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2023 pga tour in review: rory mcilroy was pga tour’s longest driver; who joined him in top 10 top 10 shortest.

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Rory McIlroy was the PGA Tour’s longest driver in 2022-23 after leading the circuit in average driving distance. It was the first time McIlroy had led the Tour in that category since 2018, when he averaged 319.7 yards per drive. Cameron Champ and Bryson DeChambeau had each led the Tour for two seasons since.

No, this isn’t the top 10 in SI’s pro golf ranking, but rather here are the 10 longest players on the PGA Tour during the 2022-23 season – and the shortest, too:

AVERAGE DRIVING DISTANCE LEADERS 1. Rory McIlroy, 326.3 yards 2. Peter Kuest, 321.7 yards 3. Brandon Matthews, 321.3 yards 4. Cameron Champ, 317.9 yards 5. Nicolai Højgaard, 317.7 yards 6. Ludvig Åberg, 317.1 yards 7. Cameron Young, 315.7 yards 8. Byeong Hun An, 315.6 yards 9. Vincent Norrman, 314.2 yards 10. Matti Schmid, 314.1 yards

AVERAGE DRIVING DISTANCE (SHORTEST 10) 1. Brian Stuard, 271.5 yards 2. David Lingmerth, 278.5 yards 3. William McGirt, 280 yards 4. Zac Blair, 281.6 yards 5. Brendon Todd, 282 yards 6. Austin Cook, 282.3 yards 7. Ryan Armour, 283.6 yards 8. Paul Haley II, 284.1 yards 9. Aaron Baddeley, 284.5 yards 10. Andrew Putnam, 284.7 yards

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The 2023 World Long Drive Championship doesn't officially start until next week, but Kyle Berkshire just set another mark that's going to be tough to beat.

Earlier this month, the long-haired bomber broke a World Record by registering a ball speed of 241.6 mph. And now he's hit the longest drive ever documented. WARNING: Get ready to feel inferior about your own pop off the tee.

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Berkshire pulled off the feat of strength at the Rochelle Ranch Golf Course in Rawlins, Wyoming, hitting a golf ball an absurd 579 yards. Yep, you read that right. Actually, 579.63 yards to be exact. Have a look:

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Damn. Do they serve a meal on that flight?

OK, so there were a couple conditions working in Berkshire's favor. For one, he was at 6,700 feet of elevation. And for another, he had a 22-mph tailwind. But still, 579 yards?! With 512 yards of CARRY?! Just absurd stuff. Anyway, good luck to anyone trying to beat this guy in Atlanta next week.

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Longest Golf Drivers 2024: Our Head-to-Head stick-slinging contest reveals the Kings of Distance.

Published: 07 February 2023 Last updated: 11 June 2024

Longest Golf Drivers 2024

Looking to maximize distance in 2024? Today’s Golfer crunches the numbers to reveal our shortlist of monsters for players looking to eke out every last yard.

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If you’re looking for the best golf driver to take your game to the next level we hope that you’re willing to entertain a few other factors than pure distance alone.

One of the biggest challenges associated with making a purchase of equipment today, especially buying a driver to add you some more distance to your game, is just simply the overwhelming choice. With every brand offering not only competing drivers but also multiple drivers within their latest product lines, it can be difficult to get to grips with every option.

Add this to the different explanations for how technology and the benefits therein, it’s always best to seek advice from a trusted source regarding where to begin and what might work out best for you. This could even be the case of replacing a driver model from 2023 that you’ve had custom fitted to your exact needs, and we’d still like to chase down further distance.

That said, we can’t blame you for wanting to extract every last yard from your physical exertions on the tee box. Strokes gained research highlights the importance of a strong performance off-the-tee if you’re to shoot lower scores and distance plays a big role in this, enabling you to play your approach with a more controlled club in hand. And who doesn’t get a psychological boost from bombing a drive 30 yards past your mates…

The longest drivers on the market are typically branded as low-spin (LS) by their manufacturers and are aimed predominantly at high-swing speed players who can consistently find the middle of the club face. This doesn’t mean that LS models are the only way forward for achieving more distance, however. Maximizing yardage depends on how well the launch characteristics of your driver marry up with your swing. It’s highly individualized, and many medium to slower-swing players may hit further with a more forgiving model that’s higher spinning and easier to launch.

While it was no surprise to see the majority of our Test Pro’s longest drives coming from 2024’s best low-spin drivers , he still produced extremely competitive carry distances with models that featured in our most forgiving drivers guide too. It goes to show how the latest technology is helping manufacturers offer highly appealing combinations of distance and forgiveness. For most club golfers, it’s worth asking if this added playability outweighs the odd yard or two up for grabs from perfectly struck low-spin models.

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Best overall for distance: Callaway Paradym Ai-Smoke TD | Buy Now – US | Buy Now – UK

Best for ball speed: TaylorMade Qi10 LS driver | Buy Now – US | Buy Now – UK

Best for distance with forgiveness: Cleveland Launcher XL2 | Buy Now – US | Buy Now – UK

How to choose a driver for maximum distance

If distance is your sole aim for your next purchase, however, we suggest identifying a shortlist of low-spin power machines that fit within your budget and booking a custom fitting session to run the numbers. It’s the only sensible place to start if you want to ensure your setup is optimized to help extract every last yard. So many variables contribute to a successful drive, and blindly trusting the manufacturer’s promise that their latest offering is the longest of them all would be doing your game a disservice.

Only through analyzing launch characteristics such as ball speed and launch angle with a professional club fitter will you be able to objectively identify the club head and setup that will likely help you maximize distance. And just as importantly, if not more, is choosing the best driver shaft to complement the clubhead. The right driver shaft will offer you maximum distance and consistency, while also feeling good and giving you confidence. It’s not until you have all this data in front of you that you’ll find yourself in a position to make the most informed decision.

For more buying advice you can jump down to our buying guide and read through more key considerations before parting with your cash. To give you a headstart on potential options, let’s take a look at which models made our test pro’s longest leaderboard in 2024.

Longest Golf Drivers 2024:

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Longest Golf Drivers: Buying Guide

Upgrading your big stick is a decision worth taking some time over, not just because it’s a substantial investment, but second to your putter, it’s the club you reach to most and it therefore needs to warrant its place in your bag. Here are some key considerations when choosing a new driver to help you maximize distance off-the-tee.

Not surprisingly, ball speed is a key consideration here as this is what ultimately dictates your distance potential. The smaller footprints and aerodynamic designs of low-spin drivers permit higher swing speeds enabling increased energy transfer through the ball, leading to greater carry distances. Having a more aerodynamic design is one thing, but seeing it translate into more ball speed is what matters, which is why we always suggest collecting independent launch monitor data on the range or via a custom fitting session .

RPM stands for ‘revolutions per minute’ and is the measurement used to quantify rotational speed such as how much backspin has been applied to a golf ball immediately after impact. Unlike MOI, spin rate is not fixed and is highly individualized with every player delivering the club differently through the ball. As an example, our test pro didn’t always see a reduced spin or notably higher ball speeds when hitting the TaylorMade Qi10 LS model compared to the Qi10 Max , this going to show why purely going off model names without running your numbers can be a mistake. The average spin rate for drivers on the PGA Tour is in the region of 2700 RPM.

It’s important to consider if a balance of distance and forgiveness will serve you better than an all-out monster in the distance department. Forgiveness is quantified using MOI (moment of inertia), measured in grams per centimeter squared, and defines how resistant the club face is to twist on impact. Low spin models are the least stable as weight is distributed forward in the clubhead to maximize energy transfer through impact. While you will not find low-spin models with MOIs as high as the forgiving counterparts, they are becoming increasingly competitive, with some models getting close to 8000 g/cm 2 .

Adjustability

Having the ability to tinker with loft and lie is something that can pay dividends for all levels of golfer when trying to dial in the optimal setup that will maximize distance potential. This adjustability, now commonplace in the latest driver releases, enables you to achieve launch angles and spin rates that best suit how you deliver the club through the ball. Further, drivers with interchangeable weight ports or sliding weight mechanisms are handy for customizing ball flights with a draw or fade bias, straightening up, or accentuating your natural shot shape.

Custom fitting

Dialing in your optimal set-up with a  custom fitting  session is important for all equipment, but imperative when considering buying a club that you will depend on so heavily across your round. A host of variables, including the driver shaft, contribute to optimizing a driver’s potential, and only through objective measurements on a launch monitor will you understand the setup that will enable you to produce the results you desire.

You can’t necessarily put a number on it, but standing over the ball and feeling like you’re going to rip it straight down the middle time after time is massive. If there’s something that doesn’t look or feel right, be it weight distribution or an off-putting crown for example, then factor this into your decision as confidence is king when you’re standing on the first tee.

As with most things in the golf world, prices for drivers can vary considerably. Value for money is subjective; therefore, you should spend however much you feel comfortable with, be it a premium model or one with a more competitive price point. Powerhouse driver brands such as Ping, TaylorMade, and Callaway will typically be positioned at the top end of the market, however, there is excellent value to be found with other brands such as Cobra, Wilson, and PXG – and you might just find the best cost-per-yard performance where you least expect it.

