Mike Austin

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Mike Austin

Mike Austin (born February 17, 1910 on the island of Guernsey , † November 23, 2005 in Los Angeles ) was an American golf player and teacher. Since 1974 he has held the world record for the longest drive ever hit in a professional tournament: 515 yards (approx. 471 m).

Mike Austin set his record on September 25, 1974. So at the age of 64 years, with a tailwind of nearly 50 km / h, flat fairway on the 5th hole at the US National Seniors Open Championship on the Winterwood Course in Las Vegas on .

Career

Mike Austin took his first golf lesson at the age of six. In doing so, he learned to let the golf club run free in the backswing, which early earned him the ability to hit golf balls very far. After moving to the United States of America, he ran a local golf shop in Atlanta as a young man during the American Depression during the summer months. In 1939 Austin moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a golf instructor. He also founded a training studio in Hollywood for boxing , tennis , baseball and golf . When giving golf lessons, Mike Austin would often wear black, tight-fitting overalls with the bones of the human body printed on them. In this way, every student was able to recognize and understand the movements of the skeleton during a correct golf swing.

literature

  • Philip Reed: In Search of the Greatest Golf Swing - Chasing the Legend of Mike Austin - The Man who launched the World's longest Drive, and taught me to hit like a Pro. Carroll & Graf, 2004, ISBN 0-7867-136-66 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Hochman: Mighty Mike Austin and the 515-Yard Drive. Travel + Leisure magazine, July 2004, accessed July 3, 2012 .
  2. ↑ Mike Austin. Background knowledge of the record discount. myperfectswing.de, accessed on July 11, 2018 .
  3. ^ Philip Reed: The Man Who Cracked The Code. In: LA Times. LA Times, October 7, 2001, accessed June 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Nathan Powroznik: Mike Austin Swing Collection. In: Video. Nathan Powroznik, December 31, 2010, accessed June 9, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Austin, Mike
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American golfer and instructor
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH guernsey
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 2005
Place of death los Angeles