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  1. The Case for Longer Drives in Golf

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  2. How Far Do You Need to Drive to Play on the PGA Tour?

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  3. Tour Averages On PGA & LPGA Tour

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  4. By the numbers: A dip in driving distance on the PGA Tour

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  5. Trackman Data on PGA Tour Averages

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  6. REVEALED! Trackman launches 2019 PGA Tour and LPGA Tour stats

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  1. How Driving Distance has Changed Over the Past 40 years on the PGA Tour

    Now in 2021, Bryson DeChambeau's average of 320.8 is more than 18 yards longer than Daly's. In fact, the entire PGA Tour's average is almost at the 300 yard mark. This year's 295.3 yard average is ...

  2. The PGA Tour's average driving distance has skyrocketed since 1980

    Pohl led the tour in driving with a respectable 274.3-yard average and accruing over 51,000 yards driven. Pohl, unfortunately, would not pick up a win on Tour in 1980 — or '81, when he led the ...

  3. Golf Stat and Records

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  4. How Driving Distance Has Evolved on the PGA Tour

    Average Tour driving distance stayed stagnant from 1990 to 1995, between 260 and 263 yards. Everything was status quo—except for the emergence of John Daly, a player who would be the "driving distance champion" of the PGA Tour for 11 years throughout his career. Daly averaged about 289 yards in 1991, a record at the time.

  5. PGA Tour Driving Distance Leaders By Year

    The longest average driving distance to date by a golfer who led the tour is 326.3 yards, set by Rory McIlroy in 2023. That broke Bryson DeChambeau's 2020 mark of 323.7 yards. Now, on to the list: PGA Tour Driving Average Leaders By Year 2023 — Rory McIlroy, 326.3 yards average 2022 — Cameron Champ, 321.4 2021 — Bryson DeChambeau, 323.7 ...

  6. USGA/R&A release latest Distance Report: Here's what the numbers mean

    Since 2003, according to their research, the average driving distance has increased 3.2 percent from 2003-2021. Moreover, the document makes the case that the PGA Tour statistic measuring all ...

  7. The Evolution of PGA Tour Driving Distances: A 10-Year ...

    As a result, the average driving distance on the PGA Tour rose to approximately 270 to 280 yards. 1980-1990: The Era of Big-Headed Metal Woods The 1980s marked a pivotal period in the evolution ...

  8. How Driving Distance Has Changed Over the Past 40 Years on the PGA Tour

    In 1997, John Daly became the first golfer on the PGA Tour to average more than 300 yards per drive (302 to be exact). That year, he was more than 30 yards longer than the average Tour player. In 1980 (the first year that the PGA Tour's driving distance stats are available), Dan Pohl led the field while averaging 274.3 yards per drive.

  9. How PGA Tour Driving Distance Has Increased Through The Years

    Just four years later, in 1998, the average had breached 270 yards, with Daly again leading the way, and the PGA Tour average was almost 16 yards higher by 2003, at 285.9 yards. For the next ...

  10. How Far PGA Tour Players Carry Their Drives

    After all, the further a player drives the ball, the more distance he will lose after the rollback. According to the PGA Tour website, Rory McIlroy, a key figure who supports the change, is at the top of the list for the 2022/23 season with an average driving distance of 326.3 yards. Rory McIlroy supports the golf ball rollback plan.

  11. 2024 PGA Tour

    Wondering who leads the PGA Tour in drive distance, consecutive cuts, scoring average, or putts per hole? CBS Sports has all of those statistics and more for the PGA Tour.

  12. Longest drivers on PGA Tour

    The PGA Tour has been keeping average driving distance stats since 1980. In 2003, the mark of 321.4 yards was achieved by Hank Kuehne and was the standard-bearer for almost two decades. ... Bryson DeChambeau broke the 17-year-old PGA Tour driving distance mark during the 2019-20 season when he averaged 322.1 yards per drive. He did so one year ...

