Bo Jackson is a 51-year-old former football player with a hip replacement, but he is still one of the greatest athletes of all time.
The former Auburn Tiger and Heisman Trophy winner took to the links on Monday and won the long-drive competition at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge in Reynolds Plantation outside Atlanta.
Jackson crushed a 331.5-yard drive, and was 13 yards clear of his nearest competitor, Jon Barry of Georgia Tech. Bo’s drive is well under the longest drive of 2015 in the PGA Tour — Geoff Ogilvy has that title at 409 yards — but he would still be above the tour average of 280-yard drives.
His playing partner, Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn, took home the closest to the pin title with a shot 7-feet, 9-inches away from the hole. Malzahn also came in third in the coaches long drive competition, losing to Ole Miss’ Hugh Freeze and Arizona’s Rich Rodriguez.
Both Jackson and Malzahn will also join other celebrities playing in the upcoming Regions Tradition Pro-Am on Wednesday, May 13 at Birmingham’s Shoal Creek.
Here is Jackson getting angry at a golf ball and then acting like he does that every time, followed by Malzahn being very surprised at his close shot. With these wins, the Auburn duo took home $5,000 for their charities.
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