Amazing Golf Shots

This amazing golf shot was delivered like a boxer’s knockout blow. In blustery conditions Padraig Harrington played percentage golf for much of the 2008 Open Championship but when opportunities presented themselves he took them. On the 71st #17 hole at Royal Birkdale two shots ahead of he field he took a calculated risk and hit a magnificent five wood 272 yards to the heart of the green, the ball finally rolling out to 6 feet, “That’s a ripper!” said Peter Alliss. Harrington inevitably holed out for his eagle, closed out his rivals and won his second Claret Jug.

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You will, I’m sure, have seen or at least heard of Happy Gilmore the film character who runs at the ball before launching the most prodigious drives and amazing golf shots. But, does science bear out the theory of hitting longer drives by running to generating more power? You bet it does, Padraig launches drives 30 yards past his normal average drives of 296 yards. See the shots and the science of this theory in this clip from Fox Sports’ Sport Science. Visit their site.

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