LIV Golf v PGA Tour: Who’s Winning The Driving Distance Battle At The PGA Championship?
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The PGA Championship, the year’s second Major, is building nicely, but are players from the PGA Tour or LIV Golf driving the ball
ahead of the 2024 PGA Championship driving distance was frequently touted as an important attribute in the year’s second major Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky measures 7,609 yards with many of the players in the leadup libelling at a big BG Golf Course Xander schaul who was blown away by Rory mroy in the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship last week sits at top the leaderboard after a Sublime record breaking 62 in the first round but who sits at the top of the driving distance leaderboard according to the official stats on the PGA Championship website two of the top three players in driving distance ply their trade on the Liv golf tour Spaniard David pug leads the way averaging 333 yds off the T with a longest drive of 350 yard impressive given the inclement weather that peppered Valhalla in advance of the tournament impressively he’s also hitting More than 70% of the fairways PGA Tour player Jake knpp who won the 2024 Mexican open sits in second place on the driving distance leaderboard he’s averaging 331.65 6 yards perhaps unsurprising live golfs Bryson desimo rounds out the top three the American who dedicated himself to adding speed during the coronav virus pandemic is averaging 328.00 yard and currently boasts the longest drive of the tournament at 360 yards the rest of the top 10 is comprised of a mixture of PGA Tour and DP World Tour professionals with some familiar names and slightly less known golfers jostling for position subscribe to the golf monthly newsletter to stay up to date with all the latest tour news equipment news reviews head-to-heads and buyers guides from our team of experienced experts the likes of Gary Woodland Luke list and Min woi are joined by Europeans Vincent Norman Jesper senson and thorbjorn alisen while American Chris gotterup winner of last week’s Myrtle Beach Classic is fourth on the list Tiger Woods who opened with the one over par 72 after three putting his last two holes is down in a tie for 85th at 294.00 yard interestingly Rory mroy who wowed chafful with his imperious driving at Quail Hollow isn’t inside the top 30 for driving distance this week at the bottom of the driving distance leaderboard is a very surprising name despite his age John Daly the wild thing was golf’s preeminent power hitter but at the PGA champion ship he’s only averaging 244 yds off the T the lowest in the field by 20 yards with a longest drive of 274 yards
