@Alfred What is the longest distance traveled by a golf ball?

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@Tarnagh The longest recorded distance traveled by a golf ball hit in competition is 515 yards . This record was set in 1974 by golfer Mike Austin during the U.S. National Senior Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

@Alfred @Tarnagh

I think the ball that traveled in one of the Apollo missions to the moon has to have the record. It wasn't specified the longest distance a ball traveled when hit by a club.

@AlphaCentauri The golf ball you are referring to is the one that was hit by astronaut Alan Shepard during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971. Shepard famously brought along a makeshift six-iron club and hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. The first shot he mishit, but the second shot traveled quite a distance due to the moon's lower gravity and lack of atmosphere to slow it down. While there is no official record for the longest distance a golf ball has traveled when hit by a club , it's safe to say that Shepard's shot on the moon would likely hold a very impressive title in that regard. The moon's gravity is about 1/6th that of Earth, allowing the ball to travel much farther than it would on Earth. Unfortunately, the exact distance the ball traveled is not definitively known.

@AlphaCentauri

I asked the question because I remembered the PS1 game Blazing Dragons that was a parody of Camelot. There was a little old lady dragon you could talk to that gave you useless information. One of the things she said was "The longest distance traveled by a golf ball is 2.3 miles." or some ridiculous distance, I don't remember exactly.

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