The Longest Recorded Drives On The PGA Tour

What are the longest drives ever hit on the PGA Tour?

Here is a compiled list of the longest drives recorded on the PGA Tour in America, tken from the lists provided on the Tour Website from 1992 onwards. No Drives from before 1998 made it on to the list, an indication of how much the technology of the sport has progressed in the last decade. Only one drive from the 90's makes the Top 100, a 427 yard blast from Chris Smith.

Rank	Name	Drive Distance (Yards)	Year
1	Davis Love III	476	2004
2	Jeff Sluman	473	2003
3	Retief Goosen	452	2003
4	Phil Tataurangi	449	2003
5	Rory Sabbatini	448	2004
6	Paul Goydos	446	2003
7	Darren Clarke	445	2004
8	D.A. Points	442	2005
9	Tim Petrovic	439	2008
10	Ian Leggatt	439	2003
11	Brett Wetterich	437	2007
12	Lucas Glover	436	2004
13	Kenneth Staton	436	2003
14	Bob Heintz	435	2008
15	Brett Wetterich	435	2007
16	Kyle Thompson	433	2008
17	Stuart Appleby	432	2004
18	Greg Kraft	430	2003
19	J.B. Holmes	429	2007
20	Ernie Els	429	2004
21	Chris Couch	428	2007
22	Victor Schwamkrug	428	2004
23	Jonathan Kaye	428	2003
24	Jason Gore	427	2006
25	Stuart Appleby	427	2005
26	Chris Smith	427	1999
27	Stuart Appleby	426	2006
28	Angel Cabrera	426	2006
29	Chad Campbell	426	2004
30	Scott Gutschewski	425	2006
31	Tiger Woods	425	2004
32	Charles Howell III	425	2003
33	Bubba Dickerson	422	2007
34	Graeme McDowell	422	2005
35	Bill Haas	422	2004
36	Jonathan Kaye	421	2004
37	Anthony Kim	420	2007
38	Bubba Dickerson	420	2006
39	J.L. Lewis	420	2004
40	Tommy Armour III	419	2004
41	Shigeki Maruyama	419	2004
42	Shaun Micheel	419	2004
43	Kenny Perry	419	2004
44	Mike Weir	419	2004
45	Richard S. Johnson	418	2005
46	Jason Allred	417	2005
47	Vijay Singh	417	2004
48	John Senden	416	2007
49	Harrison Frazar	416	2006
50	Jerry Kelly	416	2005
51	Fred Couples	416	2004
52	Peter Jacobsen	416	2004
53	Frank Lickliter II	416	2004
54	Davis Love III	416	2003
55	Craig Stadler	415	2004
56	Chris Smith	415	2003
57	Ryuji Imada	414	2008
58	Rich Beem	414	2003
59	Adam Scott	413	2007
60	J.B. Holmes	413	2006
61	Retief Goosen	413	2004
62	Vijay Singh	413	2003
63	Jerry Kelly	413	2003
64	Stuart Appleby	412	2005
65	Charley Hoffman	411	2006
66	Ernie Els	410	2007
67	Wes Short, Jr.	410	2006
68	Ben Crane	410	2004
69	Carl Pettersson	409	2007
70	Geoff Ogilvy	409	2006
71	Lucas Glover	409	2006
72	Justin Leonard	409	2004
73	Adam Scott	409	2004
74	Rocco Mediate	409	2003
75	Ernie Els	409	2003
76	Casey Martin	409	2001
77	Vijay Singh	408	2007
78	Tiger Woods	408	2005
79	Davis Love III	408	2005
80	Stuart Appleby	408	2005
81	Kirk Triplett	408	2004
82	Corey Pavin	408	2003
83	Geoff Ogilvy	407	2007
84	Eric Axley	407	2007
85	Jason Gore	407	2006
86	Patrick Sheehan	407	2005
87	John Huston	407	2004
88	Phil Tataurangi	407	2003
89	Arron Oberholser	407	2003
90	Sergio Garcia	406	2007
91	Carl Pettersson	406	2006
92	Henrik Stenson	406	2005
93	Kris Cox	406	2004
94	Ben Curtis	406	2004
95	Bob Tway	406	2004
96	Sergio Garcia	405	2006
97	J.B. Holmes	405	2006
98	Scott Hend	405	2004
99	Jose Maria Olazabal	405	2003
100	Spike McRoy	405	2003
101	Luke Donald	405	2003
102	Hank Kuehne	405	2003
103	Zoran Zorkic	405	1998
104	John Rollins	404	2007
105	Lucas Glover	404	2006
106	Scott Hend	404	2006
107	Brandt Jobe	404	2006
108	Bob Estes	404	2003
