Almost everything I know about creating distance traces back to one man. Mike Austin hit the longest drive ever recorded in tournament play, and he did it at 64 years old with a persimmon driver and a balata ball. He was also a serious student of how the human body moves, which is why his method still holds up under modern measurement. This is the short story of who he was and why it matters to your swing.

Inside The Guide

• 1

  The Man

  Guernsey to Scotland to Los Angeles, and the kinesiology background behind the method.

• 2

  The 515 Yard Drive

  What actually happened in Las Vegas in 1974, told shot by shot.

• 3

  The Legend

  What Sam Snead, Mike Dunaway, and Howard Hughes made of him.

• 4

  The Character

  The Golfing Bandit years, the trick shots, and the bets nobody would take.

• The story behind the swing I teach at Hit It Longer
• Why his teaching has only been confirmed by modern launch data
• A short read, and the best possible start before your first lesson