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How far do you hit your clubs?

  • 04-06-2020 3:04pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭


    Got out to a driving range recently that had trackman installed. Found it really interesting to see how far i was hitting each club in the bag, tbh i thought i hit them a bit further than i do it seems, albeit this was my first time hitting them this year. I've played casually for years but beginning to take it a bit more seriously now having just joined a club.

    Anyway thought it might make for a n interesting thread for people to post up their respective hcaps and average yardages for their clubs?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    The first time I used a trackman I found my yardages were about 10% less than I expected. It didn't make sense at all so I decided the machine wasn't calibrated properly. And the second time I used one I found out I was right. Same ball was carrying 200-220m on the first day and 240-260yrds the second. To be honest I was fairly spot on with my distances before I got my watch and that confirmed I was right.

    I'll give the averages from my watch too, but they're a bit distorted. I usually hit my 3w if I'm playing into a wind, so that average is down. But generally they're up for some reason.

    HC 14, distances in metres

    D 240 238
    3W 215 205
    5W 205 202
    4i 182 188
    5i 175 184
    6i 165 173
    7i 155 163
    8i 145 154
    9i 135 141
    PW 125 128
    GW 110 122
    SW 80 92

    I'd love to see other people's yardages though. I suspect I'm longer than average particularly for my handicap because when I play with others I'm generally using a club or two less than them / hitting last from my drives. Usually when we hear stats about how far others hit it it's how far Rory hits a 5i or something. Which is incredible to hear, but not really relatable.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭REFLINE1


    blue note wrote: »
    The first time I used a trackman I found my yardages were about 10% less than I expected. It didn't make sense at all so I decided the machine wasn't calibrated properly. And the second time I used one I found out I was right. Same ball was carrying 200-220m on the first day and 240-260yrds the second. To be honest I was fairly spot on with my distances before I got my watch and that confirmed I was right.

    I'll give the averages from my watch too, but they're a bit distorted. I usually hit my 3w if I'm playing into a wind, so that average is down. But generally they're up for some reason.

    HC 14, distances in metres

    D 240 238
    3W 215 205
    5W 205 202
    4i 182 188
    5i 175 184
    6i 165 173
    7i 155 163
    8i 145 154
    9i 135 141
    PW 125 128
    GW 110 122
    SW 80 92

    Interesting, plan to hit the range again tomorrow so will be keen to see how they compare.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    REFLINE1 wrote: »
    Interesting, plan to hit the range again tomorrow so will be keen to see how they compare.

    Very hard to gauge on the range. Different balls, you're trying to spot how far it went beyond the 150 mark from 150m away. I wouldn't bother trying to figure out your distances from the range to be honest, you'll be too far out for any meaningful figures.

    I got my yardages initially from experience on the course figuring out how far away from the middle of the green I was and how close I ended up distance wise with each club. Lots of adjusting for elevation / wind and lie a bit. I hit it very high so run isn't much of an issue for me.

    The watches are good for measuring your clubs distance too, just be careful if using one that you're not codding yourself by picking the furthest ones, the ones in favourable conditions, etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 413 ✭✭REFLINE1


    blue note wrote: »
    Very hard to gauge on the range. Different balls, you're trying to spot how far it went beyond the 150 mark from 150m away. I wouldn't bother trying to figure out your distances from the range to be honest, you'll be too far out for any meaningful figures.

    I got my yardages initially from experience on the course figuring out how far away from the middle of the green I was and how close I ended up distance wise with each club. Lots of adjusting for elevation / wind and lie a bit. I hit it very high so run isn't much of an issue for me.

    The watches are good for measuring your clubs distance too, just be careful if using one that you're not codding yourself by picking the furthest ones, the ones in favourable conditions, etc.

    ya fair point. Just trying to get an idea, as up until now would have been completely guessing, which as you can imagine doesn't lead to the correct club selection very often!


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    REFLINE1 wrote: »
    ya fair point. Just trying to get an idea, as up until now would have been completely guessing, which as you can imagine doesn't lead to the correct club selection very often!

    Yardages are massively important, but there's little point in getting inaccurate data!

    I'm glad that people seem to have come around in the last few years to all golfers caring more about accurate yardages. When I got my first watch, probably about 8 years ago, a lot of people used to say that it was a waste of money for a mid - high handicapper as we're not all that consistent with how far we hit it anyway. But my thinking was that we're not all that consistent with how straight we hit it either, but we still try to pick a specific line to hit it on anyway. Because if we're 15 yards off line, if the spot we aimed at was 10 yards off line to begin with suddenly we're 25 yards off line!

