WATCH: PGA Tour Player Hits 3-Iron 329 Yards

This just adds fuel to the already-burning fire over golf's distance problem

Elliott Heath
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With all the talk of distance in professional golf, this just adds fuel to the already-burning fire...

WATCH: PGA Tour Player Hits 3-Iron 329 Yards

There's been a lot of chat about distance in professional golf lately.

Tiger Woods said he expected 8,000 yard courses soon, Gary Player tweeted how he was 'sad the Old Course had been brought to her knees by equipment' after low scoring in the Dunhill Links Championship and USGA CEO Mike David recently said "we do not think distance is necessarily good for the game".

At the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Lanto Griffin - who was part of the team to break the fastest hole record this week - hit a 3-iron a whopping 329 yards.

Now that may sound long, but when you consider that John Daly and Tiger Woods weren't even averaging 300 yards with their drivers 20 years ago, it's massive.

Watch the video here:

The Pebble Beach Pro-Am concludes on Sunday. Jordan Spieth won last year by four strokes.

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Elliott Heath
Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!

Elliott is currently playing:

Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV

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