The Guinness
Book of Records now has a new entry for the ‘farthest golf shot caught in a
moving car’ following an interestingly pointless escapade carried out by David
Coulthard, Jake Shepherd and Mercedes-Benz.
The
statistics of the event are really quite staggering. Jake drove the ball off
the tee at 178 mph while David was driving a 571 hp SLS AMG Roadster at 120
mph – and caught the ball in the moving car some 275 yards away from the tee!
Fortunately,
the event was captured on film and shows the exact moment when David caught the
mid-flight golf ball between the seats of the car.
Afterwards,
David said: “The only way to track the ball was to keep your eyes on it all the
time: it’s a real adrenaline rush but it’s not the most comfortable thing to do
because for a moment, you’re not watching the road!”
“I was as
happy as I’ve ever been winning a Grand Prix because I was so surprised quite
frankly that it went in, and went in so solidly,” he added.
The film is
worth a wee look: www.youtube.com/mercedesbenzuk
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