Tour Rookie Cameron Champ’s Eye-Popping Driving Stats

Cameron Champ can launch a golf ball farther than probably just about anyone on the PGA Tour. In his debut as a card-carrying PGA Tour member, he put on a clinic at the Safeway Open, finishing T25.

GolfWorld’s Alex Myers reports on the Texas A&M grad’s ridiculous swing and ball speed that will make even seasoned pros stop and enviously watch when Champ is blasting drives on the range.

When it comes to average clubhead speed and ball speed, Champ was easily No. 1 at 129.66 mph and 192.67 mph. Fellow bomber Brandon Hagy, who sat out most of last season with a wrist injury, was second at 125.14 and 186.32. And winner Kevin Tway showed he can really move it off the tee as well, finishing seventh and eighth in the two metrics.

To put these numbers in better perspective, Keith Mitchell led the PGA Tour in average clubhead speed last season at 124.67 and no one else was above 123. Trey Mullinax led the tour in ball speed last season at 182.22, followed by Tony Finau (181.81) and Rory McIlroy (181.57). Simple math tells us that Champ’s Safeway Open average numbers were five and TEN mph faster in those two categories. Remarkable.

Of course, golf fans have known about Champ’s prodigious power since he made a name for himself at the 2017 U.S. Open. As an amateur, Champ entered the weekend at Erin Hills tied for eighth before falling to T-32. He earned his PGA Tour card on the Web.com Tour this year where he finished sixth on the money list and won the Utah Championship while averaging 391(!) yards off the tee.

3-9-1! Let that sink in for a bit.