Newbie Yardage

[MrFreeze]

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.

[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.

[MrFreeze]

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*

[OPIRIP]

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.

[MrFreeze]

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

[tristanhilton85]

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.

[MrFreeze]

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...