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Hey all...

Upon advice from a friend I have been tracking the yardage of my clubs. Being new, 2 months on the driving range now and two rounds of actual golf, I am not sure where I stand as far as distance for my clubs. I had my club head speed checked and it is about 85mph. I hit the clubs straight most of the time, when I am not trying to watch the ball fly. :)

Would you all be willing to chime in and give me your opinions?

Hope so...

So here we go...

Driver - 185+/- to @220

3W - 180+/-

5W - 140+/- to 150+/-

4h - 150+/- to 160+/-

5h - 140+/- to 150+/-

6h - 120+/- to 135+/-

7i - 125+/- to 130+/-

8i - 90+/- to 125+/-

9i - 85+/- to 100+/-

PW - 75+/- to 85+/-

SW - 50+/- to 75+/-

Flop (64*) - 20+/- to 40+/-

All measurements are in yards.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give.

Taylormade M4 10.5* (turned down to 8.5*)
Ping G410 LST 3 Wood
Ping G410 5 wood
Titleist F2 7 woods
Ping G graphite irons 5 - PW  Black Dot
Ping Gorged Glide Wedges - 50, 54, 58
Directed Force Reno 2.0 Putter
What an amazing game this is.

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Hi

I want to know about your driver wood.  it's very important.  What's your loft on driver?    so more be continue to practice on driving range. it's more built your body confident and trust your club.   a short game is so fun!!  a trap sand, pitch, chipping and putter.

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Originally Posted by OPIRIP

Hi

I want to know about your driver wood.  it's very important.  What's your loft on driver?    so more be continue to practice on driving range. it's more built your body confident and trust your club.   a short game is so fun!!  a trap sand, pitch, chipping and putter.



10.5*

Taylormade M4 10.5* (turned down to 8.5*)
Ping G410 LST 3 Wood
Ping G410 5 wood
Titleist F2 7 woods
Ping G graphite irons 5 - PW  Black Dot
Ping Gorged Glide Wedges - 50, 54, 58
Directed Force Reno 2.0 Putter
What an amazing game this is.

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Originally Posted by MrFreeze

10.5*


that's fine.   Try on 11.5* or 13* strong 3wood.  you need more speed swing and hard practice.  remember   Miles per hour 1 =  3 yards.

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Updates....

Went to Golf Galaxy to get my yardage, and clubs, checked. :)

What's in my bag
7-Jun-11
Taylor Made Woods
Model Loft Lie Length Flex Yardage
R7 Quad Driver 10.5 45.00" R 185 - 195
Burner 3W 15 S 165
Adams A3OS Irons / Wedges
Model Loft Lie Length Flex Yardage
4 Hybrid 22º 60º 39.75” R 150
5 Hybrid 25º 60.75º 39.00” R 140
6 Hybrid 28º 61.25º 38.25” R 135
7 iron 32º 61.75º 37.50” R 120
8 iron 36º 62.5º 36.75” R 110
9 iron 40º 63.25º 36.00” R 95
PW 44º 63.5º 35.75” R 85
GW
SW 54º 64º 35.50” R 75

I saw on the golf channel a lesson on how to build your golf bag...what type of clubs etc. They said that you should have 4* between the different clubs. Now what? Get rid of the flop of 64*? Get a 5 wood? Uhhhhhhhh

Taylormade M4 10.5* (turned down to 8.5*)
Ping G410 LST 3 Wood
Ping G410 5 wood
Titleist F2 7 woods
Ping G graphite irons 5 - PW  Black Dot
Ping Gorged Glide Wedges - 50, 54, 58
Directed Force Reno 2.0 Putter
What an amazing game this is.

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It is good to know what your yardages are for each club but don't get too caught up in them... just figure that they are what they are and what the yardage gaps you have between clubs and move on.  This way when you are on the course and you come to a particular yardage you'll know what club to hit.  It'll also help you with your course management... For example, I love hitting my 9 iron which happens to go about 130 for me... because I have confidence with this club, I'll often try to leave myself that yardage into the green for the third shot on a par 5.

Having a 4 degree gap or so between clubs is a good idea because it helps to make the yardage gap between clubs consistent... that being said you don't necessarily need a 5 wood; just because your driver is 10* doesn't mean that you have to go 14, 18, 22, 26, etc... you need to know what distance gaps are most important for you to cover.  My set up is very similar to yours; I have a driver, 3 wood, 3h, 4-PW, GW, SW, LW... and am very comfortable with that.  Maybe once every couple rounds (probably less than that actually) I'll come to a shot where I need something between the 3w and the 3h but I deal with that by hitting a less than full 3w or taking the extra stroke and breaking it into two shots (maybe trying to leave myself that 9i in).  For me, I like the extra wedges... my LW (60*) is my go-to around the greens and out of green side bunkers and I'd rather cover the gap between PW (46*) and SW (56*) with the GW (52*) than the gap between my 3w (14.5*) and 3h (21*).  Some people are the other way and like to cover the gap between the 3w and 3 iron or hybrid... if you do this, you just have to learn to hit a wider variety of shots with the wedges you do have.

Anyways, knowing the yardage for each club is good but don't worry to much about it thinking that you have to hit a 7 iron 180 yards or something.  The best players are the ones that know their game and play to their strengths.

Tristan Hilton

My Equipment: 
PXG 0211 Driver (Diamana S+ 60; 10.5°) · PXG 0211 FWs (Diamana S+ 60; 15° and 21°) · PXG 0211 Hybrids (MMT 80; 22°, 25°, and 28°) · PXG 0311P Gen 2 Irons (SteelFiber i95; 7-PW) · Edel Wedges (KBS Hi-Rev; 50°, 55°, 60°) · Edel Classic Blade Putter (32") · Vice Pro or Maxfli Tour · Pinned Prism Rangefinder · Star Grips · Flightscope Mevo · TRUE Linkswear Shoes · Sun Mountain C130S Bag

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Way to go Tristan. Thank you. Perfect explanation.

Ok. So if I need to get a gap wedge I should look, and hit at the range/store, at the range of 48 to 50ish... And then get comfy with what I have and learn to hit them all to the best of my ability and love the game like I do....

Coolio...

Taylormade M4 10.5* (turned down to 8.5*)
Ping G410 LST 3 Wood
Ping G410 5 wood
Titleist F2 7 woods
Ping G graphite irons 5 - PW  Black Dot
Ping Gorged Glide Wedges - 50, 54, 58
Directed Force Reno 2.0 Putter
What an amazing game this is.

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