PGA Tour Driving stats dating from 1980 to now. Black highlighted section on the graph is the longest streak of continuous increases in consecutive years (1994-2006). On average, yearly increase was 0.83%, but in those years it was 2.3%..

Interesting to note major increase in Max in 2000& #39;s (Tiger, Daly, Club & Ball changes), with the subsequent "catch up" of min & average in 2010& #39;s. Same effect in 2010& #39;s to 2020, albeit much smaller sample size. Interested to see where that goes

What does this mean for performance? Meet the minimum standard physically, and let the technical, tactical & psychological preparation do the talking on a given day.