Average Distances - How Far Do You Hit Each Club? (And Don't Lie!)

[Dave2512]

Originally Posted by dsc123

edit: ha, again, not trying to distort your message, the rest of it wasn't there when opened the box to type (then got distracted before sending).  But I see what you mean as far as how that can present some new options.

Lol, yeah edits can get funky. Honestly I stumbled into it just because the irons I bought were used and had no GW. I already had a 52-56-60-62 wedge set so it was order the matching GW or get creative. In the end I blew it all up, ditched the 62 and 3-6 in favor of 4-6 hybrid irons and went with the custom 48*. I didn't realize how handy it would be to have a 48 with a shelf grind for longer bunker shots and open face pitches near the green.

Sorry for the derail. I'm not even going to bother posting distances. I live in CO and the rest of world, most of it anyway would doubt how far balls fly here. The long iron distances would make the imaginary 300 yard internet length seem anemic.

[TMBridgestone]

Driver - 240-250

3w - 210-220

3h - 200

4i - 185

5i - 170

6i - 160

7i - 150

8i - 135

9i - 125

Pw - 110

Aw - 100

56 - 85

60 - 55

[Sprocket]

Cobra Clubs   Stiff shafts

Driver =  260 - 300+    9% Loft

3+ hybrid 240  260

4+ hybrid 225  240

4 Iron       200 225

5 iron      170  200

6 Iron      160 170

7 Iron      150 160

8 Iron      140 150

9 Iron      125 140

P. W.100  125

G. W. 75   100

S. W. 25   50

L. W. 00   25

[Lihu]

Driver - 240-250 3w - 210-220 3h - 200 4i - 185 5i - 170 6i - 160 7i - 150 8i - 135 9i - 125 Pw - 110 Aw - 100 56 - 85 60 - 55

Same for me with the following differences. My driver is about 235 to 245, and when I can hit my 4 and 5 irons they go the same. I also use a 4h and do not have a 56. The million dollar question is, do you think these distances will allow you to get to the low single digits?

[PDXguy]

Well, this is a hard topic to respond to, since I only take a handful of full swings a round. But here my usual numbers, if I hit them well. :-)

Driver: 285-330

3wood: 240-260

18*hybrid 225-240

3-205 (including roll? I usually get 230-250 off the tee)

4-195

5-185

6-172

7-163

8-150

9-138

P-127

52*Gap- 100-120 (but it usually backs up 15' off the front of the green on anything more than 80%)

58*-80

60-70

Putter-once hit it 225 off the tee...

[GingerGolfer]

Driver: 260 carry

3 wood: 230 carry

4i: 205-210

5i:195-200

6i:185

7i:175

8i:165

9i:152ish

PW:135

52:120

56:105

60: Never full swing :)

[Tiny Toe]

Driver-270

3W-230

4H-220

4I-210

5I-190

6I-175

7I-165

8-155

9I-135

PW-120

GW-110

SW(56*)-90

[DocParty]

These seem to be very realistic with what I see on the course if being in the fairway throughout a round of golf is a goal.

I do drop off about 15 yards when getting to my 5 iron, it's always been a 150 yard shot and I could always count on it.

My 8 only runs out to 120 and throughout my higher loft clubs ( 9 through my 3 wedges ) my yardage is 20 yards short of these.

It's nice to see other golfers reporting what seems by most golf club pros and teaching professionals, the actual averages weekend golfers hit.

My hat is still off to those of you that crank the driver out there 270 to 300 yards on average. Those must be and feel like amazing shots when you hit those.

[inthecup]

Originally Posted by PDXguy

Well, this is a hard topic to respond to, since I only take a handful of full swings a round. But here my usual numbers, if I hit them well. :-)

Driver: 285-330

3wood: 240-260

18*hybrid 225-240

3-205 (including roll? I usually get 230-250 off the tee)

4-195

5-185

6-172

7-163

8-150

9-138

P-127

52*Gap- 100-120 (but it usually backs up 15' off the front of the green on anything more than 80%)

58*-80

60-70

Putter-once hit it 225 off the tee...

I find that if I swing well within myself to control trajectory and accuracy it is not a "full swing".  Do you usually smooth  the next club down?

