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

[EdwardJ]

Driver 230 3 wood 205 5 wood 195 4 hybrid 180 5 hybrid 170 6 hybrid 160 7 iron 150 8 iron 140 9 iron 130 Pitching wedge 115 Gap wedge 100 Sand wedge 65 58 wedge 55

[Lihu]

[QUOTE name="Lihu" url="/t/18426/average-distances-how-far-do-you-hit-each-club-and-dont-lie/2070#post_1159452"]   Forced carries, it either makes it over or not. Google earth a bunch of forced carries over water at increasing distances keep hitting balls until you get a splash. The distance less than "splash" is your carry. Then do it like something more than 10 times. That's roughly your average carry. [/QUOTE] I like this idea but i would definitely just use a sand trap. i would rather not have to go diving for my ball after splashing. haha

Yeah, you just need a humongous sand trap. :-D

[saevel25]

Updated

4 iron: 222

5 iron: 211

6 iron: 200

7 iron: 188

8 iron: 175

9 iron: 163

PW: 150

52 deg: 138

56 deg: 126

60 deg: 114

[onthehunt526]

Updated 8/7/15: Driver(10.5°): 250 3-wood (15°): 225 3-hybrid (20°): 205 4-hybrid (23°): 195 4-iron (23°): 190 5-iron (26°): 180 6-iron (29°): 170 7-iron (33°): 159 8-iron (37°): 148 9-iron (41°): 137 P Wedge(45°): 126 A Wedge (50°): 110 with full swing, can dial down as low as 50. S Wedge (56°): I don't hit it full on the course... Hit it about 90 on the range... Won't hit it outside of 60 on the course... Putter (3°): On and around the green and fringe in the hole eventually...

[Jul89]

Am i the only one who has bigger yardage gaps with short irons than with long irons?

Why is this so?

I hit a 164 yard 8 iron..

[Lihu]

Am i the only one who has bigger yardage gaps with short irons than with long irons?

Why is this so?

I hit a 164 yard 8 iron..

If your long club yardages are more "compressed", it could be just that you are mishitting them worse and getting shorter distances due to that?

What are the other yardages? BTW carry is more useful than total distances for hitting metrics.

[Golfingdad]

If your long club yardages are more "compressed", it could be just that you are mishitting them worse and getting shorter distances due to that? What are the other yardages? BTW carry is more useful than total distances for hitting metrics.

I agree. Heck, my long club yardage averages aren't even IN ORDER due to general suckiness ... And for whatever reason, a tendency to mishit the 5 iron more than anything else. ;)

[Jul89]

I dont get any roll on any of them;)

Yes maybe due to the longer shafts i am not as accurate delivering the club.

I hit the 3 iron 219 yards

8 iron 164

I think i should hit the 4 iron 219 yards :(

[ChrisWev]

Originally Posted by Jul89

Am i the only one who has bigger yardage gaps with short irons than with long irons?

Why is this so?

I hit a 164 yard 8 iron..

If your long club yardages are more "compressed", it could be just that you are mishitting them worse and getting shorter distances due to that?

What are the other yardages? BTW carry is more useful than total distances for hitting metrics.

What Lihu said, I had this problem, he's probably right. I would bet that you hit your 8 central on the clubface and your 5 is in the heel, toe or bottom groove.

Put some face tape, foot spray or something similar on your club face, hit 5 shots and have a look, then figure out why you are doing it. I was hitting my longer irons progressively in the heel, which on video was down to me pushing out my hands as I got nearer impact. This also caused the odd one to get near to being a shank and would push right, rather than a draw for my shorter irons.

Once I had an idea to the problem every club went up in yardage and the gaps went to "normal", in fact, I think my gaps got progressively larger as I went up the clubs tpwards longer irons (which I think is what should probably happen).

Don't think it's lofts, it's very likely it won't be. Don't think you're swinging slower, it's very likely you won't be as the club is longer.

[canth]

Driver: 240

3 wood: 230

3 hy: 210

4i: 205

5i: 190

6i: 182

7i: 165

8i: 155

9i: 145

pw: 135

gw: 120

sw: 100

Not much between 3hy and 4i, but the flight is quite different. 3Hy is high, with almost no roll, 4i is in general a low screamer with lots of roll.

My drives used to be 50yrds carry but since I upgraded to 915 with Diamana S+ I manage a much higher flight. Will come in very handy in winter when my homecourse is soaking wet.

All distances are including roll, but other than 4i and 5i I generally hit it reasonably high

[mmoan2]

Driver: 240

3 wood: 230

3 hy: 210

4i: 205

5i: 190

6i: 182

7i: 165

8i: 155

9i: 145

pw: 135

gw: 120

sw: 100

Not much between 3hy and 4i, but the flight is quite different. 3Hy is high, with almost no roll, 4i is in general a low screamer with lots of roll.