Longest Golf Drivers: FAQs

Which driver hits the furthest?

The longest driver for one golfer may not be the longest for another, so doing your own testing is always recommended. Today’s Golfer has found the Callaway Paradym Ai-Smoke Triple Diamond, TaylorMade Qi10 LS, Titleist TSR4, and Cobra Darkspeed LS to be among the longest golf drivers when tested in the hands of a pro.

What does low spin on a driver do?

Low-spin drivers are designed for fast-swinging players who require the ball to penetrate through the air with moderate launch and optimal roll-out. It’s important to ensure you have sufficient ball speed if you are considering a low-spin driver, otherwise, the ball could drop prematurely, resulting in lower carry distances than your swing deserves.

Can a driver be too low spin?

Absolutely. Whilst players with very fast swings normally benefit from reducing spin rates to maximize distance, drives with too little spin tend to fall out of the sky sooner, thus reducing carry distance and total yardage. Depending on your swing speed and ball speed, there will be an ideal launch angle and spin rate that provides the maximum distance for you. This is why getting custom-fitted for a new driver is essential.

What is MOI?

MOI is a term used in physics to objectively describe how much resistance an object has to turn about its axis. It stands for ‘Moment of Inertia’ and is used by golf club manufacturers to measure the resistance a clubhead has to twist throughout impact. The higher the MOI, the more stable the club is deemed to be. Scores in the region of 10,000 g/cm2 provide the very highest levels of stability and are generally better suited to beginners and high-handicappers .

What driver does Rory McIlroy/Tiger Woods use?

Every day golfers like to use the same equipment as the tour pros, which is one of the main reasons manufacturers spend millions of pounds on equipment contracts to secure the game’s biggest names to play their brand. But it’s important to remember that what’s best for Rory McIlroy , Tiger Woods, or any other elite tour pro, may not necessarily be the best driver for you. Elite tour pros boast swing speeds of over 115mph, which not many club golfers can match.

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What Is Rory McIlroy's Longest Drive?

Rory McIlroy has hit some monster drives in his time, but how far did his longest drive go?

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Rory McIlroy is renowned for his driving ability and regularly launching bombs off the tee, but what is the longest drive he's managed to hit?

McIlroy topped the PGA Tour driving distance stats once again in 2023, finishing the season with an average of 326.3 yards off the tee - the longest in PGA Tour history.

The four-time Major champion's longest recorded drive of his career though came in 2023, and was a full 100 yards further measuring in at 427 yards.

It came at a windy Renaissance Club in Scotland during the Scottish Open - with a combination of McIlroy's awesome roar power, a gust of wind and a bouncy links track led to the monster drive.

It was a crucial drive as well at the seventh hole of the Renaissance Club as it set up a birdie as McIlroy managed to pip Robert MacIntyre to win the Scottish Open title.

427-yard drive from @McIlroyRory 😳It’s his longest drive of the season by 40 yards @ScottishOpen. pic.twitter.com/a3ibzy5Jy9 July 16, 2023

McIlroy has been over 400 yards before off the tee, but his previous best in 2023 was the 388-yard drive he his at the Genesis Invitational at Riviera.

There were a few gaudy numbers that day in Scotland, and McIlroy even admitted afterwards that he did not swing particularly hard for his mammoth, but he connected clean enough to send it flying. 

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And with the way technology continues to progress then McIlroy may well improve on his biggest yet in the years to come.

Rory McIlroy's drive at the par-4 seventh hole is the seventh longest on Tour this year and the longest measured drive in his Tour career. pic.twitter.com/KowNDHDdWo July 16, 2023

McIlroy's biggest hit is impressive, but it's not even close to Tiger Woods' longest drive , which comes in at a jaw-dropping 498 yards.

Now, this did come at the Plantation Course in Hawaii on the 18th that has a huge downhill slope on it - with 199 players going over 450 yards off the tee on that hole during the week. Still impressive though, right?

McIlroy's best came up just one yard short of Bryson DeChambeau's longest drive in a tournament, which was his 428-yard effort at the 2019 Travelers Championship.

DeChambeau did unleash 480-yard missile at the  The Match  exhibition tournament in 2021 in Montana, but that was obviously in an unofficial event so does not replace his best from the PGA Tour.

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579 yards?! Kyle Berkshire sets world record for longest drive recorded in golf history

Kyle Berkshire has set a new world record for the longest drive recorded in the history of golf, and he's done it just in time for the World Long Drive World Championships.

The Maryland native, multi-time world champion and the No. 1-ranked long-driver in the world, set the record with a drive of 579.66 yards at Rochelle Ranch in Wyoming.

Wyoming is known as one of the most consistently windy places in the United States, and Berkshire teed off with a helping wind of around 20 mph. Rochelle Ranch also sits at elevation, approximately 6,700 feet above sea level. While those were contributing factors, the drive still carried in the air for a remarkable 11 seconds and went 512 yards in the air before settling out after 67 yards of roll. Originally, the carry number was thought to be 492 yards but was found to be longer after reviewing the drive and where it touched down.

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The longest drive in PGA Tour history is attributed to Mike Austin, who, at age 64, hit a 515-yard drive on Sept. 25, 1974 in the National Seniors Open Championship, the pre-cursor to the U.S. Senior Open. Austin hit the drive on a 450-yard par 4 at Desert Rose Golf Club in Las Vegas. The club was at 2,000 feet above sea level and the estimated wind on the hole that day was a 35mph helping wind.

The modern record belongs to Tiger Woods , who hit the longest drive in PGA Tour history recorded by ShotLink, a 498-yard blast on the par-5 18th on the Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in Hawaii during the Tournament of Champions.

Berkshire's new record comes on the heels of smashing his personal ball-speed record at 241.6 mph, which is absolutely bonkers. On the PGA Tour, reaching 200 mph ball speed is an incredible, chart-busting achievement. Berkshire is going much, much further than that.

His YouTube channel is a fascinating look at how a long-driver that is also a skilled player takes on traditional golf courses, as well as his career in long drive, in which he has been competing as a pro now for six full seasons.

All of this is just in time for Berkshire to head to Atlanta and the Bobby Jones Golf Course for the World Long Drive World Championship, where he'll seek to become world champion for a third time from Oct. 18-22.

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Kyle Berkshire won his third long-drive world championship title on Sunday.

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Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown, and it’s clear who holds that honor in long drive these days.

“I’ve definitely been feeling the weight of the world on me,” Kyle Berkshire said.

It was Monday morning, and Berkshire was calling from his car as he motored north from Georgia to his home in Maryland, fresh off the latest headline feat in his young and storied long-drive career. Only days before, Berkshire, who turns 27 next month, had turned up in Atlanta to prepare for the 2023 World Long Drive Championship , suffering from mild discomfort. This was partly due to a slightly strained oblique muscle on his right side. But it was also brought on by Berkshire’s sense that he had a target on his back.

“It’s the tall poppy syndrome,” Berkshire said. “When you get to the top of your sport, it’s only natural that guys are going to be gunning for you. Everyone wants to bounce you from the tournament, and that was very much the case this week.”

After a nervy start in which he missed the grid with several of his opening shots at Bobby Jones Golf Course, Berkshire settled in over the weekend to beat back a field that featured a Murderer’s Row of past world champions, including 2017 winner Justin James and defending titleholder Martin Borgmeier. The win gave Berkshire his third world championship in five years and thrust him into rarefied company; only two other competitors in the history of long drive — Sean Fister and Jason Zuback — have claimed its biggest event at least three times.

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“I wouldn’t dream of calling myself the best ever,” Berkshire said. “But if we’re talking about the top three, I think that I belong in that conversation.”

As Berkshire sees it, the GOAT remains Zuback, the five-time world champ who reeled off four consecutive titles from 1996-99, and who returns Berkshire’s compliment with kudos of his own.

“Every sport has unicorns, whether it’s Michael Jordan or Wayne Gretzky or Tiger Woods ,” Zuback said in a telephone interview Monday. “Kyle is what I think of as a super-unicorn. The combination of his natural ability and his work ethic are a perfect storm.”

In recent years, the force of that storm, which has generated the longest drive ever recorded and ball speeds north of 230 miles per hour, has, Zuback said, accelerated a sea change in the sport.

“(Kyle) just keeps putting the hammer down with velocity,” Zuback said. “He has pushed a whole new generation of long drivers into a speed race.”

WITH HIS SAMPSON HAIRDO AND STRAPPING PHYSIQUE, Berkshire looks like a man who was born for the gladiatorial trappings of long drive. In fact, he got his start with plain-old golf. An accomplished junior player in Maryland, he went on to compete collegiately at the University of North Texas before transferring to the University of Central Florida. 

Berkshire the long driver began his career in 2017, when he entered his first official big-bombing event. But Berkshire the brand didn’t start taking shape into the following spring, during his junior year at North Texas, when he went to a barbershop in advance of the first televised long-drive tournament of 2018.

When the barber didn’t show, Berkshire left without a haircut.

