Longest Drive Question

[Charles Mines]

A couple of years ago I won the longest drive for my flight but I came about 15-20 yards of hitting it thru the fairway.

It was a long Par 4 and around 250-260 yards the fairway slopped downhill. I ended up with around a 310 yard drive but the fairway ran out around 340. If I was down the middle but thru the fairway, what is the ruling? Am I out of the longest drive contest or can I mark it thru the fairway?

[Tom Tobin]

I cannot answer for the Tournament you played rule, but in most cases you have to be in the fairway to qualify for longest drive.

[Charles Mines]

Yeah… that’s normally the rule. So, you could actually hit the longest drive but be penalized if you hit thru the fairway.

[Rick Kimbrell]

In the World Am ball must be in fairway, or so it has been last 38 years

[Terry Cornelius]

My brother once got “ripped off” in a pre tourney skins game at Crow Creek. Just as you described, right down the middle but a couple yards into the rough of a dividend fairway. Game organizers…..don’t choose such holes for a longest drive competition!

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