🏌🏻5 Longest Drivers In PGA Tour History

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These Golfers Are The Longest Drivers In PGA Tour History

The PGA Tour has been keeping stats on average driving distances since 1980. Let us take a look at the longest drivers starting in 1980 through the 2024 regular season at the Tour Championship.

🏌‍♀Dan Pohl: The first officially recognized long-drive champ, Dan Pohl led the PGA Tour in 1980 (274.3 yards) and then again in 1981 (280.1).

He did not win on Tour either season

🏌‍♀John Daly: In 1991, John Daly started his reign as the Tour’s long-drive leader. In 1997, he became the first to break the 300-yard average barrier.

He did it four more times, including his final season as the top driver in 2002, when his season-long driving average was 306.8.

🏌‍♀Bubba Watson: Watson had the first of his big-driving years in 2006 and topped the distance list three years in a row before a four-year gap.

He is the only golfer to lead the Tour in driving distance and win more than one event in the same season.

🏌‍♀Bryson DeChambeau: DeChambeau broke the 17-year-old PGA Tour driving distance mark during the 2019-20 season when he averaged 322.1 yards per drive.

During the 2020-21 season, he reached a new mark of 323.7, almost 4.5 yards farther than Rory McIlroy, who was No 2 at 319.3.

🏌‍♀Rory McIlroy: McIlroy spent back-to-back seasons atop the long-drive category in 2017 (317.2) and 2018 (319.7), with the latter season coming oh-so-close to that 320-yard average. In 2023, McIlroy earned his third driving title (326.3) and while doing so, became the first to surpass the 326-yard mark.

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