Yes, it's very easy to be misled about your distances, especially as a beginner. I used to play on a nice little 9 hole course when I was starting out. Most of the holes were around '300' yards. One day out there I hit a driver that landed over the back of a green that was marked as 295 yards away. I thought I was awesome, hitting 300+ yard drives haha. I've since discovered using google maps distance measurements that the hole is in fact 255 yards long. Many of the holes on that course have incorrect distances, and I imagine it's the same at a lot of 9 holes/beginner courses. I guess they do it to make it seem more challenging than it actually is. But at least now I
know
I carry (When you play in Ireland, there's no roll out
) between 250 and 260 and therefore I can actually plan out how I'm going to play a hole instead of thinking I'm going to be knocking it 300 yards down the fairway and be left with a wegde to the green
. Like I said though, from what I can tell, this guy seems to swing faster than I do, so I have no doubt he can get it out at least 280 or more.