The TOUR's biggest bombers from 2006-08

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J.B. Holmes
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As he does off most tee boxes on the PGA TOUR, J.B. Holmes crushes a drive at last year's Deutsche Bank Championship.
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Jan. 27, 2009
By PGATOUR.COM staff

Defending FBR Open champion J.B. Holmes is one of the PGA TOUR's longest hitters. Here is where he has ranked on TOUR in driving distance average in the previous three years (for 2009 leaders, click here):

Driving Distance leaders
2008
Rank Player Total distance Total drives Average
1 Bubba Watson 59,870 yards 190 315.1 yards
2 Robert Garrigus 55,988 yards 180 311.0 yards
3 J.B. HOLMES 52,749 yards 170 310.3 yards
4 Dustin Johnson 56,978 yards 184 309.7 yards
5 Steve Allan 30,316 yards 100 303.2 yards
2007
Rank Player Total distance Total drives Average
1 Bubba Watson 50,435 yards 160 315.2 yards
2 John Daly 36,921 yards 118 312.9 yards
3 J.B. HOLMES 43,132 yards 138 312.6 yards
4 Robert Garrigus 58,995 yards 190 310.5 yards
5 Scott Gutschewski 38,569 yards 126 306.1 yards
2006
Rank Player Total distance Total drives Average
1 Bubba Watson 50,490 yards 158 319.6 yards
2 J.B. HOLMES 49,098 yards 154 318.8 yards
3 Robert Garrigus 51,426 yards 166 309.8 yards
4 Brett Wetterich 50,472 yards 164 307.8 yards
5 John Daly 30,099 yards 98 307.1 yards
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