“So my hair is a little long for the competition, and one of the TV commentators mentions it,” Berkshire said. “At that point, I figured I should just keep growing it.”

If they weren’t a part of his public image now, Berkshire said he’d probably cut his locks. They’re a hassle, really, often whipping in his face when he swings. In windy conditions, he tucks his hair into the back of his shirt.

“I can’t pile all of it on top of my head,” Berkshire said. “It’s too heavy.” 

Not that bad hair days are his biggest hurdle. The chief challenges of long drive are the physical demands and the mental strains. Like his buddy, Bryson DeChambeau , Berkshire speaks of health and wellness in scientific terms, and attends to both in granular detail. One metric that looms large for him is “cumulative fatigue” (a combination of psychological and physiological exhaustion), which he strives to minimize through everything from tapered workouts to nighttime relaxation techniques.

Another biggie is sleep hygiene. No sugar or caffeine within seven hours of bedtime; a soothing red-light backdrop on his iPhone in the evening (“It’s a warm color that doesn’t stimulate my adrenal glands”); and highly selective choices in accommodation. When he’s on the road, Berkshire calls around to hotels before settling on the one with mattresses and bedding that suit him best.

“Five years ago, I’d show up for competitions on two hours sleep,” Berkshire said. “You can’t do that and expect to perform your best.”

Last week in Atlanta, he clocked eight-plus hours of shuteye every night.

“The last real low-hanging fruit I’m thinking of going for to improve my sleep would be deviated septum surgery,” Berkshire said of a procedure that DeChambeau had last year.

As golf fans might remember, the Berkshire-Bryson bromance blossomed into public view in 2022, when the latter made a needle-moving appearance at the World Long Drive Championship.

The two still speak regularly, sharing experiences, swapping insights, with Berkshire sharing long-drive tips and DeChambeau weighing in on what it might take for his pal to earn his Tour card.

On that front, Berkshire has no illusions — or ambitions — though, if the stars aligned, he would entertain a sponsor’s exemption to a PGA Tour event. In 2020, Berkshire was offered a slot in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, but the timing wasn’t right; his full game was too rusty. Anyway, he said, a better fit for him would be the Farmers Insurance Open, at Torrey Pines, a course where he could let the big dog eat.

“The greatest thing about the PGA Tour is the qualification process,” Berkshire said. “It’s rigorous. There aren’t any flukes. You aren’t not going to just catch lightning in the bottle. But at Torrey, if you can fly it 340, there are all kinds of advantages. If I got my game in shape and my putter got hot, maybe I have a chance at the weekend.”

OR MAYBE NOT. Either way, his focus lies squarely on long drive. Though Baltimore is home, when the cold weather hits, Berkshire decamps for Florida, where his schedule is thick with workouts, exhibitions and other professional obligations. Last month, Berkshire, who already had his own YouTube channel , launched another: The Bombers Club , a platform devoted to all things related to his high-octane sport. On a recent West Coast swing, Berkshire filmed an episode with PGA Championship sensation Michael Block before stopping in Wyoming for what was intended as a viral stunt: with the cameras on him, Berkshire smashed a drive of 579.63 yards , the longest ever recorded. In the video, the exuberant shouts from Berkshire’s production crew call to mind the cheers of NASA engineers at a launch.

The buzz generated by that blast intensified the chatter around Berkshire in the run-up to the last week’s world championship, which only added to the pressure.

“Hitting that record was nice,” Berkshire said. “But for the tournament, it really only made things tougher on the mental side.”

Tall poppy syndrome was in full flower. Berkshire said that he has sensed it off and on since he rose to the top ranking in his sport: resentment. He has no doubt that some of his peers harbor it toward him

“It’s human nature,” Berkshire said. “But when I sense any tension, the first thing I do is approach that other person for a conversation and the tension just melts away as you gain an understanding of each other. It’s amazing what a good talk can do.”

Berkshire’s run into the finals in Atlanta was a reminder of how much needs to go right for a player to win a tournament, and, even in a sport that celebrates big distances, how narrow the margins of victory can be. In the quarterfinals, Berkshire knocked his first five drive out-of-bounds before edging Justin James with his sixth and final ball. In the finals, Berkshire’s best effort of 398 yards nipped Sean Johnson’s best shot by a yard — a modest difference but enough for a win that further separated Berkshire from his peers.

“My mindset was that if I hit the ball as I can hit it, I would have the edge,” Berkshire said. “You’ve got to swing with that thought, and then expect the results.”

It was early in his trip, with hours to go before he got to Baltimore, and Berkshire sounded relieved and ready for some rest. His next long-drive tournament isn’t until March, when he’ll return to the grid with his hair below his shoulders and a target on his back. 

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Distance, distance, distance.

It seems that all the golf world can talk about is distance off the tee these days. But that’s okay with us as it’s arguably the most fun shot to hit. 

Because let’s get real, is there anything more fun than teeing up a ball and watching it soar down the middle of the fairway?

Hitting bombs as Phil Mickelson would say is one of the greatest feelings ever. It’s one of the main reasons we all love this game. 

To help you hit it longer and straighter though, sometimes you might need to upgrade your driver for some extra distance. While you can get away with playing the same set of irons a few years, I would suggest upgrading your driver much more frequently.

With so much new technology coming out, if you don’t upgrade you could miss out on 10-20 yards of distance! 

Best Drivers for 2022/23

Here are our top picks for the longest drivers in 2022/23. 

• Rogue st max d is built for a high level of draw bias, with high moi
• Groundbreaking new tungsten speed cartridge structure
• Patented a.i. designed jailbreak speed frame
• Titanium unibody construction provides stability and lowers center of gravity

• The 60x carbon twist face is encased by a polyurethane cover
• Weight saving
• The inertia generator remains the foundational source of refined aerodynamic properties
• Our most flexible speed pocket design engineered to maximize ball speeds

• 460cc xl head design for increased forgiveness and booming drives
• Alternating zones of flexibility and rigidity direct more energy into the golf ball
• Action mass cb an 8g weight placed inside the end of the grip delivers better balance

1. TaylorMade Stealth 2

Taylormade Stealth 2 Driver

• New 60x carbon twist face
• More carbon than ever before
• Premium sound
• Higher moi, optimal launch

If you liked the TaylorMade Stealth in 2022, the second iteration is even better! This club has more carbon and as the company likes to say, “More fargivness.” That’s right, this driver is long and even more forgiving than the original design.

While the details have changed, it still has the same great look and feel of the original Stealth driver. Here are some details on the three different models to choose from (all have the same 460 cc head).  

• Stealth 2 : This option is great for the everyday golfer who swings with moderate swing speed (90-100 mph). This long driver has a neutral ball flight, mid-low spin, and is extremely forgiving too. 
• Stealth 2 HD : The HD version (which stands for high draw) of the Stealth 2 is ideal for golfers who need help with their slice. It has the same design but also includes a sliding weight track to further customize to your ideal ball flight. It’s also high launching and very forgiving as well. 
• Stealth 2 Plus : The Plus version is the advanced or “tour preferred” version due to its low spin characteristics. Stay away from this driver if you don’t swing over 105mph consistently as you’ll need plenty of speed to get it airborne. But if you’re a lower handicap, this is the club for you. 

2. Callaway Paradym

Callaway Paradym Driver

• 360° Carbon Chassis promotes unprecedented weight redistribution for maximized distance
• Callaway's new A.I. designed Jailbreak system provides stability in both the horizontal and torsional direction
• An all-new A.I. face optimization enhances speed, launch and spin, and now downrange dispersion

If you’re looking for a shockingly long driver, you’re going to love the newest from Callaway. In 2023, they released the Paradym series as it’s a “paradigm” shift from previous drivers. Don’t get me wrong, we loved the 2022 Rogue ST Max collection but these seem to be even better.

The new Callaway Paradym driver has a new shape and look compared to previous models. So what makes it so different?

According to Callaway, “360° Carbon Chassis promotes unprecedented weight redistribution for maximized distance. The Triaxial Carbon crown and Forged Carbon sole is 44% lighter than a titanium chassis.” 

This driver update means higher MOI and more forgiveness with every drive. Plus, there is extra adjustability with the main version as well. Here is a quick breakdown of the three different models:

• Paradym : This is great for the everyday golfer with an average swing speed. It’s a neutral flight, mid-high launch and adjustable 15 gram sliding weight. 
• Paradym X: This option is geared toward mid to higher handicap golfers who need help with a slice. It has high MOI, new stretched profile look at address, and very high launch characteristics. 
• Paradym Triple Diamond : Like the previous model, the triple diamond is the lowest launching driver that is geared toward better players. It’s 10cc smaller and has a compact tour shape to help you shape the golf ball in both directions. 

3. TaylorMade Stealth

Taylormade stealth driver.

• The 60X Carbon Twist Face is encased by a polyurethane cover, featuring a revolutionary new nanotexture technology
• The nanotexture cover is used to fine tune launch and spin to optimize total distance regardless of playing conditions. 

