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{{short description|American golfer}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name = Terry Forcum
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| full_name = Terry Wayne Forcum
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1942|05|04}}
| birth_place = [[Downey, California]], United States of America
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|26|1942|05|04}}
| death_place = [[Wichita, Kansas]], United States of America
| height = 6ft 5in
| weight = 215-230 lbs
| sporting_nationality = {{USA}}
| residence =
| status =<!-- Amateur or Professional (when year turned pro unknown)-->
| yearpro =<!-- Year turned professional --> 1975
| retired =<!-- Year retired -->
| tour =<!-- Current tours which a member of -->
| extour =<!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins =<!-- Number of professional victories -->
| otherwins =<!-- Number of Other wins -->
| wghofid =<!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear =<!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1 = World Long Drive Championship
| year1 = 1983
| award2 =
| year2 =
| awardssection =<!-- location of awards page or section -->
| show-medals =<!-- "yes" to display, hidden by default -->
| medaltemplates =<!-- for displaying golf medals won in multi-sport events -->
}}
'''Terry Forcum''' (1942-2022<ref name="WAM">"Official Obituary of Terry W Forcum," Wulf-Ast Mortuary, https://www.wulfastmortuary.com/obituary/terry-forcum#obituary, as of 5 May 2024.</ref>) was a US [[golf]]er who competed as a professional [[long drive]] athlete, winning the World Championship in 1983.<ref name="TPCN">"Terry Forcum (Obituary)" in ''The Ponca City News'', https://www.poncacitynews.com/obituaries/terry-forcum, 08/06/2022, as of 5 May 2024.</ref><ref name="JMcD">Jerry McConnell: "Forcum Hopes to Hit It Big as PGA Senior" in ''The Oklahoman'', https://www.oklahoman.com/story/new...opes-to-hit-it-big-as-pga-senior/62522569007/, Published July 14, 1991, as of 5 May 2024.</ref>
== Personal life ==
Forcum was born in [[Downey, California]], and attended high school in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma]], graduating in 1960.<ref name="TPCN"/> After high school he competed on the [[rodeo]] circuit as a [[Bull riding|bull rider]] for four years.<ref name="TPCN"/> In 1964 he was drafted into the [[United States Army]] and served two years in [[Würzburg|Wurzburg, Germany]].<ref name="TPCN"/> While serving overseas, Forcum competed in football, baseball, boxing and golf.<ref name="TPCN"/> After returning to the States, he attended the [[University of Houston]]<ref name="PLD">Pro Long Drive: "Pioneers of Long Drive," https://prolongdrive.com/history_of_long_drive/pioneers_of_the_sport/, as of 5 May 2024.</ref> and opened a [[welding]] shop in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma]], but continued playing sports recreationally.<ref name="NYT">"SPORTS PEOPLE; Long-Driving Winner" in ''The New York Times'' in print on Aug. 4, 1983, Section B, Page 12 of the National edition with the headline: SPORTS PEOPLE; Long-Driving Winner, https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/04/sports/sports-people-long-driving-winner.html, as of 5 May 2024.</ref>
==Long drive career==
Forcum first picked up a golf club when he was 10 years old.<ref name="TPCN"/> By age 14-15 he realized that he could hit a golf ball an exceptionally long distance.<ref name="TPCN"/> He played on the junior high golf team in Ponca City, but opted to play baseball instead in high school.<ref name="TPCN"/> He played in amateur golf tournaments in the 1960s<ref name="JMcD"/><ref name="JMcD"/> and became a professional golfer in 1975.<ref name="WAM"/><ref name="TPCN"/> Competing in the US National Long Drive Championship,<ref name="TBT">"Long-driver Forcum to give exhibition at center," ''Tampa Bay Times'', https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/03/31/long-driver-forcum-to-give-exhibition-at-center/, published March 31, 1990|updated Oct. 16, 2005; as of 5 May 2024.