Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Blasts Golf Ball Nearly 500 Yards (2024)

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Whether it is the squared circle, the movies, or business, The Rock has the drive to succeed in whatever he pursues. And so, he once took to Instagram to post a picture of him slinging the golf club, claiming that he hit an astonishing 490-yard drive.

In the world of long drive, Scott Smith hit a drive 539 yards, and then in 2007, Mike Dobbin hit a drive that measured 551 yards. “Five-hundred-fifty-one yards is the longest that there's veracity for,” Berkshire said before making a run at the record. “It was hit on a golf course with golf-course conditions …

He was born into a family of wrestlers, including his father Rocky Johnson, who would become the first African-American champion in professional wrestling. When Johnson was 15 his family moved to Bethlehem, Pennsylvania where he would attend Freedom High School and graduate from there in 1990.

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Tiger Woods hitting driver. When it comes to long drives, the magic number for some golfers is 300 yards. But for many average players, unless you're pegging it on the moon or on rock-hard fairways, the 300 mark can be a difficult feat to crack — but that doesn't mean it's impossible.

Witness the incredible feat of the longest drive in golf history, reaching an astonishing 579.63 yards with 512 yards of carry. Explore the world's farthest golf shot ever recorded!

That's because du Preez is one of the longest drivers, not just in pro golf but on the planet Earth. Du Preez, a 6-foot-9, 260-pound wall of muscle, can hit a tee shot 400 yards.

Austin is best known for a 515-yard drive made during a 1974 U.S. National Seniors Open championship in Las Vegas, when he was 64. He used a steel-shafted persimmon wood driver and a balata-covered ball and had a 27-mph tail wind. The drive is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.

Johnson briefly lived in New Zealand with his mother's family, before returning to the Untied States to finish his schooling, which he did at the President William McKinley High School in Honolulu, Hawaii. A multitalented athlete, Johnson was also a part of his school's track, football and wrestling teams.

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Actor, entrepreneur and fitness icon Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson revealed he typically eats up to 6,000 calories a day across six meals, whether he's training for a movie role or just maintaining his famous physique.

It's a common joke in diet and exercise circles: muscly wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is obese. What? Plug Johnson's height and weight (6'5” and 260 pounds, according to ESPN) into the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's body mass index calculator. The output: 30.8.

He's got a very limited range, but: He does that range very well.

He would regularly drive well over 300 yards with his longest drives for each season generally over the 350 yard mark. The longest drive Tiger ever hit went a monstrous 498 yards.

According to the USGA, the average male golfer drives the ball about 216 yards. The average female golfer drives the ball about 148 yards. So the tees a golfer plays have a significant impact on their game.

For elite athletes like The Rock, bench pressing is not just about muscle gain but overall strength and conditioning. While there is no official figure provided by Johnson himself, industry experts and trainers who have worked with him often estimate his bench press capabilities to be between 450 to 500 pounds.