Butch Harmon, the guru of golf swing yogis, was impressed with the distances achieved by some of the US military’s best swingers recently.
Harmon was witness as Ryan Hixon won his fourth straight Military Long Drive Championship, hitting drives past the 360-yard mark to earn US$10,000. According to the Desert Valley Times, he reached the final four with a 387-yard blast, which was the best hit of the tournament.
Harmon is well known as the former golf swing coach of Tiger Woods. He has also coached plenty of other top-class golfers such as Greg Norman, Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson, Stewart Cink, Davis Love III, among others.
While there, he gave a few hints as to what you need to hit the ball long – and it has nothing to do with making humungous golf swings.
“It’s how fast you deliver the clubhead to the ball, it’s tempo, it’s not how hard you swing,” he was quoted as saying. “Most people swing hard in case they hit it. The average amateur player’s club speed is in the high 80s (miles per hour).
“The pros average between 110 and 115 miles per hour. These guys get their clubhead speed up around 140 miles per hour. I’ve seen some long drivers generating clubhead speed near 200 miles per hour.”
Harmon attended the drive-fest to introduce six men who were wounded in action who he had coached. So, will he take the blame if they don’t drive well and blame Harmon?
“It won’t hurt my feelings,” he said. “I took two guys (professional golfers) to No. 1 in the world and they both fired me.”
Can anyone out there hit 110 or more in their golf swing? If so, how do you do it? Comments welcome.
(picture armymwr.com)
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