</ref> he won 6th place in 1976, 2nd place in 1982, 1st place in 1983 (becoming at age 41 the oldest to do so<ref name="JMcD"/>), and 3rd place in 1988.<ref name="TPCN"/><ref name="MOD">History of Pro Long Drive, Men's Open Division, https://prolongdrive.com/history_of_long_drive/, as of 5 May 2024.</ref> His 1983 1st place win at the [[Riviera Country Club]] in [[Pacific Palisades, California]] earned him the title of World Long Drive Champion for that year – see [[World Long Drive Championship#Winners|World Long Drive Championship Winners]]. By 1990, he had finished in the top 10 in long drive competitions in eight of the 10 previous years.<ref name="TBT"/> He competed in his last National Long Drive Championship in 2008 at the age of 66.<ref name="TPCN"/>
His longest competition drive was 369 yards at a competition held in [[Tokyo, Japan]].<ref name="TPCN"/> He hit a 427-yard drive at a [[Professional Golfers Association]] clinic, and his longest recorded drive ever was 547 yards at the Lakeside Golf Course in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma|Ponca City]].<ref name="TPCN"/><ref name="JMcD"/> He could hit a ball up to 300 yards out of a [[teeing ground|tee box]] with a 4 [[Wood (golf)|wood]], 257 yards with a 7 [[Iron (golf)|iron]], and once hit a 361 yard [[Drive (golf)|drive]] while on his knees.<ref name="TPCN"/> He was also known for hitting "stunt shots" that included driving a ball through a piece of plywood, and hitting a ball out of a person's mouth.<ref name="TPCN"/><ref name="JMcD"/><ref name="TBT"/>
A founding member of the 350 Club, the original group of long drivers who toured the world putting on exhibitions and clinics, the Pro Long Drive Association lists him as a pioneer of the long drive sport.<ref name="TPCN"/>
Forcum died in [[Wichita, Kansas]] at the age of 80.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://prolongdrive.com/history_of_long_drive/pioneers_of_the_sport/ Pioneers of Long Drive]
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[[Category:American long drive golfers]]
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{{short description|American golfer}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name = Terry Forcum
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| full_name = Terry Wayne Forcum
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date |1942|05|04}}
| birth_place = [[Downey, California]], United States of America
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|07|26|1942|05|04}}
| death_place = [[Wichita, Kansas]], United States of America
| height = 6ft 5in
| weight = 215-230 lbs
| sporting_nationality = {{USA}}
| residence =
| status =<!-- Amateur or Professional (when year turned pro unknown)-->
| yearpro =<!-- Year turned professional --> 1975
| retired =<!-- Year retired -->
| tour =<!-- Current tours which a member of -->
| extour =<!-- Former tours which a member of -->
| prowins =<!-- Number of professional victories -->
| otherwins =<!-- Number of Other wins -->
| wghofid =<!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
| wghofyear =<!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted -->
| award1 = World Long Drive Championship
| year1 = 1983
| award2 =
| year2 =
| awardssection =<!-- location of awards page or section -->
| show-medals =<!-- "yes" to display, hidden by default -->
| medaltemplates =<!-- for displaying golf medals won in multi-sport events -->
}}
'''Terry Forcum''' (1942-2022<ref name="WAM">"Official Obituary of Terry W Forcum," Wulf-Ast Mortuary, https://www.wulfastmortuary.com/obituary/terry-forcum#obituary, as of 5 May 2024.</ref>) was a US [[golf]]er who competed as a professional [[long drive]] athlete, winning the World Championship in 1983.<ref name="TPCN">"Terry Forcum (Obituary)" in ''The Ponca City News'', https://www.poncacitynews.com/obituaries/terry-forcum, 08/06/2022, as of 5 May 2024.</ref><ref name="JMcD">Jerry McConnell: "Forcum Hopes to Hit It Big as PGA Senior" in ''The Oklahoman'', https://www.oklahoman.com/story/new...opes-to-hit-it-big-as-pga-senior/62522569007/, Published July 14, 1991, as of 5 May 2024.</ref>
== Personal life ==
