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on both sides of the 6′ mark. (Well, this year they’re a bit biased on the over 6′ side, but some years the under 5′ crowd wins out.)
Joseph, I thinking your pushing your "short guys can drive" argument a little too far here. :^) — Jim * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet’s Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet – Free!
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on both sides of the 6′ mark. (Well, this year they’re a bit biased on the over 6′ side, but some years the under 5′ crowd wins out.) Joseph, I thinking your pushing your "short guys can drive" argument a little too far here. :^)
I think there was a typo ni theer somewhere. -joseph — Joseph N. Hall … perl, golf, music, and so on Music – http://www.digitalweapons.com Book — http://www.effectiveperl.com The Usual Crap — http://www.5sigma.com/joseph
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Go back a while, you have Chi Chi Rodriguez, who is 5′7" and probably never cracked 140 lbs in his life except after Thanksgiving dinner, and who was a very long hitter for many years. Not to mention Emanuele Canonica. 5′2". Average driving distance this year ? 296.9 yards. And in the same "fireplug" department (or more like the orang-utan department) you have Ian Woosnam. Most of the short golfers who are long hitters have an obviously powerful build. But there have been some long hitters of average height with skinny builds (like Chi Chi).
Jeff Sluman used to be known as a big hitter, and he’s a short guy. Fred Couples isn’t very tall, either… — Jeff Rogers http://www.rogersnetwork.com/
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Go back a while, you have Chi Chi Rodriguez, who is 5′7" and probably never cracked 140 lbs in his life except after Thanksgiving dinner, and who was a very long hitter for many years. Not to mention Emanuele Canonica. 5′2". Average driving distance this year ? 296.9 yards.
And in the same "fireplug" department (or more like the orang-utan department) you have Ian Woosnam. Most of the short golfers who are long hitters have an obviously powerful build. But there have been some long hitters of average height with skinny builds (like Chi Chi). -joseph — Joseph N. Hall … perl, golf, music, and so on Music – http://www.digitalweapons.com Book — http://www.effectiveperl.com The Usual Crap — http://www.5sigma.com/joseph
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Go back a while, you have Chi Chi Rodriguez, who is 5′7" and probably never cracked 140 lbs in his life except after Thanksgiving dinner, and who was a very long hitter for many years.
Not to mention Emanuele Canonica. 5′2". Average driving distance this year ? 296.9 yards. Best, Jens
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Go further back to the legendary Norman von Nida. Here was a guy who was (is) about 160cm (5′4") and weighed about 55kg or thereabouts. Probably could have been a jockey. In the few times he played against him, he smacked it close to the same distance as Sam Snead, who was a renowned big hitter of the time.
Snead isn’t a big guy, Hogan certainly wasn’t a big guy, and they were both very long hitters. Go back a while, you have Chi Chi Rodriguez, who is 5′7" and probably never cracked 140 lbs in his life except after Thanksgiving dinner, and who was a very long hitter for many years. -joseph — Joseph N. Hall … perl, golf, music, and so on Music – http://www.digitalweapons.com Book — http://www.effectiveperl.com The Usual Crap — http://www.5sigma.com/joseph
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Hi, If you read my previous post (thank you for all that replied), I’m a beginner and currently I can only drive about 150yds. As I am not very, only 168cm, does this put me at a disadvantage when it comes to driving? I would be happy if I could drive 200yds or more but is this possible with good technique and muscle development for someone of my height? Thanking you in advance, Dave D
Having played a round with 5 foot tall woman (maybe 5′2", 152-157 cm) with a nice athletic figure who drove the ball around 230 with a good but not perfect swing, I guess the answer must be "yes." (She wasn’t that fantastic a golfer, 18 handicap perhaps, but she was fun to watch!) Unless you’re trying to hit the ball over 280 yards, muscle development has nothing to do with it. And, surprising, height doesn’t matter that much either. Long drivers of the golf ball are pretty evenly divided on both sides of the 6′ mark. (Well, this year they’re a bit biased on the over 6′ side, but some years the under 5′ crowd wins out.) Notice how these guys would generally stand about nose high next to most (for example) baseball players: John Daly: 5′11" Tiger Woods: 6′2" Casey Martin: 6′2" Scott McCarron: 5′10" Phil Mickelson: 6′2" Rory Sabbatini: 5′10" Robert Allenby: 6′1" Davis Love: 6′3" Harrison Frazar: 6′0" Stuart Appleby: 6′1" Now, the longest hitters of the golf ball aren’t on the PGA Tour. In fact they aren’t on any big time golf tour at all. Driving the ball 400 yards is a neat trick but it takes a lot of work to keep that trick going, which Tour golfers spend on their short game instead. :-) How do you hit the ball a long way? Any "average" sized man 5′8 or 5′9" tall in good health probably has the muscles to hit the ball 250+ yards on a dry fairway with a full, comfortable swing. Hitting it that far is just a matter of developing an efficient motion. -joseph — Joseph N. Hall … perl, golf, music, and so on Music – http://www.digitalweapons.com Book — http://www.effectiveperl.com The Usual Crap — http://www.5sigma.com/joseph