{"id":1058,"date":"2010-02-08T12:53:39","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T11:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2014-12-03T17:39:38","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T16:39:38","slug":"the-longest-7-iron-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/the-longest-7-iron-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"The longest 7-iron in History?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Flk_HcDitDA&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Flk_HcDitDA&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;fs=1&amp;\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>With golf becoming more and more about length, Your Golf Travel.com Chief Executive Ross Marshall set about trying to hit the longest 7-iron in history, in hitting from the highest tee in Africa \u2013 Mount Kilimanjaro. 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