Joe miller swings a golf club 150 mph, hits the ball 225 mph, and is the reigning world long drive champion. World long drive champion joe millers driver specs golfwrx. Now that the 20172018 pga tour season is behind us, we can do a thorough examination. The volvik world long drive championship is an annual event identifying the longest golf drivers in the world, originating in 1976.
It weighs 62g and has a much higher kick point than on a standard driver, with lower torque, which keeps the. The key difference between the standard xr16 head and. Steenberg, hitting first in the finals, posted a 412yard bomb as his best effort. Callaway xr16 ld, 3a loft, fujikura joe miller prototype 3x shaft, 50a shaft length. Joe miller won the 2016 world long drive championship in dominating fashion, after a huge 423yard effort in the final. Ta2 arrive and drive team with the transam racing series. While were certainly proud of what weve accomplished, bigger isnt what this is about. Tomintoul distillery, producers of tomintoul speyside glenlivet single malt scotch whisky are delighted to announce a sponsorship arrangement with joe miller.
Miller uses a callaway xr 16 lda driver with a fujikura joe miller proprietary 3x shaft that is 50 inches in length the usga limit is 48 inches, but for long drive the limit is 50 inches. Long drive is a competitive sport where success is derived by hitting a golf ball the farthest by driving. The year after his death, his friend john mottley 16921750, brought out a joke book named joe millers jests, or the wits vademecum, under the pseudonym elijah jenkins. Long drive champion joe miller sets sights on pro tour daily mail. Miller hit the best drive of the night in the semifinals with a massive 439yard. World long drive 2014 joe miller hits 469yard drive.
That wasnt even the 31yearold englishmans longest hit of the night. Joe miller in idaho id 15 records found whitepages. Out of all nascar drivers, cale yarborough has had one of the longest involvements with the sport. Miller holds the record for the longest official drive in history at 560 yards at his local course in england in 2010. We are only a day away from the remax world long drive championship in las vegas and many competitors have been training for this event for a long time. Currently, it serves as the culminating event of the world long drive association season and crowns champions in three divisions open, masters and womens. The new formula x extreme golf driver is the best driver we have ever made. World long drive 2014 joe miller hits 469yard drive golf channel. The 29yearold is currently the number one ranked long driver in the world and recently, chris murphy of cnn living golf paid him a visit during one of his training sessions. The shaft, which is 50 inches long, has been made specifically for me by fujikura the joe miller shaft, if you like and is a bit stiffer than those used on tour, a triple x. We have perfected everything from the combination of our super hardened beta titanium metals, our trisleeve adapter to the balance of your driver.
Nick kiefer uncorked a 426yard drive to defeat joe miller in the round of 16 at the volvik world long drive championship. Among the competitors is 2010 long drive champion, joe miller. World long drive champion joe millers winning drive. Miller uses a callaway xr 16 lda driver with a fujikura joe miller proprietary 3x shaft that is 50 inches in length the usga limit is 48 inches, but. The septuagenarian is not only a former race car driver and. Joe miller defeated ryan steenberg in the final of the world long drive championships on wednesday night in thackerville, okla.
Long drive champion joe miller destroys a watermelon and. I stumbled on this episode of antiques roadshow the other night. For 2014 weve added more clubs 23 competitors this year and hit more shots than in any previous test. The 30yearolds longest recorded drive stands at 474 yards at the european championships in 2005 and he currently uses a callaway x2 hot driver in a. Joel miller is an american race car driver that is versatile, personable, marketable, and talented. Krank golf rage driver wins three remax world long drive. The drivers used by the top10 longest hitters on the pga. Joe miller born 18 november 1984, is a british golfer from london, u. Englands joe miller gunning to be crowned golfs world long driving champion miller, who was champion in 2010, has a longest competition drive.