  13. Longest drivers on PGA Tour, 1980-2019

    That prompted us to take a closer look at the players who have led the PGA Tour in driving distance. This is the list of the longest drivers starting in 1980 - the first year the Tour started measuring drives - through the 2018-19 season. John Daly in 1997 was the first to surpass the average distance of 300 yards.

  14. Here's how much driving distance has increased on the professional

    The Conclusions document further explains that the driving distance average for the 20 longest hitters on the PGA Tour and European Tour had reached 310 yards, and that the average driving ...

  15. How driving distance has changed over the past 40 years on the PGA Tour

    In 1980 (the first year that the PGA Tour's driving distance stats are available), Dan Pohl led the field while averaging 274.3 yards per drive. The Tour average was a meek 256.89 yards.

  16. How Far Do PGA Tour Pros Hit The Ball?

    The PGA Tour accounts for possible variance, such as elevation and wind, and take care to counteract this effect in the chosen holes. The drives are measured at the point in which the ball come to rest regardless of whether it is in the fairway or not. Cameron Champ leads the 2022 Driving Distance category with a whopping average of 326.1 yards.

  17. The History of Driving Distance on the PGA Tour

    The PGA average for 1980 was about 256 yards per drive. These were the days of persimmon heads, steel shafts, and wound balata balls. John Daly arrived on the scene in 1991, and let the tour with an average drive of 289 yards, which was a huge jump over the year before (Tom Purtzer) and the highest ever, yet the average was only slightly higher ...

  18. Average Golf Driving Distances (By Age, Handicap & PGA Tour)

    The average driving distance on the European Tour and PGA Tour is 294 yards. The average of the longest 20 hitters is 310 yards. DeChambeau leads all PGA golfers with an insane 321 yard average off the tee. Surprisingly, Bryson is only a few yards longer on average than Wyndham Clark (319) and Cameron Champ (318).

  19. You simply will not believe how many players averaged more than 300

    John Daly was the first player in history to top a 300-yard driving average for the year when he did so in 1997 at 302.0 yards. ... the PGA Tour supplied data to Golf Digest saying that 56,930 ...

  20. 2024 PGA TOUR Driving distance (in yards) Rankings

    The complete 2024 PGA TOUR Driving distance (in yards) rankings on ESPN. The full list of all PGA players ranked based on Driving distance (in yards).

  21. 2024 PGA Tour Stat Leaders

    Sahith Theegala. 5. T5. usa. S. Burns. Sam Burns. 4. Complete Top-10 Finishes Leaders. Wondering who leads the PGA Tour in drive distance, consecutive cuts, scoring average, or putts per hole?

  22. PGA tour

    Cameron Champ, an American golfer from California, tops the list of the longest average driving distance on the PGA tour in 2022. He had an average driving distance of 321.4 yards, just ahead of ...

  23. Golf Stat and Records

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  24. CJ Cup Byron Nelson Odds and Betting Picks: Will a Longshot Win This Week?

    Hoge is second on Tour in SG: Approach, sixth in scoring average, ninth in total birdie average (4.58 per round), 13th in Par 5 scoring and 30th in SG: Putting.

  25. Alexander Björk Betting Profile: THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson

    Day's average driving distance was 306.8 (23rd in field), he hit % of greens in regulation (), with 27.25 putts per round (13th) en route to his win last year. Björk's Recent Performances

  26. Flag Hunting: PGA Betting Picks

    Kuest clearly has power to burn around this driver-intensive layout (5th in driving distance), he was sneakily a top 10 putter on the PGA Tour last season, and he rates out as an elite long-iron ...

  27. Miles Russell, 15, ready for TOUR-sanctioned debut at LECOM Suncoast

    A junior star's first TOUR-sanctioned start becomes a time capsule in future years. Jordan Spieth finished T16 at THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson in 2010 (at age 16), and a 17-year-old Scottie Scheffler ...