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In this episode Rafael Kalamat and Michael Bleackley talk to 6 Time World Long Drive Champion Jason "Golfzilla" Zuback. The G.O.A.T. has 40 Titles and a plethora of stories and knowledge about the game of Golf.
We dive into the Jason's competition history, his experiences traveling the world shooting commercials for Pinnacle Golf, consulting with Cobra Golf, TPI performance and some funny stories about driving a green while Gary Player was on it. Jason also discusses Bryson Dechambeau and Kyle Berkshire's performance at the Professional Long Drivers Association (PLDA) as well long drive competitions at the Olympics and much more.
Jason Zuback is shares his wealth of knowledge about golf mechanics, power and nutrition giving some advice to maintain optimum performance levels during a round of golf.
Check him out at:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/golfzillazuback/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Golfzillazuback
Web: www.jasonzuback.ca (In development)
TPI (Titleist Performance Institute): https://www.mytpi.com/
Cobra Golf: https://www.cobragolf.com/
Krank Golf: https://krankgolf.com/pros/
More Info: Source: prolongdrive.com | https://prolongdrive.com/profile/241_jason-zuback/
"The barstools get empty pretty fast when it comes to long-drive, because there isn’t anything to discuss much less anything the argue about… the simple reason is that five-time open division World Long Drive Champion along with his win in the Masters Division championship puts Canadian Jason Zuback head and shoulders above any other competitor in the entire forty-five hear history of the sport of long drive.
Jason’s journey in long drive began no differently than most other competitors. He obtained information regarding the scheduling of qualifying events, then made the seven-hour drive to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan to get a win, then decided to skip the drive back to the Canadian Regionals and instead went to Salt Lake City, Utah to compete in a local with a follow-up Regional event, which he won. You can only imagine the surprise of the many former champions whom he walked over on his way to his first world championship in 1996.
Despite his dominance at the 1996 championships, no one assumed that Jason would win again in 1997, quite simply because no one had repeated during the past ten years dating back to Wedgy Winchester’s back-to-back titles in 1985 and 1986; however, the champ quickly served notice on his fellow competitors with drives of over 400-yards in each of the qualifying rounds at the Casablanca Golf Club in Mesquite, Nevada and he topped it off with a record-setting 412-yard drive in the finals to get his second straight championship.
That same year SPORTS ILLUSTRATED glossed Jason with the nickname of “Golfzilla” and after TIME magazine repeated it that same year, the name stuck. Although the name of the event was formally changed from the U.S. National Championship to the Re/Max World Long Drive Championship, and despite the fact that the venue was changed to the Palms Golf Club in Mesquite or the fact that the balls were changed to the Pinnacle Extreme or the fact that the champ changed drivers to use a blind-bore Titleist 975D there was no change in the final result as Golfzilla got the first-ever three-peat in long drive history, and so it went in 1999 for the four-peat.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
6-time World Long Drive Champion – Open Division 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006; Senior Division 2015 2015
World Powergolf Matchplay Champion – Senior Division 2015 World Powergolf Matchplay 2nd – Open Division
2001 International Long Drive Champion
1998 LDA Tour Champion World Long Drive Championship (Open Division Only):
19 Top 25 Finishes
14 Top 12 Finishes
12 Top 10 Finishes
10 Final 8 Appearances
7 Top 10 Finishes in a row
3 Straight title defenses (next closest – 1 title defense)
First competitor at World Long Drive Championship to win under straight shootout and head to head match play formats
First and only competitor at World Long Drive Championship to win both the Open and the Senior Championships in first appearances in respective divisions.
1472 days without a loss in LDA sanctioned Long Drive competition.
All-time leading money winner in Long Drive history Recognized Guinness World Record for the fastest ball in all of sports in 2007-2013.
Included in the 2013 Guinness Book of World Records Hard Copy."
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