The last few years TaylorMade has been heavily invested in their SIM drivers . But 2022 some big changes came with the release of their all new Stealth driver line. If you’re looking for one of the longest drivers out there, this is absolutely one of them. 

So, what makes it so different from previous models? 

Pretty much everything as this driver is vastly different from the SIM and SIM2 in almost every way possible. 

The first thing you will notice about this driver is the appearance. While the SIM2 closely resembled the SIM, the Stealth is completely different. It’s black clubhead with red face makes it one of the most unique designs on the market . 

The technology that powers the club is quite different as well. The Stealth models are made from Carbonwood, not Titanium which is a huge shift. TaylorMade has used Titanium for the past two decades so switching materials is a big move.

Obviously, they tested this thoroughly and redefined what’s possible from this new material. This new material creates a more efficient energy transfer which leads to faster speed across the face. Plus, the Carbon is 44% lighter than old titanium designs which leads to more forgiveness as they could shift the mass around.

Paired with a premium sound, aerodynamic head, and multiple shaft options, this driver is a winner. You can also choose from an HD (high draw) model that is a higher launch, and has a built-in draw bias. This feature should also help with distance and accuracy.

Alternate Option: Stealth Plus

While the TaylorMade Stealth is a great driver, it’s not meant for every type of player. If you are someone with a faster swing speed and want less spin, you should opt for the Stealth Plus instead. 

The Stealth Plus has a mid-launch profile and sliding weight track for maximum customization. You can tinker with the settings to find the longest driver for your unique swing.

4. Callaway Rogue ST (Best Overall)

Callaway golf rogue st driver.

• Rogue ST MAX LS is built for lower spin with a strong ball flight trajectory
• The groundbreaking new Tungsten Speed Cartridge structure places up to 23 grams low and deep in the driver head
• Their patented A.I. designed Jailbreak Speed Frame provides stability in the horizontal and torsional direction.

Aside from the new TaylorMade driver, Callaway has made quite a splash in 2022 with their new Rogue ST product line. Like TaylorMade, they made some serious changes and upgrades from last year’s model to create an even faster, longer driver for the new season.

The Rogue ST Max changes up the appearance from the Epic Max of 2021 . This new model has a black clubhead with gold accents and a carbon fiber head. Compared with the Mavrik of 2020, this club is definitely better looking at address. 

The technology changed slightly too. Callaway still uses their patented Jailbreak A.I. speed frame for stability but has an updated clubface. This new face adds extra forgiveness and lowers spin for more distance. 

The Callaway Rogue ST Max drivers have TaylorMade beat in terms of selection. There are only three options for the Stealth driver while Callaway offers four different choices. This is great because no two players have the same swing and extra options makes it easier to find a driver fit for your game. 

Here is a quick breakdown of the four models to better understand which one is best for you:

• Rogue ST Max : This is the best option for the everyday golfer. It’s a mid-spin driver with plenty of forgiveness and a semi-draw bias. Unless you suffer from a nasty slice, this is the model for most golfers. 
• Rogue ST Max D : This driver has all the same benefits of the Max but the “D” stands for draw. It has a built-in draw bias to help you find more fairways and reduce your slice. 
• Rogue ST Max LS : The third option is suited for more skilled players as it has a low launch, low spin setup. It doesn’t have a draw bias and instead, has a neutral setting. 
• Rogue ST Triple Diamond LS : Finally, you can also get the triple diamond model which is a mid-launch driver with very low spin. Similar to the Max LS, it has a neutral ball flight but isn’t quite as forgiving. This is ideal for low handicap golfers with fast swing speeds and consistent ball striking.

5. Cobra LTDx

Cobra Golf LTDX Driver

• Pwr-cor technology-multi material weighting system consisting of steel
• Hot face-highly optimized technology
• Cnc milled infinity face-an
• Multi-material chassis-lightweight carbon crown

Cobra continues to innovate and help golfers hit it longer and straighter. The new LTDx models are a great upgrade from the Radspeed in terms of looks and technology.

First off, these drivers are some of the best looking I’ve seen from the brand ever. The all black design with carbon fiber and yellow/orange is a big upgrade.

Plus, they’re long! According to the Cobra Golf website, “The LTDx family has been designed from the inside out to deliver the Longest Total Distance. Using strategic weighting, premium materials and more intelligent designs, we have unlocked the ultimate combination of zero CG and high MOI to bring you faster ball speed with extreme forgiveness.”

If you want long, these are one of the best options for your game. Like their competitors, they offer several models to play the right one for your swing.

• LTDx : This model is great for most golfers with its medium launch profile and it’s high forgiveness. 
• LTDx Max : The “Max” model is the most forgiving and highest launching out of the three clubheads. 
• LTDx LS : The LS (which stands for low spin ) is the least forgiving, the lowest launching, and has the lowest spin of their new drivers. This one is ideal for low handicap players with fast swing speeds and want to reduce spin as much as possible. 

What’s great about these drivers is that you can adjust the weight to find the perfect trajectory. You can move 10 grams of weight around in numerous positions to adjust ball flight too. This is a great feature as a lot of brands don’t have this type of customization. 

Each of these drivers also has an array of custom shafts to choose from without an upgrade fee. Plus, you can pick between two color options for the clubhead with any of the three drivers.

6. Cleveland XL (Best Budget)

Cleveland Launcher XL Driver 460cc RH 10.5 Graph Reg

• 460cc xl head design for increased forgiveness and booming drives.
• Adjustable hosel - adjust your loft from 9 to 12 degrees to optimize your launch angle

If you want a long driver without the high price tag, you should check out the new Cleveland XL series . These are some of the best looking drivers I’ve seen from Cleveland and similar to competitors, went with the all black design.

They’re called the “Launcher” for a reason – the sweet spot is huge and wildly forgiving. They made these drivers for mid to high handicap players who want distance and forgiveness as the top priority. 

Plus, they now have an XL Lite driver which is even more lightweight and easier to swing faster. This is the best option for players with slower swing speeds and need some extra help to add distance. They also have a XL Lite draw driver as well. 

Unlike other drivers on this list, you can’t adjust the weights to alter ball flight and trajectory. But for the everyday player, these are great drivers and won’t break the bank either. 

7. TaylorMade SIM2 (Most Forgiving)

TaylorMade SIM 2 Driver

• New Forged Ring Construction
• SIM Inertia Generator
• Speed Injected Twist Face
• Thru-Slot Speed Pocket

The TaylorMade SIM2 is one of the best drivers of all time. It’s already logged a handful of PGA Tour wins and trusted by the best golfers in the world. And the cool thing is that you can play it as well.

The TaylorMade SIM2 is reshaped and reconstructed from the ground up. It’s a big upgrade from the 2020 TaylorMade SIM and is sure to add extra distance to your game.

One of the biggest changes is the Forged Ring Construction, which makes it lighter than ever. This will lead to more distance plus its reshaped and more aerodynamic than ever.

Finally, it’s a low spin driver thanks to a heavy 16 gram steel weight positioned in the back of the club. This helps reduce driver spin (which leads to more roll out) and increases forgiveness as well.

Not to mention, the look of this club is amazing too. The carbon fiber black paired with light gray and neon blue makes for an epic looking driver.

The stock Tensei AV Raw Blue shaft is also a great stock shaft and available in R, S, and X flex. This club is available in 8, 9, or 10.5 degrees of loft.

8. Callaway Epic Speed

Callaway Golf Epic Speed Driver

• Epic ball speeds start with new a.i.-designed jailbreak speed frame
• Our a.i.-designed flash face is specifically engineered to optimize the jailbreak speed frame
• The advanced aerodynamic head construction promotes lower drag for higher head speed
• Our proprietary triaxial carbon covers a larger portion of the crown and toe

Callaway has been on a hot streak since rolling out the Epic Flash in 2019. The Flash was their first driver that used AI technology to test it out and make their best driver yet. It got even better in 2020 with the successful release of the Mavrik drivers.

Now, in 2021 they have the Epic Speed series which are truly amazing golf clubs. These drivers also use AI and are all about one thing – speed ! Callaway knows that speed equals distance and these clubs are engineered to give you more speed and distance than ever before. 

Plus, they are more forgiving than ever. Thanks to their AI designed Jailbreak Speed Frame, your mishits just got a lot better. This feature stabilizes the clubhead to keep it close to square, regardless of where you hit it on the face. 

These drivers also redistribute weight for even more forgiveness and offer a draw bias as well. Not to mention, the club looks phenomenal from all angles with the black, white, and green design. Now available in 9, 10.5, and 12 degrees of loft. 

Alternatively, you can also choose the Callaway Epic Max LS driver too. This is a replacement for the previous sub zero models of the Mavrik and Epic Flash. These drivers are the lowest spinning ones and meant for low handicap golfers. 

9. Titleist TSi 3 Driver

Titleist TS3 Driver

• Adjustable sweet spot for speed-tuned performance
• Maximum forgiveness across the face

If we’re basing a club on looks alone, it’s hard to beat the Titleist TSi 3 driver. This is one of the four different options available, but this model is made with distance in mind.

