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Long Drive

Long drive is a golf distance contest: players hit drives into a marked grid, and the longest valid landing counts. It is not about completing a hole in the fewest strokes.

LevelVariant FamilyPrecision Sports Family CategoryPrecision / golf sport

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Classification

Category Precision / golf sport

Family Precision Sports Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Golf distance discipline with driver, tee, grid and distance measurement.

Geeignet für Suitable for golfers who want ball speed, technique and distance.

Cost Medium: driving range, driver, balls and coaching; events can cost more. Range balls, driver fitting, launch monitor/coaching, event fees and travel. Golf club, long-drive tour, range event or specialist power-golf training.

First progress More distance can come quickly; valid distance under pressure needs technique.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

driver
golf balls
tee
driving range or grid
safety clearance

First steps

use a range
stabilise contact
learn grid rules
do not chase speed before control

Golf club, driving range, long-drive event, Pro Long Drive/World Long Drive context.

Hit only on a cleared range/grid and respect side safety areas.

Weitere Angaben

Tags long-drive, golf, distance, power, precision-sport, long-drive-golf, prazisionssport-familie, prazisions-golfsport

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Hit the golf ball with a driver as far as possible and validly into the grid.

Teilnehmer

Individual competitors by divisions/classes.

Teamgröße

Individual.

Spielfeld

Teeing area and marked long-drive landing grid.

Dauer

Balls/attempts and time window by event rules.

Wertung

Longest valid ball in the grid.

Gewinnbedingung

Greatest valid distance in the match/event.

Ausrüstung

driver
golf balls
tee
landing grid
measurement system

Wichtige Regelpunkte

ball outside grid
time window exceeded
equipment/event rule breach
unsafe stroke

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

World Long Drive Tour World Long Drive · event-tour · medium
Pro Long Drive Pro Long Drive · sport-guide · medium
Long Drive Golf Australia · event-guide · medium