Martin Borgmeier’s record, a 426 yards drive

The altitude of Bogota, according to experts, allows a ball to go 12% further than at sea level. If we take Martin Borgmeier’s drive at the last Long Drive World Championships as a reference, progress is constant: 389.5 meters (426 yards) last year, to allow the German to beat Bryson DeChambeau in Nevada.

Martin Borgmeier, results

Then a drive to 423 meters (463 yards) in training last October, according to Borgmeier’s GC Quad. And so 475 m (520 yards) in Bogota for Borgmeier’s record drive.

In Bogota on Sunday, the wind was favorable, between 19 and 25 km / h. And the ball sent by the Teuton would have reached 371 km / h. This confirms recent fears, by DeChambeau himself, that technology in golf equipment is no longer able to keep up with the power levels reached by new golfers…

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