星期二 [ 2010/1/26 9:43:28 | watches1013 ]   East Bay golfer grips it If you're a serious golfer, you have probably taken lessons, read magazines or watched infomercials on how to add a few yards to your tee shots. Vince Howell has a different problem. He sometimes wishes he didn't crush the ball quite so far. Howell is a professional long-drive competitor, regularly going against the biggest hitters in the world to see who can whack a golf ball the farthest. When the Brentwood resident plays a round on a conventional golf course, he'll often land his ball among trees that most players couldn't dream of reaching. "It can be a disadvantage when playing a tight golf course or courses with doglegs," Howell said. "I've always hit the ball so hard, I'd hit it through dogleg lefts, through dogleg rights." All players should have such LED Flexible Strip Ribbon Series Ribbon 3528 worries. Howell, 42, has parlayed his ball-striking ability into quite a career. He spent 2005 and 2006 traveling around North America as part of the Pinnacle/Cobra Long Drive Team, an elite group of heavy hitters who compete in contests and stage demonstrations for wide-eyed spectators. He won the 2002 Long Drivers of America Tour Championship, which brought together many of the world's top hitters, as well as the 2006 Diamond in the Desert Classic Championship in Mesquite, Nev. Consider that the longest hitter on the PGA Tour in 2006 averaged 319.6 yards per drive. Now consider that Howell's longest competitive drive was measured at 462 yards during a 2001 long- drive event in Madera. "He's the longest hitter I' Other articles: http://www.cyz18.com/Blog/View/?828 浏览(189) | 回复(0) |