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Article: Obituaries in the News
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11-29-2005
Mike Austin
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Mike Austin, whose 515-yard drive in 1974 stands as the longest ever in a professional golf tournament, died Tuesday, his wife Tanya said. He was 95.
Austin was 64 years old when he hit the soaring drive in the U.S. National Seniors Open Championship in Las Vegas. With help from a 27-mph tail wind, the ball ran well clear of the green 450 yards away.
The record has held up for more than two decades despite advances in ball and driver technology. Austin used a standard persimmon wood club with a steel shaft.
Second on the list is a 476-yard drive hit in 2004 by Davis Love III.
Austin was born in 1910 on Guernsey, one of ...
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