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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
I think he was longer than ever, at least up until his knee injury.
I just looked up his driving distance over the years. Back in 1993, when he was still an amatuer, he played in some PGA Tour events. His average driving distance was 272.3 yards. In 1994, it was 277.3 yards. In 1995, it was 298.5 yards. From 1996 to 2000, he was at 302.8, 294.8, 296.3, 293.1, and 298. In 2005, he was up to 316.1. In 2006, he was at 306.4. In 2007 he was at 302.4.
Some of the added distance could be due to better equipment but I certainly think he has gotten longer over the years up until his knee injury. In 2005 and 2006, he was hitting the ball 30-40 yards longer than he was back in 1994 when he was 19 years old.
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I would expect almost all of the change has to do with better equipment. the balls and the driver head are so different today than even in 1995. I felt so dirty writing that last sentence..
When 55 year old men can drive the ball 20 yards further than they could as 40 year old men something is going on!
Have you looked up the stats on the average drive length per year in the PGA tour during that same period? I havent but would suspect similar rises.