who led golf in driving distance average in 2017

Rory McIlroy had the longest average driving distance in 2016-17, at 317.2 yards.

NAME DRIVING DISTANCE AVG SEASON EVENTS TOP 10 WINS SCORING AVG ROUNDS GIR% FWY% PUTTING AVG SAND SAVE% SCRAMBLING % FEDEXCUP POINTS MONEY
1 Rory McIlroy
R. McIlroy
317.2
2016-17
14
6
0
69.5
48
65.6
55.1
1.8
63.2
62.3
901
$2,430,182
2 Dustin Johnson
D. Johnson
315
2016-17
20
8
4
69.5
74
69.5
57.0
1.8
44.3
62.8
1,720
$8,732,193
3 Brandon Hagy
B. Hagy
312.7
2016-17
26
1
0
70.9
81
64.5
52.5
1.8
54.7
60.2
419
$861,227
4 Luke List
L. List
311.5
2016-17
31
3
0
70.4
102
69.1
55.6
1.8
46.4
56.3
1,011
$1,813,219
5 Ryan Brehm
R. Brehm
311.5
2016-17
25
0
0
71.2
81
67.4
51.9
1.8
47.9
57.1
188
$396,258
6 Andrew Loupe
A. Loupe
311.3
2016-17
21
1
0
72.8
52
59.8
45.9
1.8
39.8
50.3
105
$273,070
7 Brooks Koepka
B. Koepka
311.1
2016-17
24
7
1
69.8
84
63.5
55.8
1.7
48.2
56.3
1,040
$5,612,397
8 Justin Thomas
J. Thomas
309.7
2016-17
25
12
5
69.4
79
67.2
55.1
1.7
48.2
60.4
3,000
$9,921,560
9 Trey Mullinax
T. Mullinax
309.6
2016-17
28
1
0
71
86
67.0
54.6
1.8
53.5
56.3
330
$758,141
10 Kevin Tway
K. Tway
309.2
2016-17
27
3
0
70.9
92
64.7
52.5
1.8
45.7
59.0
740
$1,472,613
11 Tony Finau
T. Finau
309.2
2016-17
29
8
0
70
104
69.0
57.5
1.8
52.0
59.4
510
$2,838,629
12 Grayson Murray
G. Murray
308.2
2016-17
30
2
1
71.1
90
64.0
56.0
1.7
51.6
53.8
816
$1,468,728
13 Gary Woodland
G. Woodland
307.6
2016-17
26
5
0
70.5
89
69.5
59.3
1.8
60.7
58.3
321
$2,980,225
14 J.B. Holmes
J.B. Holmes
307.5
2016-17
23
2
0
70.7
80
62.6
51.3
1.8
42.9
56.6
543
$1,353,584
15 Adam Scott
A. Scott
307
2016-17
16
4
0
70
58
67.1
56.7
1.8
53.9
58.4
642
$1,695,144
16 Xander Schauffele
X. Schauffele
306.8
2016-17
28
4
2
70.2
92
68.0
58.8
1.8
53.9
57.6
2,151
$4,312,674
17 Jason Kokrak
J. Kokrak
306.4
2016-17
28
1
0
71
95
66.8
59.3
1.8
36.8
53.9
649
$1,173,708
18 Patrick Rodgers
P. Rodgers
306.3
2016-17
27
3
0
71.4
74
65.8
52.9
1.8
39.8
53.6
649
$1,346,322
19 Jason Day
J. Day
306.2
2016-17
20
5
0
70.1
66
63.7
53.9
1.7
53.9
57.8
514
$2,978,181
20 Jon Rahm
J. Rahm
305.8
2016-17
23
11
1
69.6
83
68.6
58.7
1.8
59.1
63.3
1,620
$6,123,248
21 Bubba Watson
B. Watson
305.8
2016-17
22
4
0
71.2
67
62.9
59.5
1.8
46.3
55.3
658
$1,223,129
22 Hudson Swafford
H. Swafford
305.1
2016-17
28
4
1
70.6
90
68.2
60.3
1.8
51.5
55.5
1,244
$2,246,090
23 Kevin Chappell
K. Chappell
305
2016-17
27
5
1
70.8
90
65.3
58.8
1.8
42.8
56.8
352
$3,149,615
24 Jamie Lovemark
J. Lovemark
304.9
2016-17
28
4
0
70.4
96
66.1
57.4
1.8
53.2
60.1
919
$1,886,972
25 Smylie Kaufman
S. Kaufman
304.8
2016-17
26
1
0
71.4
74
65.3
54.8
1.8
48.7
55.2
316
$784,758
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