The World's Longest Drive Record
I'm Steve Pratt
& a lifelong student of the game
I've spent over 25 years helping golfers of all ages unlock effortless power — using the same principles I learned directly from Mike Austin, the man who still holds the world record for the longest drive ever hit in competition.
My mission is simple: to help you hit the ball longer, straighter, and with less effort by understanding how to move the right way.
But to understand how I got here, you have to go back to where it all started.
I Caught The Golf Bug Young
By 14, I was a 5 handicap. By 17, Junior Club Champion with a plus-1. At 18 I was trying out for the University of Arizona golf team, convinced I'd figured the swing out.
I'd had the lessons. I'd read the books. I'd watched the videos. I thought I had it all figured out.
Then I Studied Kinesiology
The science of how the body actually moves.
And I realised I didn't know anything at all. Everything I'd been taught about the swing fought against the way the body is built to move.
So one afternoon I typed two words into Google.
The First Name That Came Up Was Mike Austin
The man who hit a 515-yard drive in competition at the age of 64. Still the longest drive ever recorded. Still in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Google had his home phone number. I called it.
A few weeks later I was standing face to face with the greatest long hitter who ever lived.
Even four years after his stroke, Mike could still hit a 5-iron 140 yards through the air using only his left arm.
It Was Never About Strength
That moment told me everything. What Mike Austin had discovered wasn't about strength. It wasn't about youth.
He didn't teach me a swing tip. He taught me how the body actually creates speed.
One Motion
An athletic, repeatable swing built on the same foundation Mike Austin used to break the world record.
One Motion isn't a list of swing tips. It's not a series of positions to remember or checkpoints to hit. It's not a grip change here, a takeaway thought there.
It's a single connected motion — measured, precise, and designed to work with the way your body actually moves. Built from the ground up. Same setup for every club. Same effort whether you're chipping or driving.
And once you feel it, you'll never want to swing any other way.
One Swing For Every Club.
No different motion for your driver, your irons, or your wedges. The same simple swing scales up or down depending on how far you want the ball to go. Less to remember. Less to practice. More that actually sticks.
Effortless, Not Forced.
Most golfers try to muscle the ball. That's why they lose distance. The Austin swing uses your body the way it's built to move — relaxed hands, smooth turn, the club doing the work. The harder you try, the shorter it goes.
Easy On Your Body.
No strain on the back. No pressure on the knees. This is the swing Mike Austin used to break the world record at 64 — because it was designed to last. Play it at 60, 70, 80, and beyond.
Mike Austin
Some called him the Leonardo Da Vinci of golf. Most never knew his name. But every long drive in history owes something to what he discovered.
A Drive That Has Stood For Over 50 Years
In 1974, at the National Senior Open in Las Vegas, Mike Austin hit a drive no one has matched since.
Wilson Staff persimmon driver. Titleist 100 ball. Still in the Guinness Book of World Records.
The Leonardo Da Vinci Of Golf
Mike wasn't just an athlete. He was a scientist of movement.
While the golf world taught feel and instinct, he used mathematics to prove the body had only one truly efficient way to swing a club.
- PhD Kinesiology
- Engineering Degree
- Physics Degree
- SCPGA Teacher Of The Year, 1984
A Renaissance Man, In Every Sense
A heavyweight boxer. A professional opera singer. Played practice rounds with Hogan. Taught Payne Stewart, Howard Hughes, and Jack La Lanne.
He Never Stopped Teaching
A massive stroke in 1989 left him partially paralysed. He kept teaching for another 16 years — and left behind the precise blueprint for how to swing a golf club.
Help Every Golfer Reclaim The Distance They Thought Was Gone.
When I started teaching at Lindero, it was one student at a time. When I started Hit It Longer on YouTube, the channel grew to over 122,000 subscribers. The message resonated because it's true.
Distance isn't a young man's game. And it's not gone. Your body still knows how to create speed. Most golfers have just never been taught how to let it.
That's what I'm here to change. One golfer at a time, or a hundred thousand at once.
Start With The Live Masterclass.
A free 60-minute session where I walk you through the three secrets to adding 20–30 yards. The fastest way to understand how the One Motion system actually works.
