

"Fast" Eddie Fernandes on the Must-Do's for More Speed and Longer Drives
Jun 18, 2025
58:51
"Fast" Eddie Fernandes is an American Golf Professional as well as a Long Drive Professional. He is a 3X World Long Drive Champion, and now in his 50's is still one of fastest swingers of the golf club in the world. (His longest ball in competition is 480 yards.)
Eddie has won over 50 professional Mini Tour events, 15+ Long Drive events and he made the PGA TOUR Champions Q-School finals in 2021 - he joins #OntheMark to show us exactly how he does it, and how you can drive the ball farther too.
Eddie dives into the Mechanics and the Must-Do's for more speed:
- How to Create a Bigger "Runway" for Acceleration
- Footwork and its Value in Speed Creation
- Creating a Pivot that "Opens up the Body"
- Hand and Wrist Action for Speed Transfer
- Golf Swing Freedom and Swinging in Balance
- Center Contact and Understanding "Anticipitory Muscle Reaction"
- Equipment and Shafts for More Speed Generation
- Trajectory and Tee-Heights for Added Distance, and
- The Mindset for Success off the Tee.
This podcast is also available as a Vodcast, and you can watch Eddie hit drives at his "cruising speed" of 190+mph. Search and subcribe to Mark Immelman.