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Big shot ... British golfer Joe Miller is arguably the world's hardest hitter of a golf ball. Source: Gregory Bull / AP
Weighing 19 stone and standing six-foot, four-inches tall, Joe Miller looks like should be tackling NRL players instead of fairways.
But the little-known linksman is also golf's Mr Big Shot, literally, having built a successful career out of his powerful swing in the growing game of long drive.
In 2005, in his first competitive event, Miller won the European Long Drive Championship with an incredible 474-yard strike.
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In 2010 he became the first European to win the RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships with a 414-yard drive. It broke the record for a winning margin by 43 yards and Miller put so much force into the shot he broke his toe.
The big-hitting Brit holds the world record for ball speed, at 225 mph, and has been developing his game since the age of 15, when he realised his amazing swing was ideally suited to the sport of long drive.
Asked about his future plans, Miller said: "My main focus is on introducing long drive to the UK and the rest of Europe because it's still new to everyone over here. We are trying to build awareness."
Now Miller is in Australia, and Brett Ogle took the chance to watch the big hitter in action and pick his brains about long driving.
Asked whether he felt nerves facing the sport's biggest names at the world championships, Miller replied: "Nerves don't come into it.
"Adrenaline comes into it, don't get me wrong," he said.
"It's one of those things. You've got the crowd going, the TV is on you, there's a lot of pressure. We're not chipping and putting here so it's not going to be delicate ... it's all-out war when it gets to that final competition."
Watch the full interview above.
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