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The R&A And USGA Release 2017 Di stance Study
Th e av erage di stance gai n across th e sev en w orl dw i de tours w as more th an 3 yards...
(St An dr ew s, Scot lan d an d Li ber t y Cor n er , NJ, USA) - The R&A an d t he USGA have com plet ed t he an n ual r evi ew of dr i vi n g di st an ce i n golf , pr oduci n g a r esear ch r epor t t hat docum en t s an d evaluat es som e si gn i f i can t f i n di n gs f r om t he 2017 season .
Introduced in 2015, the annual report examines driving distance data from seven of the major worldwide professional golf tours, based on nearly 300,000 drives per year. The data from studies of male and female amateur golfers is also included. The 2015 and 2016 editions of the distance report presented the increases in driving distance since 2003 as a slow CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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