who has the biggest driving distance average in 1996

John Daly had the longest average driving distance in 1996, at 288.8 yards.

NAMEDRIVING DISTANCE AVGSEASONEVENTSTOP 10WINSSCORING AVGROUNDSGIR%FWY%PUTTING AVGSAND SAVE%SCRAMBLING %FEDEXCUP POINTSMONEY
1John Daly
J. Daly
288.8
1996
72
1
71.7
86
61.9
57.4
1.8
53.9
58.9
$173,557
2John Adams
J. Adams
286.7
1996
78
1
71.4
82
67.2
60.7
1.8
58.7
56.6
$257,840
3Fred Couples
F. Couples
285.8
1996
66
9
1
69.6
74
71.8
65.5
1.8
57.3
60.3
$1,248,694
4Davis Love III
D. Love III
285.7
1996
80
11
1
69.8
91
69.7
69.6
1.8
52.9
63.2
$1,211,139
5Tim Herron
T. Herron
283.5
1996
100
3
1
71.1
104
65.7
60.1
1.8
58.1
58.9
$475,670
6Steve Stricker
S. Stricker
281.8
1996
82
7
2
70.1
85
65.2
62.8
1.7
45.9
58.4
$1,383,739
7Kelly Gibson
K. Gibson
280.8
1996
114
2
71
117
66.7
63.3
1.8
42.1
54.8
$307,228
8Phil Mickelson
P. Mickelson
280.4
1996
77
8
4
70.2
77
69.6
68.4
1.8
61.3
63.5
$1,697,799
9Carl Paulson
C. Paulson
280.4
1996
87
71.8
92
65.1
63.1
1.8
53.0
55.2
$116,071
10Steve Jones
S. Jones
280
1996
83
6
1
70.6
93
64.0
60.1
1.8
47.6
56.4
$810,644
11Scott McCarron
S. McCarron
279.9
1996
86
2
1
71
93
63.3
61.7
1.8
51.5
57.1
$404,329
12Vijay Singh
V. Singh
279.8
1996
90
9
70.2
90
66.7
65.2
1.8
60.0
60.4
$855,140
13Joe Acosta, Jr.
J. Acosta, Jr.
279.7
1996
71
72.4
71
65.8
60.4
1.8
44.6
51.4
$37,632
14Chris Smith
C. Smith
279.5
1996
80
72.3
80
64.9
55.9
1.9
48.9
51.8
$41,112
15Ernie Els
E. Els
278.8
1996
65
6
1
69.8
69
67.5
68.3
1.8
59.6
59.5
$906,944
16Tom Purtzer
T. Purtzer
278.6
1996
83
3
70.6
90
69.7
69.4
1.8
58.4
62.6
$396,444
17Woody Austin
W. Austin
278.6
1996
117
5
70.6
124
69.5
69.2
1.8
49.5
61.0
$539,397
18Mark Calcavecchia
M. Calcavecchia
278.4
1996
103
6
70.6
110
70.4
70.1
1.8
58.9
59.0
$628,851
19Tom Watson
T. Watson
278.3
1996
54
4
1
69.7
54
69.6
68.9
1.8
56.3
57.6
$761,238
20Lucas Parsons
L. Parsons
278
1996
56
72.8
60
59.5
59.2
1.9
51.9
50.0
$21,233
21Jim Gallagher
J. Gallagher
277.2
1996
73
2
71.3
73
67.0
63.6
1.8
51.7
57.3
$277,740
22Stuart Appleby
S. Appleby
276.5
1996
95
1
71.4
104
66.5
66.7
1.8
55.6
61.1
$164,483
23Jesper Parnevik
J. Parnevik
276.4
1996
68
5
70.5
71
71.6
66.4
1.8
61.4
61.9
$389,266
24Robert Gamez
R. Gamez
275.9
1996
75
2
71.4
78
65.5
68.7
1.8
42.4
54.3
$249,227
25Dan Pohl
D. Pohl
275.9
1996
58
71.4
58
68.9
67.5
1.8
42.2
54.5
$100,562
StatMuse has season-level data for driving distance average going back to the 1980 season.