“Long Drive” Fairway Challenges

So it can be done. I did manage to get all three stars. I took some earlier advice on swing mechanics which is taking the positive effect of the over swing and the sum total of the downswing. This is hypothesis so I’m not saying it’s absolutely effective and not bugged.

Let’s say your overswing is +1.0. This means you’ve gone past the 100% by whatever metric they’re using to measure the additional power added. That’s step 1. 

Step 2 is making sure your down swing is fast enough to cover the spread of your over swing. If you swing slowly on your down swing to say -1.0 you have effectively negated the +100% making it 0.0. 

So what does this mean in practice?

⚽Swing past the 100% tick mark then flick fast up on the joystick to have a powerful downswing too. This covers the +100% requirement. 

🏈 Hit the fairway.

🏀 Use a driver

(4) Use DRIVE not POWER DRIVE. This will help with your accuracy off the tee. I believe it can be done with POWER DRIVE but is not required and has less accuracy which inevitably will send one of your shots here or there into the first cut or rough causing frustration and rage quit 😡.

Optional recommended tips: 

(5) Use as many “SPECS” as you can for accuracy  with driver and ball in your “golfer” setup as you can to help you hit the fairway after a powerful swing. You mechanically have a larger mishit and accuracy error in power swings past the 100% mark. 

👿 Bring the difficulty setting down to “Arcade”. This increases your efficiency and reduces margin of error. You can also fade or draw the ball without having to use advanced swing mechanics. This can be accomplished on Pro setting as well but I think we’ve spent enough time on this challenge as is.

(7) Pay attention to the wind and your landing zone based on driving power. If you can use the upper fairway bc your power is lower, do it. If you can’t, aim above the trees, and raise the trajectory to clear the trees cleanly if you can. I have read you can hit the trees and if you still find the fairway it counts, provided you made the correct overswing and fast downswing.

This is the best I can come up with and was how I solved the problem myself. 

Now I have to do this 10 times against Bryson DeChambeau for the Cobra Challenge 😫

HOW COME EA DOESN"T ANSWER YOU. I QUIT.

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@dootadoo wrote:

HOW COME EA DOESN"T ANSWER YOU. I QUIT.

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I got you bro. Simple solution, I figured it out. 

Use a “Driver”

Pull back past the 100% mark

Flick up fast for the downswing.

Land in the fairway.

Thats it.

If you want some more detailed explanation check my response just above your post. 

I've done what you said perfectly. And still no reward. 

This is the only thing you’re probably missing. In this photo, this would be considered a “Long Drive”.

Heres the math in case you’re wondering how it works or anyone else.

Overswing  +2.7

Downswing -0.1

2.7 - 0.1 = 2.6 

If you have anything below zero, your swing will not register as a long drive. 

Keep track of this and if it’s still not working I don’t know what to tell you but I’ve pulled off all “Long Drive” challenges so far to include 3, 6, and 10 long drives. 

@Meathammer23I really wish you'd cracked it but I'm afraid the video examples I included in the following bug report show a different story, with perfect r fast timing and an overswing not counting sadly for my more experienced golfer:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Long-Drives-Don-t-Count-as-Stated/m-p/12572651#M2864

Anyone still having issues adding their own experience to the above thread may help get this resolved.

Make sure you are driving with standard driver and not power driver with the tee shots...this worked for me

Since you seem to be helping everyone here am I crazy or should this count as a long drive? I’ve had no problem with any other challenge that requires a long drive but I legit can’t even get one here. This isn’t nearly the most egregious one I’ve had but I don’t get how this doesn’t qualify: ball is in the fairway, driver on drive setting, slow -1%, overawing +1.7% and power +2.5%. Drive is like 330 total distance What am I doing wrong? 

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@Nickeebee17 wrote:

Since you seem to be helping everyone here am I crazy or should this count as a long drive? I’ve had no problem with any other challenge that requires a long drive but I legit can’t even get one here. This isn’t nearly the most egregious one I’ve had but I don’t get how this doesn’t qualify: ball is in the fairway, driver on drive setting, slow -1%, overawing +1.7% and power +2.5%. Drive is like 330 total distance What am I doing wrong? 

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In theory this SHOULD count as a Long Drive as the difference is +0.7. I would recommend speeding up the downswing to clear +1.0 though and see if that gets you there. Make sure you’re hitting the fairway as well or it doesn’t count.