My drives used to be 50yrds carry but since I upgraded to 915 with Diamana S+ I manage a much higher flight. Will come in very handy in winter when my homecourse is soaking wet.

All distances are including roll, but other than 4i and 5i I generally hit it reasonably high

You hit driver 240 and 4i 205? How/why do you manage that?

[Lihu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by canth

Driver: 240

3 wood: 230

3 hy: 210

4i: 205

5i: 190

6i: 182

7i: 165

8i: 155

9i: 145

pw: 135

gw: 120

sw: 100

Not much between 3hy and 4i, but the flight is quite different. 3Hy is high, with almost no roll, 4i is in general a low screamer with lots of roll.

My drives used to be 50yrds carry but since I upgraded to 915 with Diamana S+ I manage a much higher flight. Will come in very handy in winter when my homecourse is soaking wet.

All distances are including roll, but other than 4i and 5i I generally hit it reasonably high

You hit driver 240 and 4i 205? How/why do you manage that?

Actually, I know quite a few low handicap players with distances like those. It's also possible that his 240 is like some people's 260?

[Dave2512]

240 is plenty of driver distance and yeah most people don't realize how far that is. Most people rarely get it past 250. When I hit 240 yard drives I am usually 20-30 yards past my partners. 240 gets me to the 150 marker or beyond it on maybe 2/3 or our par 4's at 6500 yards.

[mmoan2]

240 is plenty of driver distance and yeah most people don't realize how far that is. Most people rarely get it past 250. When I hit 240 yard drives I am usually 20-30 yards past my partners. 240 gets me to the 150 marker or beyond it on maybe 2/3 or our par 4's at 6500 yards.

I'm not discrediting that 240 is a good driving distance. I just don't get a 205 yard 4 iron and a 240 yard drive. When I look at the "What's in your bag" section of Golf Digest, many pros hit their 4 irons 205 yards, but they also hit driver 275+. The ones who hit a 4 iron 220+ are driving the ball 300+. Heck, I hit my 4 iron around 190-200, but driver 260-270 and I suck. I wanted to see the insight from a low HDCP why he's happy with that seemingly small distance gap. Maybe something I could learn, that's all. It looks like he actually put a darn good shaft on his driver to get that distance out of the club.

[Lihu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave2512

240 is plenty of driver distance and yeah most people don't realize how far that is. Most people rarely get it past 250. When I hit 240 yard drives I am usually 20-30 yards past my partners. 240 gets me to the 150 marker or beyond it on maybe 2/3 or our par 4's at 6500 yards.

I'm not discrediting that 240 is a good driving distance. I just don't get a 205 yard 4 iron and a 240 yard drive. When I look at the "What's in your bag" section of Golf Digest, many pros hit their 4 irons 205 yards, but they also hit driver 275+. The ones who hit a 4 iron 220+ are driving the ball 300+. Heck, I hit my 4 iron around 190-200, but driver 260-270 and I suck. I wanted to see the insight from a low HDCP why he's happy with that seemingly small distance gap. Maybe something I could learn, that's all. It looks like he actually put a darn good shaft on his driver to get that distance out of the club.

The pros carry their 4i 205, I think @canth stated total distances as he alluded to "low screamer with lots of roll".

[mmoan2]

The pros carry their 4i 205, I think @canth stated total distances as he alluded to "low screamer with lots of roll".

I saw that, and I get it. I just find it weird that my iron distances are pretty identical to his, but I can say with absolute certainty that I hit driver a good 20-30 yards further being conservative. I'm not kidding myself when I say this. It would seem to me that a low HDCPer with pretty long iron distances would be longer. His gaps are pretty consistent as well. Anyway, he'd probably kick my long-hitting, wild swinging butt, so who cares...

[Lihu]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lihu

The pros carry their 4i 205, I think @canth stated total distances as he alluded to "low screamer with lots of roll".

I saw that, and I get it. I just find it weird that my iron distances are pretty identical to his, but I can say with absolute certainty that I hit driver a good 20-30 yards further being conservative. I'm not kidding myself when I say this. It would seem to me that a low HDCPer with pretty long iron distances would be longer. His gaps are pretty consistent as well. Anyway, he'd probably kick my long-hitting, wild swinging butt, so who cares...

I hit my clubs the same distances as him as well, and my average drive is about the same as him and definitely not 260-270.

Could you be at altitude or something like that?

[mmoan2]

I hit my clubs the same distances as him as well, and my average drive is about the same as him and definitely not 260-270.

So when do we get together for a long drive contest?