Key Highlights
- If you missed the RBC Canadian Open this past June, then you might be interested in knowing how far Champ drove the ball on the ninth hole in the third round. Here's a graphic from ShotLink./content/dam/images/golfdigest/fullset/fitness-2025/Champ drive ninth hole RBC. pngGranted, this is a relatively flat tee shot and the TPC of Toronto isn't exactly in the mountains (it's 1,300 feet above sea level).
- And there was a little breeze, but come on, a 400-yard drive on any hole that isn't the 18th at Kapalua is astonishing.
- His ball speed was 195 miles per hour and he swung the driver at 129 mph. We're gushing here, but the point of this article is to explore how pro golfers are able to destroy golf balls—while most of us can't.
- Coordination, practice, confidence and training all play a role, but if you're looking for ground zero, it starts with the legs, says Tom Hemmings, a PGA Tour trainer and one of Golf Digest's 50 Best Trainers in America.
- Hemmings works with a lot of pros at the Sea Island Resort in St.
