Michael Brennan made one of the fastest moves ever into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking with his win at the Bank of Utah Championship on Sunday. And it was in large part to him swinging fast with one club in particular.
Those watching saw Brennan bombing his way all around Black Desert Resort, averaging a stunning 351 yards per poke. But his accuracy was just as impressive.
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At one point, Brennan hit 34 of 35 fairways during his four-shot victory in his first PGA Tour start as a pro. Granted, they were some wide fairways, but still, he had the Big Dog working as well as anyone on tour this year. In fact, it was actually the best driving performance of 2025.
The PGA Tour’s Sean Martin noted that Brennan’s 7.6 strokes gained off the tee was the highest on tour this season. And it wasn’t particularly close.
That’s made even more remarkable when you consider this was the 23-year-old’s only PGA Tour start this year.
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“The fairways are pretty forgiving, pretty wide,” Brennan told reporters after. “There is no rough, so it’s either going to be fairway or rocks basically. So just had one of those weeks where my driver went pretty straight and was able to send it and let it go and felt very confident over the driver all week.”
Considering what an advantage that club gave Brennan all week, that might be the understatement of year.
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