How far do you hit various clubs?

Curly7

This has probably been done before (apologies if it has). I was wondering how what the average distances on here is for hitting various clubs?

Driver
3 Wood
5 Wood
Hybrid
5 iron (4 iron if you use it often)
6 iron
7 iron
8 iron
9 iron
PW
Wedge

Tom Ghostwood

I can fly my 54 degree wedge 100 meters.
8 iron 150 meters.

I then just add or subtract 1 club per 10 meters.

Im inconsistent with my drives, I can hit a cracker 270m but my average
drives are 230/45 meter with the nice weather & firm ground we have now.

mike12

Driver any where 250 and 320 yards
5 iron 200
9 iron 150
abot 12 yards between clubs.
Mike

Conor J

These are my winter distances, so basically no carry.

I've only got a few off the tip of my tongue, will post all later.

Niblick - 80-90 yards
LW - 110 yards

9i - 135 yards
8i - 148 yards

3W - 230-240 yards
DR - 260+



Ill have to remeasure them over the coming days to get a proper feel for my woods length, taking roll into account.

Dr.Silly

Driver - 285
3 Wood - 265
3 Iron - 230
4 Iron - 215
5 iron - 210
6 iron - 190
7 iron - 180
8 iron - 165
9 iron - 150
PW - 135

Nemesis

Handicap 13 lowest was 9.

Best round 71

Driver 220 Yards
3 wood 200 Yards.

5i 160
7i 140
8i 130

PW 95
SW 85

Lob wedge 50. (I've hit this 2 inches to 150 yards...it needs more bounce and now is left out of the bag )

All averages discounting good and bad freaks.

http://hansoh.com/typical-yardage-distances.html

fullstop

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Driver - 285
3 Wood - 265
3 Iron - 230
4 Iron - 215
5 iron - 210
6 iron - 190
7 iron - 180
8 iron - 165
9 iron - 150
PW - 135

Strange that you hit your 5 iron 210 and only hit your 4 iron 5 yards further, with a 20 yard gap between 5 and 6 iron...
Also, 285 is and impressive average for the driver, any idea of your swing speed?

Dr.Silly

fullstop wrote: »

Strange that you hit your 5 iron 210 and only hit your 4 iron 5 yards further, with a 20 yard gap between 5 and 6 iron...

yeah, am very very weak on my 3 and 4 iron for some reason

Dr.Silly

no idea of my swing speed, sorry

Mister Sifter

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Driver - 285
3 Wood - 265
3 Iron - 230
4 Iron - 215
5 iron - 210
6 iron - 190
7 iron - 180
8 iron - 165
9 iron - 150
PW - 135

Which runway do you normally play on?

DubGF

I find some of these hard to believe in fairness, would be nice to state handicaps as well lads...

Tom Ghostwood

Tom Ghostwood wrote: »

I can fly my 54 degree wedge 100 meters.
8 iron 150 meters.

I then just add or subtract 1 club per 10 meters.

Im inconsistent with my drives, I can hit a cracker 270m but my average
drives are 230/45 meter with the nice weather & firm ground we have now.

Career low of 8 hcp. Quit for 10 years now back playing this year off 12.
Some people are long hitters. It doesnt make them liars.

Dr.Silly

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Which runway do you normally play on?

Greystones/Charlesland/Druids Heath/Glen of the Downs

DubGF

I am not saying anyone is lying.

How do you measure your distances?

Tom Ghostwood

I use a bushnell pinseeker 1500. Im 6 foot, 15 stone & have a great swing

Mister Sifter

Tom Ghostwood wrote: »

I use a bushnell pinseeker 1500. Im 6 foot, 15 stone & have a great swing

The Pinseeker 1500 gives distances in yards does it not?

Dr.Silly

Mister Sifter wrote: »

The Pinseeker 1500 gives distances in yards does it not?

you can have either yards or metres

Tom Ghostwood

Dr.Silly wrote: »

you can have either yards or metres

.

Conor J

Tom Ghostwood wrote: »

Career low of 8 hcp. Quit for 10 years now back playing this year off 12.
Some people are long hitters. It doesnt make them liars.

im in the same boat as that, 1 year back now after a 10 year hiatus, i think its been about 12 years since i played a GUI singles competition.. but anyway, im playing lots of new courses each few weeks, and am consistantly improving, last few rounds have been about 12/13 over. so I think i'm not far off getting back to my level from before. just need some short game practice and a course to play on regularly

Tom Ghostwood

These threads are pointless. Same thing happened last time there was a thread like this. People getting their backs up about others club distances. I dont see whats so hard to believe like.