The TSi 1 & 2 are geared toward higher handicap golfers with slower swing speeds. While the TSi 4 is a lower spinning driver but also not quite as forgiving. The TSi4 is more a Tour inspired driver instead of the everyday amateur driver.

But the TSi 3 is the best of both worlds. You get plenty of distance, forgiveness, and it’s the only of the four models that offers a rear sliding weight. This makes it easy to adjust the weight of the club to match your swing and max out distance.

This driver is available in 8, 9, 10, or 11 degrees of loft. Plus, you get to choose from four amazing shafts including the Kuro Kage Black, Tensei AV Blue, HZRDUS Smoke Black, and the Tensei AV White shaft. Make sure to double-check the launch of each shaft before buying!

10. Cobra Radspeed Driver

Cobra Golf Radspeed Driver

• Radial weighting technology
• Cnc milled infinity face
• Thin-ply carbon crown
• Lighter t-bar chassis
• Extreme front weighting

If you want Bryson DeChambeau length, a Cobra driver can help you out. Plus, a ton of protein shakes and endless workouts wouldn’t hurt either. This club even made the Golf Digest Hot List in 2021 so you know it’s great for amateurs!

Seriously, the new Cobra Radspeed is an awesome driver that is more affordable than most on this list. One of the reasons this club is so long is the 28 grams of forward-biased radial weighting. This helps create their lowest spinning driver yet to max out distance while still lending plenty of forgiveness.

Not to mention, there is an 8 gram fixed back weight to help straighten out off center hits. Paired with the CNC Milled Infinity Face, anywhere you hit it on the face should help deliver long results!

11. Ping G425 LST Driver

Ping G425 LST Driver

• Features innovative turbulators to reduce aerodynamic drag while increasing speed
• Proprietary T9S+ forged face accelerates flexing across the face for better distance
• The LST model is constructed with a pear-shaped 445cc head for lower spin

Rounding out our list of the longest drivers are the Ping G425 series. These all black drivers look about as good as Titleist and have tons of amazing technology to help you hit it long!

The G425 series lowers spin and elevates speed to help your driving game. It also has a 17 gram CG shifter to tweak to draw, neutral, or fade settings. 

Perhaps the biggest difference between this one and the other drivers is the shape of the head. It’s smaller (445 cc head) but it’s pear shape reduces spin, which should add distances to your game. This is a great club for low handicappers who want to hit it long but also want to work the golf ball both ways. 

Next Steps: Start Hitting Longer Drives

Getting the right driver is a huge part of hitting it long and straight off the tee. I’m confident that each one on this list can help you, but there is more to it than just buying the right piece of equipment. 

Here are five fundamentals to help you max out your brand-new driver.

1. Adjust Your Driver Settings 

Before swinging your club, make sure it’s in the right position if your clubhead is adjustable. A lot of the drivers on this list have adjustable hosels and sliding weights to customize your ball flight and trajectory. 

First, make sure your club has plenty of loft – 10 degrees or more. Then, make sure the weights are positioned to help promote the shot shape you want off the tee. For most golfers, you will want more weight in the heel to minimize a slice, which will lead to more accuracy and longer drives.  

2. Set Up Correctly

Your setup at address position plays a massive role in helping you get the most distance from your swing. Make sure to check these three things at setup:

• Have the ball positioned off your left heel. 
• Have your feet wider than shoulder width to build a solid base. 
• Remember to keep your right shoulder slightly below the left shoulder to promote an upward attack angle at impact. 

3. Reduce Your Grip Pressure 

Once you have your setup dialed in, don’t forget to check your grip pressure. 

Too many players think to hit it long, they need a firm, strong grip on the handle. But too much pressure can actually cause tension, which can reduce accuracy and makes it difficult to swing with freedom. 

Try to have a 6 out of 10 with your grip pressure to stay loose and swing with power. 

4. Make a Full Shoulder Turn

To create more speed, you need to make a full shoulder turn. Feel like your left shoulder gets underneath your chin on the way back. 

5. Swing Faster 

Finally, don’t forget that to get more distance off the tee, you need speed! But that doesn’t mean whipping the club back too quickly on your backswing.

Instead, you want to think about a smooth takeaway, slight pause at the top, and then speed on the way down. There can only be acceleration at one point in your swing and it better happen at impact to get the most out of your drives. 

To learn how to gain more speed, set aside time with only one purpose in mind – distance. Here’s what Kyle Berkshire, a world long drive champion, said in a Golf.com article about adding distance.

“At least once a week (I do it almost every day), take the governor off your swing and just go for the fences. Hit nothing but driver — hard. Don’t worry about where the ball goes and don’t think once about mechanics. Just swing fast. As fast as you can.

Start with 25 balls and build up to 50 (and let me know when you can reach 300 like I do). It should feel like a workout, with your heart pumping and pores sweating.” 

I love this advice and think it can have a huge impact on hitting it longer. Just make sure you do a proper warm up first and if your body tells you to slow down, listen to it so you can avoid injuries. 

Top Questions 

Do you have more questions about finding the longest driver in golf? If so, check out the top questions to find out more now. 

Who has the longest drive in golf 2022?

The PGA Tour had some bombs in the 2022 season. According to the PGA Tour analytics, Scott Stalling had the longest drive at a whopping 460 yards in the WM Phoenix Open. 

Could you imagine hitting a golf ball that far? It’s as long as the longest par 4s and even short par 5s. Us amateur golfers can only dream. 

While the longest driver on the PGA Tour in 2022 was Cameron Champ who averaged 321.4 yards. In comparison, the Tour average that year was 299.8… a nice 20 plus yard advantage anytime he took out a driver! 

What is currently the longest driver?

Each driver in this list can help you hit it longer than ever. It’s hard to say there is a “longest” one as it will differ from player to player. 

Some golfers will benefit from one driver vs. another due to the design, clubhead shape/size, shaft, and other factors. This is why it’s a good idea to test out different drivers if possible to find one that matches your unique golf swing. 

What is the most forgiving longest driver 2022?

Want to get the most forgiving driver this year? Make sure to read our full article on forgiving drivers here . 

Who is the longest golf driver ever?

While golf is growing in popularity, so is the long drive world too. In the long drive world some of the most well known names are Jason Zuback, Kyle Berkshire, Joe Miller, and Martin Borgmeir. 

But on the PGA Tour some of the longest drivers ever include Tiger Woods, John Daly, Rory McIlroy and many others. 

Final Thoughts 

Distance has never been easier to acquire thanks to all this amazing technology. While of course you need sound fundamentals as well, a new driver can add 10+ yards to your game too. Hitting it long, paired with an epic short game , will make your game unstoppable. 

One important thing to note is how important loft plays in hitting long off the tee. Unless you’re swinging PGA Tour averages, you shouldn’t play anything with less than 9 degrees of loft. Heck, I would even argue that most golfers shouldn’t touch a club without 10 degrees of loft.

When you have the right shaft with the right loft, your new driver will perform better than ever. That means longer carries and more roll out for shorter approach shots.

Hopefully one of these helps you start hitting bombs off the tee box!

Have you tried any of these new long drivers? 

Let us know in the comments! 

Michael Leonard

Michael Leonard is a full-time writer, author, creator of Wicked Smart Golf and +1 handicap amateur golfer. He left his corporate career in 2017 to pursue entrepreneurship and professional golf; since then, he’s competed in 160+ tournament days and went to Q-school in 2019.

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4 thoughts on “the top 11 longest drivers for 2023”.

Was fitted for a Cobra LTDx Max with an S graphite shaft. Avg distance improvement, over my current driver, of 15 metres with minimal dispersion. I am not a long hitter and this improvement would be welcome. Tomorrow I will have a Srixon fitting (all clubs) and will compare the ZX5 driver results for my final decision.

Thanks for your comment Anthony, let us know how you get on with the ZX5 and what you decide

I’m waiting on the Rogue ST Max and the Stealth to vibe in the mail. Right now, the SIM2 is the longest, most accurate driver I’ve ever hit. Tomorrow, I’ll be hitting the Mavrik SZ, the Epic Speed and the RADSPEED. It’s like going to the shooting range except using a driver instead of a gun. Must fun one can have and a great workout. Great advice by my man Kyle Berkshire. Being a new golfer, picking up the game after a 20 year hiatus, I’ve increased my driver swing speed from 95mph to 110mph in just two months using his method.

I am currently looking at the Callaway Rogue ST and Taylor Made Stealth. Hit a bunch of balls on each and getting more distance than my previous R7 Taylor Made Driver. Will be going back to hit more balls before making a decision…. both were really nice.

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Which players are the longest drivers on the PGA Tour?

Bryson DeChambeau is the biggest hitter on the PGA Tour, but which other players make up the top 10?

With new drivers being released left, right and centre, you'll start to see the biggest names in the world with a new driver in their hand. Bryson DeChambeau leads the way in the driving distance statistics, but which other players make up the current top 10?

DeChambeau has been on a quest for more speed and distance for a while now and his success at the US Open and rise in the world rankings have led a few other big names to start thinking about their own distance.

