{"id":228,"date":"2004-11-13T08:05:28","date_gmt":"2004-11-13T13:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/tour_driving_distances\/"},"modified":"2004-11-13T08:05:28","modified_gmt":"2004-11-13T13:05:28","slug":"tour_driving_distances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/playing_tips\/tour_driving_distances","title":{"rendered":"Tour Driving Distances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tour driving distances may not be all that you expect. We hear &#8211; and see &#8211; the occasional 300-yard bomb, but what&#8217;s the real deal? How far do pros hit the ball on most holes throughout the tournament? The holes on which they&#8217;re not being measured for driving distance (the pros know ahead of times which holes those are).<\/p>\n<p>At the recent Tour Championship, The Sand Trap .com reader Ryan Dorn tracked the driving stats of seven of the PGA Tour&#8217;s best players. Chris DiMarco&#8217;s driving totals might clue you in to the <em>actual<\/em> distances that pros hit the ball.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, the players know ahead of time which two hole count as the driving holes. Those holes they are gonna give it a little bit more because no one wants to be the short guy, but if you look at what realistically happens, it&#8217;s not what you hear on tv. Chris Dimarco is right around the middle of the pack on tour in terms of distance. Here&#8217;s every par 4 or 5 tee shot he hit this week. He &#8220;averages&#8221; around 285 yards (I can&#8217;t pull it up either), but he only hit 10 of 56 shots 285 or more. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris DiMarco Driving Distances, 2004 Tour Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre>Hole     Day 1    Day 2    Day 3    Day 4    Average\n  1       269      238      274      272      263.25\n  3       254      246      252      263      253.75\n  4       281      310      274      278      285.75\n  5       288      310      309      303      302.5\n  7       240      251      255      245      247.75\n  8       277      269      273      279      274.5\n  9       295      291      303      301      297.5\n 10       275      267      250      279      267.75\n 12       262      273      276      276      271.75\n 13       267      266      257      274      266\n 14       253      277      270      274      268.5\n 15       273      262      273      268      269\n 16       242      280      260      289      267.75\n 17       258      251      258      271      259.5<\/pre>\n<p>Keep this in mind the next time you&#8217;re on the tee! You don&#8217;t need to hit it 300 yards &#8211; and tour pros almost never do &#8211; to score well.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nHere are the driving statistics for the first day of competition for seven players: Chris DiMarco, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Tiger Woods, Todd Hamilton, Jerry Kelly, and Retief Goosen.<\/p>\n<pre>Hole 1: 424 yds              Hole 3: 387 yds\nChris Dimarco     269        Chris Dimarco     254\nPhil Mickelson    281        Phil Mickelson    281\nVijay Singh       279        Vijay Singh       274\nTiger Woods       302        Tiger Woods       293\nTodd Hamilton     272        Todd Hamilton     278\nJerry Kelly       260        Jerry Kelly       263\nRetief Goosen     294        Retief Goosen     272<\/pre>\n<pre>Hole 4: 440 yds              Hole 5: 480 yds (downhill)\nChris Dimarco     281        Chris Dimarco     288\nPhil Mickelson    307        Phil Mickelson    314\nVijay Singh       309        Vijay Singh       309\nTiger Woods       293        Tiger Woods       332\nTodd Hamilton     282        Todd Hamilton     315\nJerry Kelly       274        Jerry Kelly       309\nRetief Goosen     304        Retief Goosen     324<\/pre>\n<pre>Hole 7: 394 yds              Hole 8: 405 yds\nChris Dimarco     240        Chris Dimarco     277\nPhil Mickelson    267        Phil Mickelson    281\nVijay Singh       260        Vijay Singh       284\nTiger Woods       279        Tiger Woods       275\nTodd Hamilton     267        Todd Hamilton     260\nJerry Kelly       234        Jerry Kelly       275\nRetief Goosen     267        Retief Goosen     278<\/pre>\n<pre>Hole 9: 584 yds (downhill)   Hole 10: 469 yds\nChris Dimarco     295        Chris Dimarco     275\nPhil Mickelson    336        Phil Mickelson    283\nVijay Singh       345        Vijay Singh       296\nTiger Woods       332        Tiger Woods       287\nTodd Hamilton     304        Todd Hamilton     268\nJerry Kelly       286        Jerry Kelly       265\nRetief Goosen     316        Retief Goosen     305<\/pre>\n<pre>Hole 12: 391 yds             Hole 13: 439 yds\nChris Dimarco     262        Chris Dimarco     267\nPhil Mickelson    281        Phil Mickelson    259\nVijay Singh       284        Vijay Singh       308\nTiger Woods       261        Tiger Woods       291\nTodd Hamilton     270        Todd Hamilton     289\nJerry Kelly       264        Jerry Kelly       253\nRetief Goosen     271        Retief Goosen     286<\/pre>\n<pre>Hole 14: 442 yds             Hole 15: 495 yds\nChris Dimarco     253        Chris Dimarco     273\nPhil Mickelson    275        Phil Mickelson    307\nVijay Singh       268        Vijay Singh       302\nTiger Woods       263        Tiger Woods       303\nTodd Hamilton     282        Todd Hamilton     293\nJerry Kelly       259        Jerry Kelly       274\nRetief Goosen     265        Retief Goosen     296<\/pre>\n<pre>Hole 16: 481 yds             Hole 17: 453 yds\nChris Dimarco     242        Chris Dimarco     258\nPhil Mickelson    286        Phil Mickelson    266\nVijay Singh       299        Vijay Singh       281\nTiger Woods       296        Tiger Woods       281\nTodd Hamilton     280        Todd Hamilton     259\nJerry Kelly       258        Jerry Kelly       255\nRetief Goosen     294        Retief Goosen     285<\/pre>\n<p>That gives us these final tallies:<\/p>\n<pre>230-239 yds:  1\n240-249 yds:  2\n250-259 yds:  9\n260-269 yds: 17\n270-279 yds: 20\n280-289 yds: 19\n290-299 yds:  9\n300+ yds:    21*\n* 11 on downhill holes<\/pre>\n<p>Thanks to Ryan Dorn for the stats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tour driving distances may not be all that you expect&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playing_tips"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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