Dr.Silly

Tom Ghostwood wrote: »

These threads are pointless. Same thing happened last time there was a thread like this. People getting their backs up about others club distances. I dont see whats so hard to believe like.

I wonder what would happen if we started a thread on penis size :-)

L.O.F.T

Tom Ghostwood wrote: »

These threads are pointless.

In before the lock

BUACHAILL

Dr.Silly wrote: »

I wonder what would happen if we started a thread on penis size :-)

Well I guarantee there would not be an argument over yards or metres !!:D

Webbs

58 LW 75y
SW 105y
GW 125y
PW 140-145y
9i 150y

10yards a club upto 4i
(Irons all have strong lofts)

Driver no idea guessing around 240-250 max
2i hybrid 220.

hcp 12
Would happily lose distance especially with driver for more consistency

MasterKZG

Driver - 240-250
3 Wood - dont use it -:(:(:(
22 deg Hybrid - 195-205
26 deg Hybrid - 170-180
5 iron - 165-175
6 iron - 150-165
7 iron - 140-150
8 iron - 125-135
9 iron - 110 125
PW - 100-110
GW - 80-90
SW - 60-80
LW - 45-55

Playing off 16

Par72

Some of these distances seem a bit far-fetched. I'm not accusing anyone of being dishonest but Tiger Woods only hits his 8 iron 156 yards (about 140m)!

PhilipMarlowe

It is with a heavy heart I opened up this thread.... thinking "Oh no, here we go again..." but wait, I was wrong....

Oh, actually I wasn't.
I can't hit the ball a mile but then again I'm a millionaire so screw you guys, I'm going home.
Oh alright then.

53 degree wedge 96 yards carry.
PW 110 yards carry.
7i 145
3i 200 carry
4 rescue 210 carry
Driver, 3 wood, 3 rescue unknown carry.
Above are summer distances in yards of carry, play off 4 handicap.

soundsham

must say this thread made me laugh,I'd honestly be in the top 10% distance wise in my own club and in the bottom 10% here

d 260 carry
3w 230
4r 210
4i 190
5i 179
6i 168
7i 157
8i 146
9i 135
pw 123 carry
52 110
sw 97 and lw 80 but dont really ever hit em both full out

BUACHAILL

soundsham wrote: »

must say this thread made me laugh,I'd honestly be in the top 10% distance wise in my own club and in the bottom 10% here

d 260 carry
3w 230
4r 210
4i 190
5i 179
6i 168
7i 157
8i 146
9i 135
pw 123 carry
52 110
sw 97 and lw 80 but dont really ever hit em both full out

Very similar to my distances
I would hit the 6 iron 175 5 iron 190 and 4 iron 205 there abouts

gorfield

Some true figures for all you dreamers.

Hcap +3

All figures yards carry.

Driver- 240-260
3w- 230
Hybrid- 215
3- 205
4- 195
5- 185
6- 170
7- 160
8- 145
9- 135
w- 125
54- 105
58- 85

All do yourselves a favour and go to the curragh during the winter with 10 balls and work out your yardages.
Soundsham looks like hes done his homework and is in the real world

BUACHAILL

gorfield wrote: »

Some true figures for all you dreamers.


All do yourselves a favour and go to the curragh during the winter with 10 balls and work out your yardages.
Soundsham looks like hes done his homework and is in the real world

My yardages aint dreamed up nor exaggerated !! They are gps accurate believe them or not !!

Niall09

Hcap - 5
Age - 18
Height - 6ft

Driver- 240-260
3w- 225
Rescue (19*)- 210
3- 190
4- 180
5- 170
6- 165
7- 155
8- 145
9- 135
w- 125
52- 115
60- 80

Haven't played since the Summer, but when I'm striking the ball well, I'd expect to be roughly around this

Conor J

soundsham wrote: »

must say this thread made me laugh,I'd honestly be in the top 10% distance wise in my own club and in the bottom 10% here

d 260 carry
3w 230
4r 210
4i 190
5i 179
6i 168
7i 157
8i 146
9i 135
pw 123 carry
52 110
sw 97 and lw 80 but dont really ever hit em both full out

very similar to mine also, but i have different wedge lie angles.

