What is your average Driver yardage?

[iacas]

  BASHERBAKER69 said:

id say 280 maximum for any amateur in a vacuum....anyone who says they average more than this is telling porkies.

In a vacuum, the ball won't go very far at all. You lose air resistance, but you also lose the lift available from backspin.

But at least the ball would go further than the dimple-less golf balls... those just lose lift but still have the resistance. :)

[Elsfan]

This year I am planning on taking my driver out of my bag. Its a good thing when you carry it 335 with a 2 iron.

[SubPar]

  Elsfan said:

This year I am planning on taking my driver out of my bag. Its a good thing when you carry it 335 with a 2 iron.

No 14 handicap should even look at a 2-iron. I assume you are

1- a liar, or 2- making a joke, or 3- not a very good typist. SubPar

[Elsfan]

  SubPar said:

No 14 handicap should even look at a 2-iron. I assume you are

Obviously I was joking. I average between 265-285 with the big boy. I just like to see half the guys on this board get pissed, the guys with the shirts buttoned up to the collar, the guys who could use a good alcoholic beverage. I am sure you dont no anybody like that, right Sub par? But statements like no 14 handicap should even think about a 2 iron do bother me. I am a very skilled iron player. My stats would show I hit many more greens than my scoring would indicate. I have spent the entire winter working on my cap/short game chipping and pitching and wouldn't be surprised to have a cap very close to you by the end of the year.

[SubPar]

  Elsfan said:

Obviously I was joking. I average between 265-285 with the big boy. I just like to see half the guys on this board get pissed, the guys with the shirts buttoned up to the collar, the guys who could use a good alcoholic beverage. I am sure you dont no anybody like that, right Sub par? But statements like no 14 handicap should even think about a 2 iron do bother me. I am a very skilled iron player. My stats would show I hit many more greens than my scoring would indicate. I have spent the entire winter working on my cap/short game chipping and pitching and wouldn't be surprised to have a cap very close to you by the end of the year.

I do stand by my assertion that a 14 handicap should not be using a 2 iron. Where does it fit in your game realtive to a 5-wood or 3-wood?

Most pros don't carry one any longer because there are far more useful options available. There are clubs that hit the ball the same net distance have more utility, and are easier to control. I don't know any players with 10+ handicaps that don't struggle to hit even a 3 or 4 iron well, where a hybrid yields the desired distance with a better trajectory. I try to make the best use of the 14 slots I have available. SubPar

[Elsfan]

  SubPar said:

I do stand by my assertion that a 14 handicap should not be using a 2 iron. Where does it fit in your game realtive to a 5-wood or 3-wood?

From the time I started playing, although not that seriously the one thing I could do is hit a three iron. I can hit a three iron off a tee as far as most hit there three woods, and some drivers, and center cut. It is my most natural club. I went a long time without having a driver in my bag, but everyone always told me with how far I hit the three iron they couldn't imagine how far I would hit a driver. After years of hard work I can bomb my driver but it was my nemesis for a long time.The biggest weekness for me is 3 wood. I really trap the ball and that won't work with a three wood. If I get it I really get, it but most the time I hit it poorly. Off the tee no problem, and a five wood is really not that necessary with how comfortable I am with my three iron and how far and high I hit it.

[iacas]

  SubPar said:

I do stand by my assertion that a 14 handicap should not be using a 2 iron. Where does it fit in your game realtive to a 5-wood or 3-wood?

When I was about a 14 I carried a 2-iron. It worked better off the tee for me and better off the fairway. Better, even, from a decent lie in the rough.

I didn't carry a 5-wood. Beware "one size fits all" advice.

[marpr]

  iacas said:

When I was about a 14 I carried a 2-iron. It worked better off the tee for me and better off the fairway. Better, even, from a decent lie in the rough.

I totally agree.

golf is about personal preference and finding out what works well for yourself. i have always had a 2-iron. I have never even thought about replacing it with a 5-wood. I have a 15 degree 3 wood and a 18 degree 2-iron.

[jwnolefan]

I can ususally carry my driver about 245-250. unfortunately that's about as far as it is going these days with as wet as the turf is up here. Can't wait 'til the summer when it dries out a bit.

[Trevor07Silvy]

Around 210 for me, If I connect.

[Ceej]

Probably about 195-200

Weak! haha

[Guest]

i voted for the 286-320. I might hit 1 or 2 a round over 350 but i have alot of control issues.

[extremeld]

286 - 320 and you play of 20 -AVERAGE!!

GET REAL

[SteelDriver]

  extremeld said:

286 - 320 and you play of 20 -AVERAGE!!

No kidding....

I average somewhere around 480 or so myself. Unless its my sand wedge. I hit that over 500 every time.

[SteelDriver]

  nighthawk020 said:

i voted for the 286-320. I might hit 1 or 2 a round over 350

As in, controlling the truth, right?

[ERC7.5]

201-260
If it's passed that.....I've really smoked it.
longest is at 365.....I think I got some roll on that one....

[nykfan4life]

just almost 200. 250 is a goal of mine

[ArjunGFX]

240-250. When my draw is on and there is roll I can squeeze it out 270-300. Oddly I hit my 13 year old 3 wood about 240 as well. This summer one of the first things I want to do is try a couple rounds with the driver at home.