Equipment
Long-drive 2015 Champion Tim Burke WITB
Tim Burke defeated Jim Easterly in the 2015 World Long Drive Contest finals to record his second win at the event in three years. His winning drive was recorded at 394 yards at the WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma.
Check out the video below to see the drive, and hear what he had to say about his performance in an interview with GolfChannel’s Morning Drive.
Here are the specs of the drivers he used to win, and pocket the $150,000 prize.
Driver: Krank Golf Formula 6 (4 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Groove LD 3X, 4X
Length: 50 inches
Grips: Golf Pride Multi-Compound New Decade
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
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LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
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Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms
Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80
Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105
Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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Busty McGoo
Nov 1, 2015 at 1:20 am
Besides the fact pros are usually playing a tourney at the same time, would they consider entering the long-drive or is considered too…..for the lesser golfers in the world? Guys like Bubba Ego, Rory and others could probably win this thing especially with an amped driver and rock hard ball.
What ball do these guys use for comp?
Eddie
Nov 2, 2015 at 3:32 pm
No chance they could win.
David
Oct 27, 2015 at 10:40 pm
50 inches. I thought the current max is 48″???
Vince
Oct 28, 2015 at 12:46 pm
USGA legal limit is 48 at address, LDA measures vertical, but they do check each driver on a 48 inch board before they are allowed to hit on the grid. So they are within the USGA standards.
David
Oct 28, 2015 at 8:25 pm
Gotcha. 50″ LDA maximum by measuring with the club vertical up against a flat wall.
jake
Oct 27, 2015 at 5:22 pm
Winstar is in Oklahoma not Vegas BTW….
Zak Kozuchowski
Oct 27, 2015 at 5:52 pm
Yes it is, Jake. Thank you.
Benny
Oct 27, 2015 at 5:08 pm
Seriously? Can’t they at least list some other drives since they always have a bag of them? Sorry wrx but this is kinda lame. Still love the site tho!
Umm
Oct 28, 2015 at 1:47 pm
So you wanna know what backup putter was the week he won?