Michael Hoke Austin (February 17, 1910 – November 23, 2005) was an American golf professional and kinesiology expert, specializing in long drives.

They reflect that Michael Hoke Austin was born on February 17, 1910, and died (aged 95) on November 23, 2005.

[citation needed] During the Depression, Austin ran a local golf shop in Atlanta during the summer.

In the winter he frequented the courses farther south in Florida playing big money games against vacationing gangsters from Chicago.

Austin eventually established a gym in Hollywood where he taught boxing, tennis, baseball and golf.

[1] Austin demonstrated the power of the swing by securing the world long drive title with a 515-yard shot, using a steel-shafted persimmon wood driver, a balata-covered ball and had a 27-mph tail wind, while playing in the U.S. National Seniors Open in 1974.

Late in his career, Austin changed his hand motion to a counter-rotation of the forearms that kept the club facing the target throughout the swing.

Students of Austin include World Long Drive Champion Mike Dunaway and Jaacob Bowden.

"[1] Golf instructors who have taught Austin's swing include: Austin discussed setting the world record and revealed his secrets for hitting the ball long and straight in his video Golf is Mental Imagery and Austinology.

was Mike Austin: Secrets of the Game's Longest Hitter, and was produced by Peace River Golf.