Forcum was born in [[Downey, California]], and attended high school in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma]], graduating in 1960.<ref name="TPCN"/> After high school he competed on the [[rodeo]] circuit as a [[Bull riding|bull rider]] for four years.<ref name="TPCN"/> In 1964 he was drafted into the [[United States Army]] and served two years in [[Würzburg|Wurzburg, Germany]].<ref name="TPCN"/> While serving overseas, Forcum competed in football, baseball, boxing and golf.<ref name="TPCN"/> After returning to the States, he attended the [[University of Houston]]<ref name="PLD">Pro Long Drive: "Pioneers of Long Drive," https://prolongdrive.com/history_of_long_drive/pioneers_of_the_sport/, as of 5 May 2024.</ref> and opened a [[welding]] shop in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma]], but continued playing sports recreationally.<ref name="NYT">"SPORTS PEOPLE; Long-Driving Winner" in ''The New York Times'' in print on Aug. 4, 1983, Section B, Page 12 of the National edition with the headline: SPORTS PEOPLE; Long-Driving Winner, https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/04/sports/sports-people-long-driving-winner.html, as of 5 May 2024.</ref>
==Long drive career==
Forcum first picked up a golf club when he was 10 years old.<ref name="TPCN"/> By age 14-15 he realized that he could hit a golf ball an exceptionally long distance.<ref name="TPCN"/> He played on the junior high golf team in Ponca City, but opted to play baseball instead in high school.<ref name="TPCN"/> He played in amateur golf tournaments in the 1960s<ref name="JMcD"/><ref name="JMcD"/> and became a professional golfer in 1975.<ref name="WAM"/><ref name="TPCN"/> Competing in the US National Long Drive Championship,<ref name="TBT">"Long-driver Forcum to give exhibition at center," ''Tampa Bay Times'', https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1990/03/31/long-driver-forcum-to-give-exhibition-at-center/, published March 31, 1990|updated Oct. 16, 2005; as of 5 May 2024.</ref> he won 6th place in 1976, 2nd place in 1982, 1st place in 1983 (becoming at age 41 the oldest to do so<ref name="JMcD"/>), and 3rd place in 1988.<ref name="TPCN"/><ref name="MOD">History of Pro Long Drive, Men's Open Division, https://prolongdrive.com/history_of_long_drive/, as of 5 May 2024.</ref> His 1983 1st place win at the [[Riviera Country Club]] in [[Pacific Palisades, California]] earned him the title of World Long Drive Champion for that year – see [[World Long Drive Championship#Winners|World Long Drive Championship Winners]]. By 1990, he had finished in the top 10 in long drive competitions in eight of the 10 previous years.<ref name="TBT"/> He competed in his last National Long Drive Championship in 2008 at the age of 66.<ref name="TPCN"/>
His longest competition drive was 369 yards at a competition held in [[Tokyo, Japan]].<ref name="TPCN"/> He hit a 427-yard drive at a [[Professional Golfers Association]] clinic, and his longest recorded drive ever was 547 yards at the Lakeside Golf Course in [[Ponca City, Oklahoma|Ponca City]].<ref name="TPCN"/><ref name="JMcD"/> He could hit a ball up to 300 yards out of a [[teeing ground|tee box]] with a 4 [[Wood (golf)|wood]], 257 yards with a 7 [[Iron (golf)|iron]], and once hit a 361 yard [[Drive (golf)|drive]] while on his knees.<ref name="TPCN"/> He was also known for hitting "stunt shots" that included driving a ball through a piece of plywood, and hitting a ball out of a person's mouth.<ref name="TPCN"/><ref name="JMcD"/><ref name="TBT"/>
A founding member of the 350 Club, the original group of long drivers who toured the world putting on exhibitions and clinics, the Pro Long Drive Association lists him as a pioneer of the long drive sport.<ref name="TPCN"/>
Forcum died in [[Wichita, Kansas]] at the age of 80.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://prolongdrive.com/history_of_long_drive/pioneers_of_the_sport/ Pioneers of Long Drive]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forcum, Terry}}
[[Category:1942 births]]
[[Category:2022 deaths]]
[[Category:American male golfers]]
[[Category:American long drive golfers]]
[[Category
onca City High School alumni]]Okumaya devam et...