Joe miller world long drive champion me and my golf. What drivers do the pga tours longest golfers use to bomb their tee shots. In todays episode, we sit down with 2 time world long drive champion joe miller and discuss what it takes to be the longest in the world. How world long drive champion joe miller hit a ball 439 yards. Joe miller wins world long drive championship with 423. The tomintoul distillery company teams up with number 1. Joe miller, 2010 remax long drive champion, launches a 469yard drive during qualifying to advance in las vegas. The tomintoul distillery company teams up with number 1 ranked worlds longest golf driver, joe miller. Londoner joe miller put a new slant on the term long distance driver in winning his second world long drive title with a whopping strike of 423 yards.
Joe miller at 2010 remax world long drive championship. He got his start lifting weights, took a job working at a driving range and ultimately ended up crushing golf balls further than anyone in the world. Joe miller wins 2016 world long drive championship with monster. Englishman joe miller won the world longest drive championship with a 423yard moonshot. Select the best result to find their address, phone number, relatives, and public records. Joe miller wins 2016 world long drive championship with. Given the length of par 4s, generally being over 400 yards, and beyond the maximum driving distance of virtually all players, most holes in one are achieved on par3 holes for eagle. Krank golf has been the dominant golf driver in the sport of long drive for a number years with two remax world long drive championships in the grand champions division and more long drive wins at all levels than any other golf driver company.
Long distance driver golfer joe miller hit an amazing 423yard shot to win second longest drive title. Long drive champion joe miller destroys a watermelon and wentworths famous parfives in stunning golf video. He got his start lifting weights, took a job working at a. Joe miller wins the 2016 world long drive championship golf channel. The competition will bring together the 8 best european hitters of this discipline in an spectacular final event. The original joe miller 168341738 was a wellrespected english actor, who played shakespearean clowns among other characters. Joe has consistently been ranked number 1 in the world in this rapidly growing. Joe millers 3 best tips to crush longer drives golfmagic. And most major manufaturers and even retailers claim that what they have in their store is the longest driver on the market and those are usually the most sellable brand items to them.
Who better to learn from than twotime world long drive champion joe miller. Only three jokes in this slender pamphlet were actually attributed to joe miller, but it. This is a video of our podcast with joe miller where we sit down with 2 times world long drive champion joe miller to discuss what it takes to be the longest in the world. First, heres a tally of what the top 10 in driving distance on tour are using by driver manufacturer. Winners of the annual event open, masters, womens divisions each currently receive a corresponding championship. If you watched last weeks world long drive championship, you would have seen very good form from the two finalists everyone has been looking at joe millers swing, but i wanted to show finalist runnerup ryan steenbergs swing, because theres a lot you can learn from it if you watch any of the mcs trilogy swing videos, youll learn the. Meet the man behind joe millers 423yard drive at world.
Joe miller, a 31yearold londoner, won his second world long drive title last night, beating ryan steenberg at winstar world resort and casino in thackerville, oklahoma. A small but dedicated talent base of golfers populate the world of longdrive, with the top talent competing professionally in various events and exhibitions. Published on aug 29, 2017 joe miller swings a golf club 150mph, hits the ball 225mph, and is the reigning world long drive champion. We discuss his current schedule, his technique improvements and the important things to get the most out of your driver.
Finished ninth in the round of 16 at both the exchange celebrating service. With all things being equal say using an iron byron machine for testing. A mechanical engineer graduate from the university of california riverside, joel has been winning championships and races since 1998. Joe miller is 6ft 4in tall, weighs 19 stone, has muscles bulging from places you never knew existed and drives a golf ball routinely over 400. Miller followed, smashing a drive 423 yards to claim the belt.
While he was still racing he amassed 86 wins, making him one of those mots winningest nascar drivers of all time. When competing in long drive events miller, a plus3 handicapper and former member both of the shire london and its predecessor bridgedown golf club, plays with a 3degree callaway xr driver fitted with a fujikura joe miller prototype 3x shaft. The driver that won the world long drive championship. That wasnt even the 31yearold englishmans longest hit of the night though, after he whacked a 439yard effort to win his semifinal. The subject was joe miller wyland who appeared at the 1904 worlds fair in st. After two months too long, what a great sight to s. Say a swing speed of 105 mph any speed as long as it is equal and using the same ball whatever ball somebody picks to use which driver is the longest.