Reports have been circulating that Rory McIlroy has upped his swing speed in an attempt to leave every other play behind him, but how far does the Northern Irishman currently drive the ball?

Take a look below at the current top 10 longest hitters on average on the PGA Tour, starting with the 10th and leading down to No.1, Mr DeChambeau.

* Top 10 year-to-date through to the Sentry Tournament of Champions

#10 - Dylan Frittelli

Nationality:  South African

Average Distance:  312.8 yards

#9 - Luke List

Nationality:  American

Average Distance:  313 yards

#8 - Will Zalatoris

Average Distance:  314 yards

#7 - Dustin Johnson

Average Distance:  314.4 yards

#6 - William Gordon

Average Distance:  315.8 yards

#5 - Sam Burns

Average Distance:  317.5 yards

#T3 - Cameron Champ

Average Distance:  318 yards

#T3 - Wyndham Clark

#2 - Rory McIlroy

Nationality:  Northern Irish

Average Distance:  322.7 yards

#1 - Bryson DeChambeau

Average Distance:  329.2 yards

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Bryson DeChambeau changed the PGA Tour as we know it when he became the longest driver in golf history. Now, everyone on Tour wants to drive it 320 yards and overpower golf courses.

DeChambeau is no longer a member of the PGA Tour, but there are multiple players hitting their drives as far as he did in his prime. So, let’s check out the longest drivers on the PGA Tour and rank them one through five.

5. Brandon Matthews

Unless you’re a die-hard golf fan, this is probably the first you’re hearing of Brandon Matthews. Well, all you need to know — for the sake of this list, anyway — is that he absolutely mashes the ball.

As a rookie on the PGA Tour, Matthews ranks second in driving distance with an average of 321.0 yards. He also ranks second in club head speed with an average of 125.97 miles per hour. Matthews should arguably be higher on this list, but he’s played in only 30 PGA Tour events in his young career. We’ll have to see it for a longer period of time before bumping him up.

4. Wyndham Clark

Wyndham Clark picked up his first PGA Tour victory at the 2023 Wells Fargo Championship. The biggest reason he was able to pull it out in such a loaded field? His driver, of course.

Clark currently ranks eighth in driving distance with an average of 313.9 yards. That might not sound overly impressive, but he ranked fourth last year (319.0) and sixth the year before that (314.6). Clark’s been crushing the ball for a while now, and he deserves to crack the top five.

3. Cameron Young

26 torched drives for his 26th year. Happy birthday, Cameron Young 🎉 pic.twitter.com/G5w8740hOc — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) May 7, 2023

Here’s where we get to the real mashers.

Cameron Young, in his rookie season last year, ranked third on Tour in driving distance (319.3) and second in strokes gained from off the tee. He currently ranks third in driving distance this season with an average of 317.1 yards. Third last season? Third this season? He’s clearly third on the list.

2. Cameron Champ

There’s just something about Camerons on the PGA Tour.

Cameron Champ has been an elite driver of the golf ball for most of his career. The 27-year-old ranked first on Tour in driving distance in 2018-19 (317.9), second in 2019-20 (322.0), third in 2020-21 (317.1), and first in 2021-22 (321.4). He’s also ranked No. 1 in club head speed in four of the last five seasons.

Champ currently ranks fourth in driving distance this season, but his impressive consistency over the last five years gives him the No. 2 spot here.

1. Rory McIlroy

No surprises here.

Rory McIlroy is the best driver of the golf ball on the planet. He can work it both ways off the tee, change trajectories whenever he wants, and crush it past everyone in his group every time he tees it up.

McIlroy is the longest driver on Tour this season with a jaw-dropping average of 325.8 yards. That would be the longest single-season average in PGA Tour history. The Northern Irishman hasn’t ranked worse than fourth in driving distance in the last six years. If he finishes the 2022-23 season with the longest average on Tour, it’ll be the third time in the last seven years he’s done so.

McIlroy is still the man to beat.

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It's bubble season on the PGA TOUR, coming to the forefront at this week's 3M Open. TPC Twin Cities presents a seemingly tranquil aesthetic, yet the stakes are anything but. The 3M Open marks the penultimate event of the 2024 PGA TOUR Regular Season, as players scamper to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs and maintain their hopes of capturing the season-long prize.

The top 70 after the Wyndham Championship will qualify for the first leg of the three-event Playoffs, the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis. The top 50 after Memphis will qualify for the BMW Championship at Castle Pines in Colorado and qualify for all Signature Events on the 2025 PGA TOUR. The top 30 after Colorado will qualify for the TOUR Championship at East Lake in Atlanta, which utilizes a Starting Strokes format to determine the season-long FedExCup champion.

Nick Dunlap won last week's Barracuda Championship to break inside the top 70 in dramatic fashion, moving from No. 95 to No. 64 on the FedExCup. Dunlap became the first player to win on TOUR as an amateur (The American Express) and as a pro (Barracuda Championship) in the same season; he didn't earn FedExCup points for his win as an amateur. Now he's well positioned to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs, and he'll aim to further improve his standing at the 3M Open.

Who could benefit greatly by following Dunlap's lead this week? Here are five players outside the current top 70 on the season-long standings, looking to make a push toward the FedExCup Playoffs at the 3M Open.

1. Lee Hodges (No. 72)

The University of Alabama alum won last year's 3M Open in decisive fashion, seven strokes clear of the field. It was his first TOUR title and indicative of the soft-spoken Alabama native's vast potential. Hodges showed well at this year's PGA Championship, finishing T12 at Valhalla, but the season overall has him on the wrong side of the bubble, needing to rekindle some magic at TPC Twin Cities to boost his FedExCup Playoffs chances.

That T12 matches Hodges' season-best finish thus far (also at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard and Charles Schwab Challenge), and he arrives in Minnesota without a top-30 in his last five starts, drifting outside the top 70. It's an eerily similar position to this time a year ago, when he began the 3M Open at No. 74 and vaulted to No. 33 with the title. He wouldn't mind duplicating that bit of history, at a venue he clearly knows he can handle.

Lee Hodges wins 3M Open, moves inside top 70 in FedExCup Standings

Hodges hails from the small town of Ardmore, Alabama, on the Tennessee border. He's beloved around those parts — when PGATOUR.COM visited Ardmore recently, a local dive bar was abuzz with Hodges-related chatter and the evening's guitarist shouted him out between songs. Ardmore is located just four hours from Memphis, site of the first FedExCup Playoffs event; those from his hometown would relish the chance to make that drive in three weeks' time.

Hodges trails No. 70 Luke List by just 5 points, the equivalent of a 60th-place finish at either of the last two Regular Season events. He's on the precipice but needs to play his way in.

2. Keith Mitchell (No. 75)

Mitchell, whose supporters range from CBS broadcaster Jim Nantz to Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, recently donned the cover of Golf Digest magazine. The magazine's Style Issue highlighted Mitchell's keen fashion sense, which includes a varied color palette and a dash of cashmere when appropriate. "Amid all the loud peacocking and stretchy slim-fitting sameness, Mitchell stands out for quietly placing intention in every article he wears," wrote Golf Digest recently.

Now he looks to match elite taste with elite play. Mitchell arrives in Minnesota at No. 75 on the FedExCup, at a crossroads as he eyes a Playoffs berth. The University of Georgia alum has made 14 of 20 cuts this season, with nine top-25 finishes, a resume that would comfortably qualify for the Playoffs' previous format (prior to 2023, the top 125 qualified). Mitchell's stats befit a Playoffs berth: he ranks fourth on TOUR in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee and sixth in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green. The short game has let him down, relatively speaking, as he ranks No. 126 around the green and No. 157 in putting -- perhaps holding him back from the high finishes needed to push up the FedExCup standings, as he has placed no better than ninth in 2024.

Mitchell should expect ample birdie chances this week at TPC Twin Cities. If he can convert, he might be in the running for his second career TOUR title — and/or a spot in the FedExCup Playoffs. He's currently 64 points behind No. 70; a 12th-place finish at either of the final two Regular Season events nets 65 points. It will take strong play, but it's certainly doable.

3. Harry Hall (No. 81)

The elegant Englishman captured his first TOUR title in a wild five-man playoff at the ISCO Championship earlier this month, suddenly moving to the precipice of FedExCup Playoffs contention (from No. 134 to No. 79 on the standings). He took last week off for a worthy cause, the birth of his first child, daughter Lilah.

Harry Hall wins the 2024 ISCO Championship

Hall returns to action at the 3M Open, now No. 81 on the FedExCup and looking to qualify for his first Playoffs. Hall, 26, was close as a TOUR rookie in 2023, placing No. 88 on the standings after the Wyndham Championship; he had moved to No. 72 after a third-place finish at the Charles Schwab Challenge but drifted back with four missed cuts in his last five starts of the FedExCup Regular Season, including at the 3M Open.

Armed with the confidence of a TOUR winner and newly minted fatherhood, Hall looks to put on a show at TPC Twin Cities and move inside the Playoffs bubble. The UNLV alum currently trails No. 70 Luke List by 115 points, needing a fourth-place finish at either of the final two FedExCup Regular Season events (or two strong weeks). He's up for the challenge.