I also out drive nearly everyone i play with (not all, but vast majority),
and no one ever hits a 9i or better from 150yards in my company, im between 7 and 8 for that, most i play with would hit a 6 or 7, while a fair few would gi with an 8.

depends ofcourse if people are including role, hard fairways, links/parkland, etc.

jimmystars

I play with a guy who hits his can hit his 8 iron 180 yards. The only thing is that he has such a forward press it must have the loft of a 6 iron. I think this is a reason for inflated distances in a lot of cases.

Hcp 8
My distance varies from day to day but would gauge my 7 iron around 150 yards and work from that depending on conditions.
Can let my driver rip on occasion and would expect around the 250 mark on average with 30 yards deviation depending on how im swinging.

mag

hc 5

driver 250-270
3 wood 235
19 deg hybrid - 200-210
4 - 195
5 - 185
6 - 175
7 - 165
8 - 155
9 - 145
pw - 135
48 - 120
52 - 105
56 - 90

usually try & swing in balance, so at about 80% effort. i guess if pushed it into the red then could get more distance but would be all over the shop.

staker

Driver 240 yds if tis straight:p
3 Wood 190 yds
5 Wood 170yds
3 iron 170 yds,hate it
4 iron 160
5 iron 150
6 iron 140
7 iron 130
8 iron 120
9 iron 110
PW 95
Wedge 60

No handicap, soon to be a GUI member

Russman

gorfield wrote: »

Some true figures for all you dreamers.

Hcap +3

All figures yards carry.

Driver- 240-260
3w- 230
Hybrid- 215
3- 205
4- 195
5- 185
6- 170
7- 160
8- 145
9- 135
w- 125
54- 105
58- 85

All do yourselves a favour and go to the curragh during the winter with 10 balls and work out your yardages.
Soundsham looks like hes done his homework and is in the real world

+1 to that !

I've no accurate idea of my own currently, but a couple of years ago, while I was off 3, they would have been similar to above, maybe a little less at the driver/3w end but pretty much spot on for the mid to short irons.

stumpypeeps

Russman wrote: »

+1 to that !

I've no accurate idea of my own currently, but a couple of years ago, while I was off 3, they would have been similar to above, maybe a little less at the driver/3w end but pretty much spot on for the mid to short irons.

I was playing today in a stableford. Uphill par 3, 175 yards to the centre of the green. Bit of breeze into. I hit my 18* hybrid. Albeit a little too much club. No word of a lie, my mate hit his 8 iron pin high. In fairness he hits everything further than anyone I've ever seen.

thoscon

stumpypeeps wrote: »

I was playing today in a stableford. Uphill par 3, 175 yards to the centre of the green. Bit of breeze into. I hit my 18* hybrid. Albeit a little too much club. No word of a lie, my mate hit his 8 iron pin high. In fairness he hits everything further than anyone I've ever seen.

one of my mates on a par 3 uphill into the wind roughly 165-170 that i hit a 23deg hybrid pin high he hit a jigger into the heart of the green:eek::eek:

A New earth

Nemesis wrote: »

Handicap 13 lowest was 9.

Best round 71

Driver 220 Yards
3 wood 200 Yards.

5i 160
7i 140
8i 130

PW 95
SW 85

Lob wedge 50. (I've hit this 2 inches to 150 yards...it needs more bounce and now is left out of the bag )

All averages discounting good and bad freaks.

http://hansoh.com/typical-yardage-distances.html

Almost the same with irons Nemesis. I calculate up and down from 7 Iron - 140 yards with 10 yards between clubs , PW would be c. 105 though.
Driver would be around 235 , don't have 3 wood but hit 15.5 degree rescue about 210.

Handicap 10

Mr check raise

Handicap - 11(or my brain)

Age - 21

6ft 1in and about 17st (give or take a few pounds:()

110 to 115mph swing speed

Driver - 250 yards carry(erratic driver because of overswing)
dont bother with 3 wood
21 degree rescue - 210 to 235(depends on what shape)
3 iron - 210(low ball flight though kills me in winter)
4 iron - 200
5 iron - 190
6 iron - 180
7 iron 168 to 175
8 iron - from 165 yard markers to middle
9 iron - 150 yard
Pitching wedge - 125
54 degree - 110
58 degree - 80

DonkeyPokerTour

Dunno about the rest of you's but I hit my lob wedge 150yards.