109	Vijay Singh	404	2003
110	Bob Heintz	403	2007
111	Anthony Kim	403	2007
112	Stuart Appleby	403	2006
113	Jason Gore	403	2006
114	Ian Leggatt	403	2006
115	Daniel Chopra	403	2006
116	Bob Estes	403	2003
117	Charles Warren	402	2008
118	Tim Herron	402	2007
119	J.B. Holmes	402	2007
120	Steve Marino	402	2007
121	Bubba Watson	402	2007
122	Sergio Garcia	402	2006
123	Carlos Franco	402	2006
124	Henrik Stenson	402	2006
125	Henrik Stenson	402	2006
126	Will MacKenzie	402	2005
127	Angel Cabrera	402	2005
128	Daniel Chopra	402	2005
129	Jim Furyk	402	2003
130	K.J. Choi	402	2003
131	Jonathan Byrd	402	2003
132	Robert Allenby	402	2002
133	Troy Matteson	401	2007
134	Ted Purdy	401	2007
135	Andrew Buckle	401	2007
136	Charles Howell III	401	2007
137	Robert Garrigus	401	2007
138	Lucas Glover	401	2006
139	Brandt Jobe	401	2006
140	Ernie Els	401	2005
141	D.J. Brigman	401	2005
142	Spike McRoy	401	2003
143	Davis Love III	401	2003
144	Charles Warren	400	2008
145	Scott Gutschewski	400	2006
146	Davis Love III	400	2006
147	Sean O'Hair	400	2005
148	Luke Donald	400	2003
149	Jonathan Byrd	400	2003
150	Jay Williamson	400	2003
151	Per-Ulrik Johansson	400	2003
152	Richie Coughlan	400	1998
153	Guy Hill	400	1998
154	Bradley Hughes	400	1998
155	Pete Jordan	400	1998
156	Brett Wetterich	399	2007
157	J.B. Holmes	399	2007
158	Troy Matteson	399	2007
159	Vijay Singh	399	2006
160	Matt Hansen	399	2006
161	John Daly	399	2005
162	Jeff Maggert	399	2005
163	Michael Long	399	2005
164	John Daly	399	2004
165	Donnie Hammond	399	2004
166	Justin Leonard	399	2003
167	Rory Sabbatini	398	2008
168	Robert Garrigus	398	2008
169	Geoff Ogilvy	398	2007
170	Geoff Ogilvy	398	2007
171	Geoff Ogilvy	398	2006
172	Bubba Watson	398	2006
173	Jeev M. Singh	398	2006
174	Phil Mickelson	398	2005
175	Harrison Frazar	398	2005
176	Roland Thatcher	398	2005
177	Chris DiMarco	398	2003
178	Ernie Els	398	2003
179	Jerry Kelly	398	2003
180	Shaun Micheel	398	2001
181	Joe Ogilvie	398	1999
182	Bo Van Pelt	398	1999
183	Chris Couch	397	2007
184	K.J. Choi	397	2007
185	Will MacKenzie	397	2007
186	Troy Matteson	397	2007
187	Jim Furyk	397	2006
188	Lucas Glover	397	2006
189	Vijay Singh	397	2005
190	John Daly	397	2005
191	Arjun Atwal	397	2004
192	Briny Baird	397	2004
193	Mike Hulbert	397	2003
194	Duffy Waldorf	397	2002
195	Adam Scott	396	2007
196	John Daly	396	2007
197	Rich Barcelo	396	2007
198	Billy Mayfair	396	2003
199	Jason Gore	396	2003
200	Tiger Woods	396	2003

This Graph is a breakdown of the numbers of drives in the Top 200 from each year. Remember, driving Stats were included from 1992 onwards, but no drive made it into the Top 200 until 1998. It would seem that 2003 was a breakthrough year in long Driving Technology, as the list is dominated by shots from 2003 onwards, only 12 on the Top 200 coming before then.

The graph below shows the players who appeared most on the Top 200 list Aussie Stuart Appleby and Fiji's Vijay Singh being the Kings of the Big Bombers. Davis Love, who has hit the longest ever appears five times, Tiger making three appearances. You might be wondering where the massive hitting Bubba Watson, who has dominated the Average Drive Length Stats recently is. He's only on the list twice so far, but you'd be a silly man to bet againdt him adding to his tally very soon.