact? Are you going to start in the center of the heel? I would play with everything, I mean, where do you make contact with the club? Troy applied some dry shampoo. and I was hitting it up to the toe, not the toe, the opposite of the toe is the heel near the hose, so I would start it, I would start it very far on the toe, which looked like it was going 2.95, I hope so, something else . I definitely want to know your opinion.

I am anxious. I want to get 295, but I'm crazy. What advice do you have on how to calm my nerves? How to get out of my head. to concentrate on the ball uh to be honest you know the nerves. I think everyone has them. It's about channeling that nervous energy into something else. You know, how do you channel nervousness into excitement? So you should be excited about trying to hit 295. I'm not nervous, uh, you're going to fail, we all fail, especially, you know, if you're afraid of failing, you're absolutely in the wrong sport, you know, we lose a lot more times, I mean Obviously, Tiger probably has the better winner. anyone's percentage, but even then you know we're losing a lot more than we're gaining, so for us it's about finding the positives, finding the enjoyment of slowly improving.

I am doing everything I can to make us proud to be among you. and troy i have some great coaches on my side here i think you're going to be fine, i'm almost ready for my final challenge, guys taking hits back there, troy, yeah, you know, are you familiar with breath? of fire, what is it? Do you want to learn it? Okay, it's a little silly, but you have to accept it. Okay, so, inhale completely, exhale completely through your nose, out through your mouth. Well, exhale and then we're going to pump to, uh, stop. one hundred one hundred yes, okay, ready, yes, okay, inhale the bomb, don't you feel the fire, this is the final showdown, yes, we know the distance 295, what are the rules of a long course championship?

The rules are: you have two minutes to hit eight balls and it has to be in the fairway and it has to be 295, okay, but I expect 240 260 from you. I think it would be fantastic. How many rounds do you usually have in a real tournament? Well in the final championship women can have up to 10 rounds here we go in one day I don't want to kill you so I say let's do about four rounds and see how you do well, when does two minutes start? Can I plug in the bulb and then it starts? Come back up like we talked, picture your shot and walk towards it and the timing starts well, any last minute advice here I think you should take a step back, check your line and walk towards each shot with a purpose, that's fine and then let it go go. all the swing thoughts I told you and let it break, okay, it's straight, it's okay 122.

Okay, you landed over hill 2 10. Take it out, oh, a little bit off our fairway, maybe a little bit the left, the same. Pick it up, it was so good, okay, you got your spot, yeah, three, two, one, okay, you got it on 219th Street. Whoa, whoa, clay, give me that one, I'll give it to you, oh man, 211. What's out of that? limits oh clay that was so good with 240. wow oh now we're so close I like the aggressiveness oh man it's rolling 2 30. okay we'll do it in the third round here we go out of limits everyone is really good. leaking a little bit oh oh okay, you got a little far from that yeah, that could have gone to 290. oh 207 in bounds, okay, clay, final round, wow, how you feel, you feel loose, okay , okay, I'm going to lose, let's do the same thing okay, okay, so hit slowly, you have time, look at that target, okay, maybe just a little lower so far, that's three dead in a row, like this I'm not really upset, you can take a breath, take a breath. oh yeah, oh my gosh, it's so good 267 in bounds, okay, this is your last ball out of the rounds, oh man, okay coach, the most important thing is, are you proud?

I am very proud. Well this is a credit to your training okay what was my max distance 267 today okay look yesterday was okay uh huh it felt good once it started to loosen and tear and I was actually surprised I got a bit angry little with the ball, I heard a grunt there, yeah, which was really cool, aha, yeah, it was good, thanks, of course, it was a lot of fun, this is amazing, technically I failed, but this is the happiest I've ever been meaning in my life by failing. Now I think I got the bug.

In fact, I may end up playing. some golf or at least hitting discs. Many thanks to Beth Cook for helping me with the good people at Five Iron Good People here at Centennial Golf Club and most importantly to Colin Murakawa and Troy Mullins. He is not only a wonderful

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r but a wonderful coach and took me to do something I never thought I could do, thank you to her, thank you all for watching until next time you log off.