This thread is old, but extremely funny to me. I know it has been said to death, but come on all of you 300+ hitters out there...where do you play? I have never seen you out there...
I just starting playing again this year after playing 1 time in five years and 4 times in ten years...and I remember back in the day, when I played on the high school golf team, that I hit it pretty far. I thought it was 280 avg., 300+ on occasion. I will say that I have never played with anyone who hits it farther than I on average..but again, I have played now 7 times in the past 10 years. (three this year) But even in summer tournaments and high school golf (even when I was a sophomore going against seniors - but I never made it farther than the district tournament because I have never been able to putt) I can't remember playing with someone who was consistently longer than me. A few were right there even, but none definitely longer.
And boy was I surprised when I got back out there this year....granted, I am in my early 30s now, but I top out at 260 now so far...With the new balls and supposed better, larger drivers. (though I am in the fairway way more often with it) No one in my foursome hits it as far, and no one in the groups directly in front or back of us the three times we have played have either...so what I am saying...is in this admittedly small sample size of 36 golfers, (3 rounds, my foursome, and a foursome each behind and ahead of us=12 golfers per round) are averaging 250. So I wonder if I was always 260 max, but everyone else said they were 270 and I knew I was longer than them....so I said 280 back in the day. Most likely wasnt right.
So where are all of the 300 hitters? Honestly, I think the best answer is 1 in 1000 averages 300. I could believe that. I mean, if you hit from the middle tees but use the back tee distance as the hole distance (like a 400 yard back tee par 4, but it is 365 from the middle tees and you hit it to 100 yards from the center, viola! 300 yards) then I can see it. The tees move around you know. If anyone on here is averaging 300 then they are hitting a 3 iron over 250, and a 5 iron about 220. That means on a 200 yard level par three they are debating choking down on a 6 or hitting a 7...yeah right. And down the line, a 165 yard nine and a 150 wedge. What are they hitting a 60*? 120? The longest I ever was I remember hitting 7 about 170. Now I am pushing it if I can get a 7 to 160.
