Golfzilla!

In Las Vegas in 1996, Jason Zuback, a pharmacist in Drayton Valley, Alberta, won his first RE/MAX World Long Drive Championship. The purse for his 320-meter-long (351-yard-long) drive in this competition was US$35,000. Zuback was no one-shot wonder: He went on to win another three consecutive championships (1997–1999).

Not surprisingly, in 1997, Zuback left pharmacy for golf. He has since competed from Japan to Mexico, and is on the team of The Pinnacle Long Drive Team, which pits long drive champions like Zuback against qualifying recreational golfers.

Zuback is now known as Golfzilla, a name he received in Japan. He earned the name for a trio of reasons: the ferocity of his swing speed (262 km/h or 162 mph); the distance of his longest competition drive (428 meters/468 yards); and the fact that he's blown balls through telephone books. He also gives motivational talks to financial, fuel, and pharmaceutical corporations on how he has achieved international success and on his knack for producing his best shots under pressure.

He has appeared in Golf Digest and People magazine, on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, and in TV ads for Pinnacle's Drive Around The World campaign, shot at Big Ben and the Eiffel Tower.

Despite his golfing adventures, Zuback maintains his license, because he believes it's good to have as a backup.

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