Mike Austin Golf Swing Montage - Golf's 515-Yard Man
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@SwingManGolf How the hell does someone hit a 515 yard drive, without some kind of special circumstances, like a tail wind and down hill or maybe a cart path, etc, it defies logic?
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@rainemaker77 What are you on about? No one said anything about 750 yards!
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Sir Swingman. Thanks for putting this together. Dennis Hopper had just moved back to Hollywood from New Mexico and spent hours kicking junk and watching Mike teach. He didn't golf yet, but said that Mike was from another planet. He'd know. This was when Mike was 70...and he still looked to be in the prime of life.
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No way does that golf swing produce what would be an 750 yard drive with today's technology... sorry
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This old boy was bad ass driver of the ball I can often hit the ball 300 yards and see the setup in his take away that are similar in my swing.
SwingManGolf if you've got any numbers for Mike's iron distances, average drive, and in what decade I'd love to know... Thanks
bossofalltime 4 months ago
@bossofalltime - Sorry, i don't have any averages. Dan Shauger or Mike Dunaway might know...they both knew him since the 80s and Dan used to caddy for Mike. Bobby Wilson might know too - I think they were in the 350 club together.
SwingManGolf 4 months ago
Dude its that front knee....he's distance is sick. Was his close game good too?
johnOzay597 7 months ago
@johnOzay597 - There are newspaper article clippings of him shooting in the 60s...although, apparently he wasn't a very good putter. In fact, he bogeyed the par-4 where he hit the 515-yard drive. Phil Reed wrote a book about Austin that's on Amazon if you'd like to read about him.
SwingManGolf 7 months ago
I have a tough time believing
harrybasile456 7 months ago
@harrybasile456 Yeah, it is hard to believe, eh? But it was validated by Guinness World Records and verified by multiple witnesses, including his playing partner Chandler Harper who won the 1950 PGA Champion.
SwingManGolf 7 months ago