who lead in driving distance in 1996 on the pga tour

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

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