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is there a site that lists the distances of pro golfers? I'm looking in particular for rory mcilroy and hunter mahan. Thanks

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That'd be interesting to see. I know that Golf Digest features a golf each month. It was Yang this month. They have a shot of the bag, with details on each club and its distance. One of my favorite parts of GD actually. Tells me how I stack up against those guys.

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Here are Rory McIlroy's distances for each club via Golf Digest (print is a little small, they are in the lower right corner): http://www.golfdigest.com/equipment/...g_rory_mcilroy

He doesn't hit his irons as far as I thought actually. Of course the pro level is all about accuracy and he probably "takes a little off" when he is trying to be precise. Interestingly, he also has some big gaps in his lower irons/wedges.

Hunter has a "what's in the bag" article too, but there are no distances given. pgatour.com ( http://www.pgatour.com/players/r/?/02/47/81/stats ) lists his driving distance avg at 297 yds for 2009 (28th). McIlroy was 305.2 off the tee (good for 7th).

There isn't much info out there it looks like. For most pros, the only thing we know is their driving distance.

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In case people couldn't zoom into the article I linked on Rory's distances I copied them here:

Driver (8.5*) 305 yards
3-wood (13*) 270
5-wood (18*) 245
3-iron 225
4-iron 210
5-iron 200
6-iron 185
7-iron 170
8-iron 160
9-iron 145
PW (48*) 130
SW (54*) 110
LW (60*) 95

Like I said before, I thought he would be a little longer with the irons. I don't think he has to worry about distance though...the kid has skills!

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In case people couldn't zoom into the article I linked on Rory's distances I copied them here:

Could be an easy question to answer, but ill ask anyway: How do pro's know exactly how far they hit the ball?

-Do they rely on the yardages their practice range gives them? -Do they pace out the steps with a distance wheel? -Do they rely on the yardages of a simulator? -Do they rely on the yardages of something like a Sky Caddie? -Do they rely on the yardages on the course? I would like to know because I do not have an EXACT distance on each club to the yard, my club distances are more like 10-15 yard windows. So I was wondering how I could go about finding my distances like the pro's do. Or are these just averages? I know if you ask Tiger how far he hits his 5 iron he will tell you xxx yds to the T.

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Could be an easy question to answer, but ill ask anyway: How do pro's know exactly how far they hit the ball?

I have a feeling these numbers for Rory are just estimates and the 10-15 yard window you were mentioning. He has his 8-iron listed at 160, but he could probably dial it up to 170 if he really goes after it. I really don't know how the pros get exact yardages. I'm sure they (and their caddies) do know them though. If Tiger has an 5-iron in his hand like you said he isn't ballparking like most of us do, Stevie and him probably know how far he hits it to the inch.

I have pretty good estimates for myself, but they are still only estimates and came from years of playing. I rely on the plates at my home course which I have checked with a skycaddie or rangefinder and they probably aren't all wrong. I'm sure it would help my game to know exactly how far I hit it. Something like yardage also varies depending on the time of the year (ball goes shorter when it's colder), elevation, wind, etc.

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Yeah, the max distances they can actually hit are pretty astounding, i.e. Tiger Woods 180 yard 8-iron and Sergio Garicia's 250 yard 4-iron.

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Could be an easy question to answer, but ill ask anyway: How do pro's know exactly how far they hit the ball?

There are several ways you can figure it out but having a GPS and or a Rangefinder really help the process.

I have both and use them regularly to dial in distances not just check how far the pin is. At the range I use the rangefinder to hit the range pins and then dial in the club to that distance. On the course I use the GPS(not as accurate) to keep all my drive distances and then average. Also sometimes when it is slow at the course I will drop 10 balls at some random place in the fairway and hit a club and then use the GPS to mark off all the balls and then average. Over time you will get a pretty good idea of your club distances.

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180 yard 8-iron? Try a 190 yard PW out of 6 inch rough ten feet from the damn hole:

Oh, that was just a flier lie.

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Woods: SasQuatch 17° 4-Wood (stiff graphite shaft)
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Oh, that was just a flier lie.

Regardless if that was a flier lie, that shot was still incredible.

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Who cares about the lie...the Els comment and the producers response are priceless!! That is the great part of live TV

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