Some of the data available suggest that Jack Nicklaus’ average driving distance was 276 yards (252 metres) in 1967 and in 1980 it was around 269 yards (245 metres).
Jack Nicklaus won a long drive contest at the 1963 PGA Championship with a drive that travelled 341 yards (311 metres).
“If we had (the new) golf ball in my day, the best of us would have hit it 300 yards and Jack Nicklaus would have hit it 360.” Lee Trevino told USA Today in 2007.
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