Here's a picture of my LW:



Regards
Ian:D

Jasonw

handicap - 8

age - irrelevent

height - 5-7ish

weight 11.5 st


driver - not sure - prob. between 230 and 240 average

3w 215
24deg rescue - 195
4 -180
5 -170
6- 160
7-150
8- 135
9- 125
pw-115

they're average distances. I can probably force my 8 iron 150 yards but don't see the need.


oh yeah, just like to add that the longest hitter by a mile in our club plays of 16. Hits it an incredible distance but only rarely straight

dvemail

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

Dunno about the rest of you's but I hit my lob wedge 150yards.

Something similar to myself except i prefer to use my 5W, can get i nice low ball flight and even get about 180y off it. :rolleyes:

Conor J

thoscon wrote: »

one of my mates on a par 3 uphill into the wind roughly 165-170 that i hit a 23deg hybrid pin high he hit a jigger into the heart of the green:eek::eek:

are you sure it was a Jigger, and not a Cleveland Niblick?
Niblick is not a Jigger, or anything similar

Conor J

dvemail wrote: »

DonkeyPokerTour wrote: »

Dunno about the rest of you's but I hit my lob wedge 150yards.

Something similar to myself except i prefer to use my 5W, can get i nice low ball flight and even get about 180y off it. :rolleyes:

You hit a lobwedge from the 150 stakes? are you sure? seems more likely to be the 100 stakes... christ that would be a long shot..
what degree is the lobwedge?


edit: just seen the original comment and pic
lol

heavyballs

gorfield wrote: »

Some true figures for all you dreamers.

Hcap +3

All figures yards carry.

Driver- 240-260
3w- 230
Hybrid- 215
3- 205
4- 195
5- 185
6- 170
7- 160
8- 145
9- 135
w- 125
54- 105
58- 85

All do yourselves a favour and go to the curragh during the winter with 10 balls and work out your yardages.
Soundsham looks like hes done his homework and is in the real world

i'm so glad you postedwith honesty,i have played a couple of times with a few lads here that have posted and i can tell you gps or not they are way off,
i remember an article with Paddy H about a year ago,if i remember he said during the winter in Ireland he would carry approx 245-260 with his driver,i think a lot are mixin carry with complete distance
i would love to challenge a couple of dreamers here to carry a river thats 250 away,i play off 5 ,hit a good enough ball but i wouldn't do it

IITYWYBMAD

LW - 60 -80
GW - 80 -100
PW - 100 - 120
9i 125
8i 135
7i 145
6i 155 - 160
5i 170 - 180
4i 180 -190
Utility 5 200
Utility 3 220 - 230
Driver 250 - 270 I have hit 300, but depends on course, conditions etc.

Tom Ghostwood

Im measuring with roll on the driver since we've got some now with firm fairways in Loughrea. Carry on my irons as i hit a high ball so they generally stop within 3 foot.

Again, I dont see what the fuss is about. Im very long off the tee. On Wednesday last I was pin high in two to two par 5's off back sticks, first was 458 meters, I hit drive & utility 18˚. (carried the hill with my drive which is 260m uphill so had a shorter down hill second shot in)

On the 18th (340 meters) i had 42 meters left to the pin after my drive. (my longest drive of the day) Left the 58˚ short & took three shots to get down so made bogey. I guess what im trying to say is that people who are long hitters arent always great golfers y'know.
Its all about GIR. If yer drive is a ripper but yer behind some tree hacking out then yer shooting for bogey which is often the case with me.


I hit 8 iron 150m. 54˚100m. I work out all my distances from the 150m marker & use a laser range finder which is bang on.

Dr.Silly

gorfield wrote: »

Some true figures for all you dreamers.

Hcap +3

All figures yards carry.

Driver- 240-260
3w- 230
Hybrid- 215
3- 205
4- 195
5- 185
6- 170
7- 160
8- 145
9- 135
w- 125
54- 105
58- 85

All do yourselves a favour and go to the curragh during the winter with 10 balls and work out your yardages.
Soundsham looks like hes done his homework and is in the real world

Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed, what's your problem ?

Par72

Dr.Silly wrote: »

Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed, what's your problem ?

I think as a +3 handicapper he might know what he is talking about. He also would have encountered hundreds of other low handicap golfers and probably finds it very hard to believe that you hit your eight iron further than Tiger Woods.

I just thought of something though, are you guys all playing with Topflite XL's?