In achieving greater distance and accuracy wile hitting a golf ball there are many factors that come into play, including choice of golf clubs, dimples on a golf ball, the spin on the ball, and ones golf swing, which is the action in which one hit's the golf ball with the golf club.

The dimples and back spin of a ball generate the power necessary to lift a golf ball in to the air and also plays a huge role in the amount of distance the ball travels, if there is an adequate amount of back spin the ball will travel a great distance, if there is too much back spin the ball will stop short, and if there is little back spin the ball will veer of course, and not be accurate.

The most important aspect in attaining distance with a golf ball is one's golf swing. Dynamic weight transfer is a key element in one's golf swing, this allows for the swing to produce power and have accuracy. Weight trans is the motion of ones weight from side to side, while dynamic weight transfer is the synchronizing of the angles of one's lower and upper body while rotating the hips and shifting one's weight from side to side creating one fluid rotational movement, in order to gain the most torque in one's golf swing.

A golf course contains a mixture of par 3, par 4, and par 5 holes. A typical par 3 hole measures up to 250 yards (229 meters), a par 4 from 251 to 470 yards (230 to 430 meters), and a par 5 measures at least 471 yards (431 meters).According to the Guinness Book of World Records the current record distance for a driven golf ball is 458 yards (418 meters) by Jack Hamm in 1993, which is about the distance of a par 4 fairway.

Hanan Gimelfarb -- 2004