[AntiTankNinja]

My drives are usually carry 250-265, and then depending on conditions seem to roll out between 15-30 yards . Driver is a 8.5* with a custom stiff, low kick shaft. Swing speed consistently around 112mph. Most people that I play with who claim to be 300+ have a hard time keeping up with me on the tee box. Now I don't claim to be a long ball guy but....I track my stats very closely with gps and keep the numbers. Avg distance is not eye balling a drive you catch absolutely pure and guesstimating it at 300yards and calling it your avg. A few rounds ago hit a drive on a 402yrd par 4, that just so happen to nail the 150 marker on the fly, launching it towards the green and ending up 75yrds from the pin. Does that mean my avg driver distance is now 270-327? This thread should have left out the driver distances. Testosterone is smudging the numbers.

[muttbag]

Originally Posted by DocParty

These seem to be very realistic with what I see on the course if being in the fairway throughout a round of golf is a goal.

I do drop off about 15 yards when getting to my 5 iron, it's always been a 150 yard shot and I could always count on it.

My 8 only runs out to 120 and throughout my higher loft clubs ( 9 through my 3 wedges ) my yardage is 20 yards short of these.

It's nice to see other golfers reporting what seems by most golf club pros and teaching professionals, the actual averages weekend golfers hit.

My hat is still off to those of you that crank the driver out there 270 to 300 yards on average. Those must be and feel like amazing shots when you hit those.

Clubs made all the difference in the world to me.  I upgraded from a set of cheap irons to TaylorMade Burner Plus 4 - Gap, and I'm hitting every iron shot 15 - 20 yards further.  I've also seen a couple of people comment on here that the lofts are a little more generous on these particular irons, which would make sense.  In all reality, my 5i is probably equal to someone else's 4i.  Nonetheless, I still play with guys that are a club ahead of me.  I pull a 5i, they pull a 6i.  But these are big, consistent hitters (with low handicaps).  I try not to compete on distance because I don't consider myself a long ball hitter, but it does give me motivation to keep working on my stroke and accuracy.  Seeing as how I was shanking half of my iron shots about 50 yards to the right last week, I need to work on consistency, not distance.

[Tiny Toe]

Originally Posted by AntiTankNinja

My drives are usually carry 250-265, and then depending on conditions seem to roll out between 15-30 yards . Driver is a 8.5* with a custom stiff, low kick shaft. Swing speed consistently around 112mph. Most people that I play with who claim to be 300+ have a hard time keeping up with me on the tee box. Now I don't claim to be a long ball guy but....I track my stats very closely with gps and keep the numbers. Avg distance is not eye balling a drive you catch absolutely pure and guesstimating it at 300yards and calling it your avg. A few rounds ago hit a drive on a 402yrd par 4, that just so happen to nail the 150 marker on the fly, launching it towards the green and ending up 75yrds from the pin. Does that mean my avg driver distance is now 270-327?

This thread should have left out the driver distances. Testosterone is smudging the numbers.

Couldn't agree more. Who cares if you can drive 300 yards if you can't even make a par with that 300 yard drive.

[TMBridgestone]

Originally Posted by Lihu

Same for me with the following differences. My driver is about 235 to 245, and when I can hit my 4 and 5 irons they go the same. I also use a 4h and do not have a 56.

The million dollar question is, do you think these distances will allow you to get to the low single digits?

Yes, I believe that these numbers will allow anyone with great control over the golf ball and a good to great short game to reach single digits.  Although I'm pretty sure that you could not be able to get below a 5 or 6, just my opinion.

[Royster1984]

Driver 240

5 Wood 195

4 Iron Hybrid 170

5 Iron 155

6 Iron 145

7 Iron 135

8 Iron 125

9 Iron 110

PW 95

SW 70

Something like that for me

[Maddog10]

Driver: 260

3W:     230

5W:     210

4 iron: 195-200

5 iron: 180

6 iron: 170

7 iron: 160

8 iron: 150

9 iron: 140

PW:    120

SW:    100 (Never take full swings though. Have trouble being accurate with a full swing. For 100 yard shots I shorten my swing and hit a PW)

[AnAvidGolfer]

Carry

sw:110

pw:135

9:145

8:155

7:165

6:180

5:19

3-wood:255

Driver:270+

The top red part is my new 3 wood, the blue part were various different makes that went into a water hazard insert facepalm!

[AnAvidGolfer]

5 iron: 195 not 19 LOL

[Highbeta]

Driver	320-340
3W	285-305
3i	255
4i	240
5i	225
6i	210
7i	195
8i	180
9i	165
PW	150
56 lob	115

All of the above are full swings; I would definitely trade some distance for a better short game. There is nothing like bombing a drive 100 yards past your buddy, only to 3-jack the putt and lose the hole. Unfortunately, I'm pretty familiar with that feeling!