{"id":63883,"date":"2025-12-22T12:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=63883"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:54:08","slug":"golf-mullins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/golf-mullins\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Play: Arts &amp; Sciences Alum Is a Long Drive Golfing Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">After competing in track and field for the Big Red, Troy Mullins \u201909 parlayed her athleticism into success at smashing the ball<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/troymullins.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Troy Mullins \u201909<\/a> headed out to study abroad in Beijing her senior year, she packed a set of used golf clubs\u2014toting them halfway around the world on the off chance that she\u2019d have time to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having bought a bike in Beijing, she\u2019d take solo 25-minute rides from campus to a driving range she\u2019d found. \u201cI\u2019d have \u2018me time\u2019 and go hit a bunch of balls,\u201d recalls Mullins. \u201cI had no idea what I was doing, but nobody cared.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Troy Mullins holds a golf club at the driving range and smiles with two friends in Beijing.\" class=\"wp-image-63905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_7839_Original-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">At the driving range in Beijing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Eventually, Mullins not only improved her technique\u2014she went on to a pro career in long drive golf, in which athletes compete to hit the ball the farthest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first Black woman to win a world long drive tour competition, Mullins holds the record for the longest drive by an American female golfer, at 402 yards. (Only five women in the world have ever hit a drive more than 400 yards in competition.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide has-text-align-center\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><blockquote><p>The first Black woman to win a world long drive tour competition, Mullins holds the record for the longest drive by an American female golfer, at 402 yards.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mullins traces her interest in golf to her childhood in L.A., when she\u2019d watch her uncle play in tournaments at a local country club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the Hill, she majored in China and Asia-Pacific studies in Arts &amp; Sciences and was a heptathlete on the Big Red women\u2019s track and field team, developing the athleticism and strength that would later allow her to generate power in her swing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Troy Mullins smiles with four of her friends on the track and field team at Cornell inside Barton Hall, all of them wearing Cornell shirts.\" class=\"wp-image-63903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_3698-A-608x342.jpg 608w, 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1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><figcaption>Broadcasting at a LIV Golf event.<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>She played in her first long drive tournament in 2012, taking second place; just five years later, she won the Mile High Showdown in Denver, where she set her record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she explains, long drive events have a much different vibe from traditional golf tournaments and their hushed crowds: they\u2019re fast-paced, with music blasting and spectators cheering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGoing into my first long drive competition was wild,\u201d she recalls. \u201cThere was cheesy rock music playing so loud I couldn\u2019t even think. But the women were so welcoming and fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ranked as high as third in the world, Mullins has competed abroad in Morocco, Saudi Arabia, England, Ireland, Japan, and Spain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also has worked in broadcasting with the Golf Channel, and with LIV Golf as an on-course reporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Going into my first long drive competition was wild. There was cheesy rock music playing so loud I couldn\u2019t even think. But the women were so welcoming and fun.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>On a typical day, her training routine comprises starting golf practice at 6 a.m., breaking for lunch, then doing a variable workout like hiking, biking, boxing, Pilates, or yoga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>She credits her success to being an athlete first and a golfer second\u2014noting that the strength and coordination she has developed through different sports translates to powerful swings, even if it comes with untraditional technique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now living with her family near Palm Springs, CA, Mullins stepped back from golf after the birth of her daughter\u2014who\u2019s now 16 months old\u2014but recently returned to training and playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have to make sure if somebody breaks my record, I have the chance to reclaim my title,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"873\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-873x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Troy Mullins hits on the ground and holds her daughter, Dylan.\" class=\"wp-image-63877 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-873x1024.jpg 873w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-768x901.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-1264x1482.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-632x741.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-316x371.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-400x469.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-200x235.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802-100x117.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Dylan-and-Troy_crop-e1766069311802.jpg 1269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 873px) 100vw, 873px\" \/><figcaption>With her daughter, Dylan. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe satisfaction of hitting a good shot, and the sound that it makes\u2014that\u2019s what I\u2019m always chasing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Top: Mullins competing at the World Long Drive Championship in 2016. 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