how far is your long game?

[extremeld]

drive 8 iron assuming good hits and no run

k

[onthehunt526]

OK It depends but usually 540 I can reach pretty handily in 2... I actually have one on my home course its 548 but close enough... It has water fronting the green... But if its flat and there is no trouble... I can reach it usually 3-wood, 3-wood... or Driver, 2 or 3 iron... downhill.... depending on how much downhill maybe 4-7 iron for a second... uphill I probably would have to smoke Driver, 3-wood... on a 540-yard uphill par 5 I usualy hit 2-iron off the tee so I can lay up its all a test of course management...

[b_diddy746]

I would have to agree with some others on here , that if i make 2 solid swings and hit my driver on the screws, with a well struck 5 wood, i am either on the green or close with almost any par 5. But again. the problem lies with the 2 good strokes

[Dent]

obviouslly it all depends on the shots, 2 good shots and i can get there within 20-50 yards. I know on a 520 Yard hole, 2 good shots and Im on the Green.

[MrKadash]

Unless I hit my drive on the screws for 270 I'm not reaching it. If I do get it 270, I figure I got to rock my second shot at least 250-260 to get it to the front. Not an easy task, for me anyways...

[morriskevinr]

Usually just hit a wedge after second shot.

[extremeld]

how many times you hit the wedge?

[Pat007]

drive 8 iron assuming good hits and no run

Assuming you hit a long 8 iron at about 200 yards (which is above Tour standards), that would mean you'd hit a 340 yard drive. Not bad in my opinion! Where's the thread about over-estimating drive distance?? Lots of people here must be on 'roids.... I'd be about 50 yards from the green with a 260 yard drive and a 230 19* hybrid.

[extremeld]

i did say assuming good hits of the middle of the bat - i can hit a ball hard.

roids i dont think so unless they put em in lager - obsession with power - thats me that is


k

[shortgrass lover]

I doubt it. If I blasted two shots in a row, I could POSSIBLY get there. The first hole at my home course is a 585 yard par 5, that doesn't have much change in elevation from tee to green, and has a wide fairway. My avg. drive is anywhere from 260-280(shows how consistent I am huh?) =P, and if I really catch one good, i can fly it a little over 300. My longest drive I have ever measured off was 315. And my 4 wood(21*) normally goes about 220. So realistically, I'm probably not going to hit a 540 yd. par 5 in two strokes. And even if I could manage two hit it that far, it would be even more difficult to keep it on-line with the green. So I would most likely be a 56* wedge away from the green.