Two-time World Long Drive champion Kyle Berkshire has smashed his ball speed record by notching an incredible 236mph ball speed – and he did it alongside his pal and former US Open champ Bryson DeChambeau.
In Dallas yesterday, at the home of LIV Golf defector Dechambeau, Berkshire yet again seemed to push boundaries achieving a new ball speed world record.
Although it is not an ‘official’ world record, it is believed there are only two people in golf capable of producing such numbers. One is Berkshire and the other is Martin Borgmeier from Germany, who has hit 232mph in the past.
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Neither Berkshire or Borgmeier had ever reached 236mph. Until yesterday.
Shooting content for golf practice company The Net Return, in the hot summer heat, it was clear Berkshire was in the zone warming up. With warm-up balls speeds in the high 220mph region – and his first couple of shots coming in at 232mph and carrying 402 yards – the world’s longest driver of a golf ball was about to scratch the itch.
The numbers on the Foresight GCQuad were impressive, with some of his mishits coming in at 230mph. It was inevitable that he had something special in the tank and was on track to chase down his previous ball speed record of 234.4mph.
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