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Login →Hitting It Longer.In Their Own Words.
Real golfers. Real results. From the Academy, the webinars, and the YouTube channel — here's what's been changing.
25–35 Yards Longer
150 → 215 Yards At 81
Handicap Down 10 / Shot 81
Pain-Free, Effortless
Tough WOW On The Drills
From A Former PGA Member
12–15 Yards Longer At 58
Longer And Straighter
5 Minutes To A Better Strike
Frightening Distance Gains
After 50 Years Of Study
Clear, Detailed, Understandable
Strike Tip, Not Just Speed
A Real Light Bulb
Finally On The Push Side
The Honest Answers
The things golfers actually ask before they jump in. Direct answers, no spin.
I get this question more than any other. And I get it because I was that golfer too.
Most lessons give you positions to hit and checkpoints to remember. The teacher hands you 5 things to think about. You go to the range, try to remember all of it, and within a month you're back to your old swing.
One Motion isn't a list of tips. It's a single connected motion built on how your body actually creates speed. There's nothing to remember mid-swing because the motion is the same for every club. You don't need to be smarter. You need a system that holds together.
Yes. And I'd argue it's more important for you, not less.
Mike Austin broke the world record long drive at 64 years old. Five hundred and fifteen yards, in competition. Four years after a stroke, he could still hit a 5-iron 140 yards through the air with one arm.
Distance is not a young man's game. It's a movement game. When you stop muscling the club and start using your body the way it's designed to move, the speed comes back. Many of my students are in their 60s, 70s, even 80s, and they're hitting it longer now than they were a decade ago.
No, and most people are surprised by this.
You're not learning a swing that fights your body. You're learning the motion your body would naturally make if nobody had ever told you to do it differently.
Most of my students feel the change in their first session. Not a "tear it down and start over" feeling. More like a "wait, this is what it was supposed to feel like the whole time" feeling.
Less than the new driver you were thinking about buying.
The free YouTube channel and the live masterclass cost nothing. The One Motion course is a one-time purchase. The Hit It Longer Academy membership is a monthly fee with no lock-in. A 1-on-1 swing analysis from me is a single payment.
You can stay free forever. You can spend a small amount once. You can go all in. The decision is yours, and there's no path that requires you to commit to something you're not ready for.
If you've never seen me teach live, start with the free Live Masterclass. It's an hour. I walk you through the three secrets to adding 20 to 30 yards and you'll know within that hour whether what I teach makes sense to you.
If you've already watched me on YouTube and you know you want the system, go straight to One Motion. That's the full course.
If you want personal feedback on what your specific swing needs, book a 1-on-1 swing analysis. I watch your swing myself and tell you exactly what's working and what to fix first.
Fair question. There are a lot of "secret method" stories in golf instruction and most of them deserve the eye-roll.
Mike Austin held a PhD in Kinesiology, degrees in Engineering and Physics, and was named SCPGA Teacher of the Year in 1984. He played alongside Hogan, was friends with Sam Snead, and taught Payne Stewart and Howard Hughes. The 515-yard drive is in the Guinness Book of World Records.
What he discovered wasn't a trick. It was an understanding of how the human body creates speed, grounded in actual biomechanics. I studied Kinesiology at university, met Mike, and learned directly from him before he passed in 2005. One Motion is what I built from those lessons. It's not a gimmick. It's the most rigorous system I've ever taught.
Honest answer: it varies. But faster than you think.
Some students feel the change on the first session. One member wrote in after 5 minutes saying he'd never struck the ball better. Another picked up 25 to 35 yards on his driver within a few weeks just by relaxing his grip and letting his lead arm stay passive.
For most people, the feel of the right motion shows up almost immediately. Measurable distance gains usually take 2 to 4 weeks of consistent practice. Real swing rewiring takes longer than that, but you'll know early on whether it's working.
Both. I coach in person at Lake Lindero Golf Course in Agoura Hills, California. If you're local or you can travel, you can book a session with me directly there.
For everyone else, the entire system is online. The course, the Academy, and the 1-on-1 swing analysis all work remotely, and that's how the majority of my students learn from me.
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