Saturday I got a golf lesson from long drive champion Pat Dempsey whose brother Rick was a catcher with the Yankees and Orioles. This was for a new book I'm writing on the long drive championships held each year in Nevada. Pat had a radar sensor on the driving range which clocked my swing at 95 mph. "That's a polite swing, Phil," he said. "I want you to get a little crazy. I want 105 mph." I swung faster and finally reached 106 mph. Later, Pat hit a few balls that carried over 300 yards. It was awesome to see the ball hang in the air so long before dropping back to earth. What would it be like to play golf with that distance?
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