4. Joel Dahmen (No. 111)

Dahmen is known for his self-deprecating humor, which can sometimes overshadow his immense golf talent. This season has been a struggle at times, though, with high moments (T11 at THE PLAYERS Championship, T10 at RBC Canadian Open) juxtapositioned with a series of middling finishes and missed cuts.

Now he could be at a crossroads. Dahmen enters the 3M Open on the heels of two straight missed cuts and now stands No. 111 on the FedExCup, needing to surge in the next two events to qualify for the Playoffs and maintain his chances of qualifying for next season's Signature Events. He's 286 points off the pace (a solo second nets 300 points).

Joel Dahmen makes birdie on No. 9 at Barracuda

If he doesn't qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs, he'll turn his attention to the FedExCup Fall (the top 125 after the FedExCup Fall maintain exempt TOUR status for 2025). That isn't the ideal scenario, though. Dahmen has been inspired this summer by his good friend Harry Higgs, who won back-to-back Korn Ferry Tour events to secure an exempt TOUR card for 2025. Perhaps Dahmen, who has focused recently on pre-shot visualization, has some back-to-back magic in store for the coming weeks.

"Worked hard on that recently, being just very committed to what I'm doing," Dahmen said recently. "Like having a clear plan. Which sounds weird that I've played golf a long time without a clear plan maybe."

The plan now is clear: qualify for the Playoffs.

5. Michael Thorbjornsen (No. 125)

For a player just weeks removed from the college classroom, the FedExCup Playoffs could seem like a pipe dream. Thorbjornsen, though, isn't limiting his ambition.

The Stanford alum earned immediate PGA TOUR membership by finishing atop the 2024 PGA TOUR University Ranking, and he quickly established himself at this level with a runner-up finish at the John Deere Classic (adding to his fourth-place finish at the 2022 Travelers Championship as an amateur). The Massachusetts native turned pro with zero FedExCup points to his name, but he arrives in Minnesota at No. 125 on the season-long standings. (Also diminishing the pressure: as PGA TOUR University No. 1, he'll be exempt for 2025 regardless of his final position on the FedExCup Fall standings.)

Michael Thorbjornsen on goals for remainder of year

It will be a tall task to qualify for the Playoffs; he enters the week with 232 points, trailing the all-important No. 70 by 369 points. He will need either a win or two top-three finishes (a solo third nets 190 points). But the fearless Thorbjornsen, 22, sets his sights high.

"As for something tangible, obviously we're going to try and make the Playoffs," Thorbjornsen said at the ISCO Championship. "A couple good more finishes and who knows, we'll see."

The FedExCup Playoffs and Eligibility Points List is used to determine the 70-player FedExCup Playoffs starting field.

Kevin Prise is an associate editor for the PGA TOUR. He is on a lifelong quest to break 80 on a course that exceeds 6,000 yards and to see the Buffalo Bills win a Super Bowl. Follow Kevin Prise on Twitter .

Golf Course Preview for PGA Betting: Scouting the 2024 3M Open

T his week, we head to the Twin Cities for one of the season's most volatile layouts. With birdie chances and penalty areas paired together at virtually every turn, there may not be a week all season in which a few yards can make or break a charge at the season-long title. From up-and-coming talents lurking right on the bubble, to a few marquee names jousting for future starting spots at Eastlake, one thing is for sure: these four days in the Twin Cities have the potential to shape the fates and fortunes of players on every possible front.

This piece will serve to break down every key trend and statistic I'm weighing to project a player's viability in the outright market and set our readers up to make the crucial decisions necessary on pre-week betting boards. Without further ado, here is my comprehensive scouting report on TPC Twin Cities and the 2024 3M Open!

The Golf Course

TPC Twin Cities - Par 71; 7,431 yards

Past Champions

• 2023 - Lee Hodges (-24) over M. Laird, J.T. Poston & K. Streelman
• 2022 - Tony Finau (-17) over E. Grillo and S.J. Im
• 2021 - Cameron Champ (-15) over L. Oosthuizen, C. Schwartzel & J. Vegas
• 2020 - Michael Thompson (-19) over Adam Long
• 2019 - Matthew Wolff (-21) over C. Morikawa and B. DeChambeau

Twin Cities by the Numbers (Off-The-Tee):

• Average Fairway Width -- 35.4 yards; 10th widest on the PGA Tour
• Average Driving Distance -- 292.5 yards; ninth highest on Tour
• Driving Accuracy -- 63.9%; 10th highest on Tour
• Missed Fairway Penalty -- 0.40; seventh highest on Tour
• Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee Difficulty: (+0.009); 13th easiest on Tour

The land of 10,000 lakes certainly lives up to its reputation this week, as TPC Twin Cities presents one of the more treacherous tests of golf we've seen in months on the PGA Tour schedule. 15 of the 18 holes here present some threat of water, and the 317 water balls collected by these 27 hazards two years ago were the most of any course on Tour.

As such, keeping the ball in play off the tee is absolutely paramount, but unlike some of the other more waterlogged courses we visit on a regular basis (PGA National, Sawgrass, etc), TPC Twin Cities gives these players some generous landing areas off the tee. At 35-40 yards wide on average, elite drivers of the ball will be incentivized to push the ball as far down the fairway as they dare aim, and with a rough penalty comparable to Detroit GC or TPC Craig Ranch, there isn't much reason for players to shy away from bailing out if there is a "safe side."

This combination of width and lack of stiff penalty outside of the hazards makes TPC Twin Cities a decidedly more driver-heavy course than your stereotypical hazardous Florida course. With a past champions list of Tony Finau, Cameron Champ, and Matthew Wolff, it is clear that length can provide a real advantage, but keep in mind that Adam Long, Sungjae Im, and Emiliano Grillo have both finished as runner-ups here over the last three years. I don't believe any driving profile is out of consideration unless a player is particularly prone to spraying the ball off the tee.

Twin Cities by the Numbers (Approach):

• Green in Regulation Rate -- 72.2%; Seventh highest on the PGA Tour
• Strokes Gained: Approach Difficulty: (+0.022); eighth easiest on Tour
• 200+ yards (accounts for 22.7% of historical approach shots)
• 175-200 yards (21.0%)
• 150-175 yards (18.6%)

One players find themselves on dry land, however, the task at this week becomes much simpler, as the greens themselves at TPC Twin Cities are some of the most benign on the PGA Tour. Flat, receptive, and measuring ~6,500 square feet on average, players will have ample opportunities to attack on approach.

In fact, TPC Twin Cities has ranked in the bottom five in Strokes Gained: Approach difficulty in three of its five renditions, and conceded the third highest GIR percentage on Tour last season (74.3%). This mark is made even more incredible when you consider the clubs most players project to have coming into these greens, as with four Par 3's all measuring over 175 yards, five Par 4's measuring over 450, and three very reachable Par 5's, Twin Cities isn't nearly the wide-open wedge-fest we tend to see populate the top of the GIR ranks.

Instead, we project players to hit nearly 50% of their approach shots from beyond 175 yards, and looking back at recent Strokes Gained leaderboards, it's clear that this share of long-irons has allowed the cream to rise to the top. From Tony Finau to Emiliano Grillo, Louis Oosthuizen, Matthew Wolff, and Collin Morikawa, the 3M Open's most prolific performers have done so on the back of elite iron play. I'll be honing in particularly closely on in-form approach players, as well as those who have proven most historically capable of creating birdie opportunities from 175 yards and beyond.

Twin Cities by the Numbers (Around the Greens):

• Scrambling Percentage -- 54.9%; 2.7% below Tour Average
• Sand Save Difficulty -- (-0.035); seventh toughest on Tour
• Up-and-Down Difficulty (Fairway) -- (+0.023); 12th easiest on Tour
• Up-and-Down Difficulty (Rough) -- (+0.010); 16th toughest on Tour
• SG: Around the Green Difficulty: (+0.011); 14th easiest on Tour

With a green in regulation rate that routinely sits over 80% for the field's top ball-strikers, it's difficult to make a compelling case that short game has any discernable place in our weekly modeling. In fact, when if we take a look back through the historic leaderboards here in Minneapolis, you'd see more than a few instances of blatantly deficient short games finding their way towards the top of the pack.

Cameron Champ and Michael Thompson were able to win this event in back-to-back years (2020-21) whilst losing strokes around the greens, and eight other players in the five-year history of this event have managed to obtain top five finishes despite rating out below field-average with their short games.

One argument in favor of around the green play this week is that Par 5 scoring remains one of the leading indicators to success this week -- a stat that does tend to skew towards players with strong short games. I will be using par five scoring as a small proxy for around the green play, but on the other 15 holes around TPC Twin Cities, I'd much rather lean into metrics that point me towards players more likely to be putting for birdie than scrambling for par.

