Would you believe it? He’s not even the longest hitter on Tour either. But because it was a tournament, a marshal found the ball.". That year, he … Cooper was a talented golfer: He was a PGA Tour member, after all. The most impressive part? It’s a par-5 at the TPC Colorado Championship. And through PGA of America events he sometimes qualifies for bigger tournaments. John Daly's best in competition is either 414 or 440 yards. The farthest unofficial drive in history traveled 787 yards before finally coming to rest — 330 yards past the intended hole. He went on to record a double bogey on the hole. In 2003, Hank Kuehne became the first and only Tour player to average more than 320 yards per drive with 321.14. 300 yards? The tour average now sat at 263 yards per drive, up just 7 yards in 15 yards. The answer is probably longer than you think. What's the longest drive ever hit on the PGA Tour? We'll also learn more about the golfer who hit the gargantuan blast. The Korn Ferry Tour featured a hole last season that measured 773 yards. Which tells you all you need to know about the explosion in distance since then. John Daly drives a Par 5 in 2 at the 1993 U.S. Open - YouTube Cooper played some on the Web.com Tour in the 1990s, but eventually settled into club and teaching positions in the Houston area. Plus, Cooper's mammoth drive, for reasons we'll see, couldn't be properly measured anyway.). That’s right. Daly led the PGA Tour in driving average in 1992 with a mark of 283.4 yards. But what if I told you that a PGA Tour golfer, playing in a tour event, once hit a drive that went 787 yards — more than 300 yards farther than Love's whopper? But back to Cooper's drive: On the par-4, 456-yard third hole, in the second round, Cooper launched his drive at the 1992 Texas Open. (Cooper missed the cut in the tournament.). Yes, you read that right. The longest drive recorded in a … Where the ball was sitting, Cooper had around 300 yards just to get back to the correct green. How far can you hit a drive if you really give it everything you have? EDIT: After some investigation, and forgetting airport runways and hitting a ball in space, it would appear that Mike Austin is the holder of the "Longest Drive in a Competition" title, with a 515-yard drive, way back in 1974! For comparison, John Daly hit the longest recorded drive of the 1992 season, and it went 308 yards. Tiger Woods might not be one of the longest hitters this season, but he does own one of the biggest drives of all time. (Cooper's teammates during his time with the Cougars included future major championship winners Fred Couples and Steve Elkington.). Interestingly, Cooper's drive is not included on the PGA Tour's official "longest drive" list for 1992; the recognized leader was a 308-yard drive by John Daly — one of only two drives in 1992 officially measured at more than 300 yards. In 2002, Woods unleashed a 498-yard bomb on the 18th hole at the Mercedes Championship at Kapalua’s Plantation Course. The tournament was the 1992 Texas Open, played that year at Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio. "It kept bouncing and bouncing and bouncing," Cooper told the Houston Chronicle newspaper in a 2007 article. Carl Cooper playing the 2016 Senior PGA Championship. Please check your email for a confirmation. 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