Golf drive to be measured in miles, not yards
17th Nov 2006, 04:15 GMT
The record for the longest golf drive in history is likely to be smashed by thousands of miles Wednesday, when a Russian cosmonaut on a spacewalk hits a special golf ball as a promotional stunt. The bulky spacesuit makes a two-handed swing impossible. So Mikhail Tyurin, now living on the International Space Station, will tap the ball with only one hand on the club.
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