Twin Cities by the Numbers (Putting):

• Average Green Size: 6,500 sq. feet
• Agronomy -- Bentgrass
• Stimpmeter: 12.5
• 3-Putt Percentage: 2.8% (0.2% below Tour Average)
• Strokes Gained: Putting Difficulty: (+0.013); second easiest on Tour

For as important as putting projects to be this week in the Twin Cities, the green complexes themselves this week are among the easiest to putt on on the entire PGA Tour. Pure bentgrass greens are always some of the most player-friendly you'll find in the world - particularly when they're lacking in severe slope.

For reference, in 2023, TPC Twin Cities ranked in the bottom five in putting difficulty from inside 5 feet and from outside 15 feet, while ranking inside the bottom 12 in putting difficulty from 5-15 feet in four of the previous five seasons. You should expect to see 15, 20, and 25-footers being poured in with regularity, and with the historic success of players like Cameron Champ, Doug Ghim, Lucas Glover, and Emiliano Grillo on these surfaces, you'd be excused for treating these benign complexes as a bit of a leveler between the have's and have not's within the PGA Tour's putting hierarchy.

Given the historic importance of putting in this event, I will be boosting the prospects of the field's most prolific putters (particularly on bentgrass). However, with the separation that can be gained from staying out of trouble from tee to green at TPC Twin Cities, I don't treat this week as nearly the same level of putting contest as the birdie parties we've seen in week's past (Rocket Mortgage, John Deere Classic, etc.).

Key Stats Roundup (in order of importance):

• Approach Play: using both general metrics like SG: Approach/Birdie Chances Created, as well as more specialized stats to hone in on elite long iron play (specifically from 175 yards and beyond)
• Slight lean towards driving accuracy to me rather than distance, but TPC Twin Cities is far from a purely positional layout a la Harbour Town/River Highlands. Power off the tee can be a real asset so long as we're not spraying it wildly
• Birdie or Better Rate/Par 5 Scoring
• Bentgrass Putting

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The Sunday Shortlist

Before the odds come out on Monday morning, here are two to three names I've identified as significant targets upon my initial research.

Although Tony's ball-striking splits have made him a trendy pick to capture one of the game's marquee championships this summer, his recent history would tell us he's a far better investment at the depressed odds we're likely to see in a beleaguered field this week. Over the last two seasons, Tony has accrued four PGA Tour victories: one in a Fall Swing event at Memorial Park, one in Mexico's National Open -- which included just two players inside of the OWGR Top 50, and two right here in the Midwest in back-to-back weeks: running away with the 2022 3M Open and Rocket Mortgage Classic by a combined eight shots. His average odds over those four wins? 12.8/1.

This season, Finau comes into the Twin Cities in decidedly better form than two years ago: logging five straight top 20 finishes from the PGA Championship to the Travelers, including a third-place finish in last month's U.S. Open. In that time, Tony has lapped this field with his iron play: gaining an average of 5.2 strokes per tournament on Approach -- beating the next best approach player in this field, Keith Mitchell by nearly two shots per start.

Finau also holds a decided advantage when we hone in specifically on mid/long iron play from beyond 175 yards (a range which accounted for 48% of approach shots here last season). He ranks 2nd in my modeling in Weighted Proximity, and in five career starts here in Minneapolis, Tony has recorded two of the best five approach weeks of his entire career; averaging 5.0 shots per start with his iron play in that time.

Finau also leads this field in Par 5 scoring, he ranks inside the top 20 in Good Drive Percentage, and has gained strokes with both off-the-tee and on the greens here in the Twin Cities in four straight starts. As a past champion and the second-highest ranked player in this field, we clearly won't be seeing much value in the Finau number this week. But if recent history is anything to go off of, these sub-20 prices are exactly the spots in which you want to target Big Tone.

Although we've had a few wins-by-proxy with the likes of Jason Day and J.J. Spaun in my lifetime, perhaps nobody in the history of the sport has come closer to capturing the Philippines' first PGA Tour title than Richard "Rico" Hoey. The Manila-native has found himself on a heater as the calendar has flipped into the summer months: logging finishes of sixth, second, and eighth in three of his last four starts.

An alumni of Southern Cal, Rico has long been known for his elite driving prowess: even earning the nickname "WGD," or "World's Greatest Driver" from his teammates and coaches at USC. In his debut season on the sport's highest level, he's shown they weren't far off in their calculations: ranking inside the top eight on the PGA Tour this season in both Total Driving and Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee.

The driver has been an evergreen commodity throughout Rico's career, but it has been the developments in the rest of his game that have made him a regular sight on the first page of leaderboards this summer. In this four-stretch since the Rocket Mortgage Classic, Rico has gained an average of 3.15 shots to the field with his iron play, he ranks ninth in this field in Birdie Chances Created, and has gained strokes with his putter in five consecutive starts.

Notably, Rico's two best finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour last season came on bentgrass greens, including a win at Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville. Perhaps, then, it shouldn't be a surprise that we're seeing a similar run of form through the PGA Tour's summer swing in the midwest 14 months later. Sunday's haven't yet been kind enough to the 28-year-old to grant him his maiden victory at the top level, but there are few players in this field that should be coming in with his level of confidence. In a week with so much uncertainty between trans-Atlantic travel, varying barometers of recent field strengths, weather waves, and even styles of golf, I'm willing to ride the hot hand here at any price >60-1.

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Five Things to Know About the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open

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There are few events on the LPGA Tour’s schedule that have been able to celebrate the sort of milestone the CPKC Women’s Open is enjoying this season as the championship is played for the 50th time. In recognition of this special anniversary, 156 of the best players in the women’s game are making the trip to Earl Grey Golf Club in Calgary, Alberta where they’ll be competing for a purse of $2.6 million and where the champion come Sunday will receive $390,000. Here is a closer look at what you need to know about the 50th edition of the CPKC Women’s Open.

As has been the tradition year after year, the CPKC Women’s Open has again this season attracted the biggest names in women’s golf for Canada's national championship. Lilia Vu headlines the field as the top-ranked player poised to compete in Calgary. Vu is making her first start since recording a tie for 26th at the Amundi Evian Championship. She’s joined in Canada by major champions Minjee Lee and Allisen Corpuz, both winners of the U.S. Women’s Open (2022 and 2023 respectively). Rose Zhang is also poised to compete in Canada and is coming off a tie for 39th at the Amundi Evian Championship. Hannah Green, a three-time winner already in 2024, is also in the field along with Lexi Thompson, who is poised to compete in her final CPKC Women’s Open as she plans to step away from full-time competition at the end of the season. Ally Ewing, one of the hottest players in recent months, looks to keep her momentum rolling as she’s in search of a sixth consecutive top-10 finish on the LPGA Tour.

The CPKC Women’s Open has extended 16 tournament invitations to players this week. Amateur Anna Davis, winner of the 2022 Augusta National Women’s Amateur, Auburn University’s Megan Schofill, and World Amateur Champion Melaine Green are among those who received a special invitation to compete in Calgary.

Megan Khang Defends

Eight years and 191 starts into her career on the LPGA Tour, Megan Khang enjoyed the sweet taste of victory for the first time at the 2023 CPKC Women’s Open. Last year the championship was staged at Shaughnessy Golf and Country Club in Vancouver and that’s where Khang took a three-stroke lead into the final day. Khang struggled during the final round and ultimately needed to drain a four-foot putt for birdie on the 72nd hole to force a playoff with Jin Young Ko. Khang went on to defeat Ko on the first playoff hole for her first LPGA Tour win. She returns to Canada in search of a spark as she’s coming off back-to-back missed cuts in the season’s previous two majors -- the Amundi Evian Championship and KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Khang is one of six past champions in the field in addition to Paula Reto (2022), Brooke Henderson (2018), Ariya Jutanugarn (2016), Lydia Ko (2012, 2013, 2015), and Brittany Lincicome (2011).

Canadian Presence

Each season, fans turn out in droves at the CPKC Women’s Open to support the best in women’s golf. This season, Brooke Henderson headlines a field that includes more than a dozen players from Canada. Henderson, the most decorated Canadian golfer in history with 13 victories including two major titles, is always a fan favorite when she returns home. She became only the second Canadian to win the CPKC Women’s Open with her victory in 2018. She’ll be joined in Calgary by fellow Canadians Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Maddie Seryk, Alena Sharp, and Savannah Grewal, to name a few. Six members of Team Canada, the country’s national team program for golf, are also in the field.

Earl Grey Golf Club

For the first time in the long and storied history of the CPKC Women’s Open, Earl Grey Golf Club will host the national championship. Located in Calgary, the course opened in 1919 but has undergone a series of updates and renovations since its opening more than a century ago. The most recent redesign to the Championship Course came in 2018. For the 2024 CPKC Women’s Open, the course has been rerouted and will play to 6,856 yards and a par 72. Earl Grey Golf Club has previously hosted the Alberta Women’s and Men’s Amateur Championships and the Canadian Girls Junior Championship.

How to Watch

The 50th edition of the CPKC Women’s Open gets underway Thursday with live coverage of rounds one and two (Thursday and Friday) on Golf Channel from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. EST. Catch third and fourth round coverage on Saturday and Sunday from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m EST.

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