    The same is true for distance. A good example is an elevated green. Go long and you might face a very tricky chip back. Short and you might hit a bunker. If you get your distance right you might have 10 yards of grace short or long where you'll still end up on the green. If you're 5 yards off you'll much more easily end up long or short.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭mike12


    I got a shotscope V2 golf watch, super for stats and yardages.

    Yardages exactly what I would expect, 7 iron just a touch long but I did go after it a couple of times lately.
    4 hybrid a touch long as well some big bounces of hard fairways into par 5s it usually Carrys 220


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    mike12 wrote: »
    I got a shotscope V2 golf watch, super for stats and yardages.

    Yardages exactly what I would expect, 7 iron just a touch long but I did go after it a couple of times lately.
    4 hybrid a touch long as well some big bounces of hard fairways into par 5s it usually Carrys 220

    What do you play off Mike? They're good distances!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭Dtoffee


    I hit my 7 iron 200 yards .... but can't find the ball.


    Accuracy beats distance.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭Golf is my Game


    Dtoffee wrote: »
    I hit my 7 iron 200 yards .... but can't find the ball.


    Accuracy beats distance.

    Not sure it does. Theres a pretty straight (;)) correlation between distance and golf score or handicap.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Drove our first green on Monday, lasered it at 318 yards... rock hard fairway that slopes right to left so if you get the right line....

    Solid 3 putt for par then.



    My previous round saw me top my drive on the first, just past the ladies tees. Averaging about 180 yards with my driver!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭mike12


    blue note wrote: »
    What do you play off Mike? They're good distances!

    9, cant chip


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,750 ✭✭✭redzerdrog


    Lofts have gone that ridiculous these days that one mans 7 iron is another mans 9 iron. Hard to judge how far is long without knowing the loft of the club.

    My 7 iron is 35° in loft it is stock 155 yards average swing and the I adjust up and down from there depending on conditions. Last week I carried it 185 in lovely warm weather and flushing irons well yet the other day in colder weather and slight breeze I hit 142 yards


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,121 ✭✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    As far as I can, after a bad shot.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    These are my distances worked out over a long time using my watch. It is for use on the course and how far from the pin i am. Its in yards. I make adjustments then depending on the conditions, uphill shot, downhill shot, warm day, cold day, wind etc.

    D 250
    4W 220-240
    3H 200-215
    5 190
    6 180
    7 170
    8 160
    9 145
    PW 130
    SW 110
    LW 80

    * My clubs would be considered strong in loft.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,482 ✭✭✭golondrinas


    blue note wrote: »
    The first time I used a trackman I found my yardages were about 10% less than I expected. It didn't make sense at all so I decided the machine wasn't calibrated properly. And the second time I used one I found out I was right. Same ball was carrying 200-220m on the first day and 240-260yrds the second. To be honest I was fairly spot on with my distances before I got my watch and that confirmed I was right.

    I'll give the averages from my watch too, but they're a bit distorted. I usually hit my 3w if I'm playing into a wind, so that average is down. But generally they're up for some reason.

    HC 14, distances in metres

    D 240 238
    3W 215 205
    5W 205 202
    4i 182 188
    5i 175 184
    6i 165 173
    7i 155 163
    8i 145 154
    9i 135 141
    PW 125 128
    GW 110 122
    SW 80 92

    I'd love to see other people's yardages though. I suspect I'm longer than average particularly for my handicap because when I play with others I'm generally using a club or two less than them / hitting last from my drives. Usually when we hear stats about how far others hit it it's how far Rory hits a 5i or something. Which is incredible to hear, but not really relatable.

    Your either a hook or ****e around the greens




    Sorry.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    Your either a hook or ****e around the greens




    Sorry.

    That's a bit harsh! Ah, there's a few reasons my handicap isn't lower. To be honest I think the course is one. I took a 4 year break from the game in 2015 and was playing off 11 at that time and probably going down from there to be honest. I think I'm playing at a similar standard now, but I'm corballis instead of tramore. Length is no great advantage in corballis. And I hit the ball very high which is a big disadvantage. I've loads of 3/4 wedges in corballis which are the worst part of my game so that costs me a couple of shots. And you're penalised so badly for going offline / long / short in corballis. In tramore you might have to punch out from trees, hit out of a bunker, have a tricky chip / pitch. In corballis you can be just off the fairway and have to hack out of the rough and god knows what shot you'll have after that.

    I used to go back over my rounds and attribute my dropped shots to different components of my game. Wild drives were about 3/4 shots, putting 3/4, bunkers could be 1, chipping 1/2, pitching / three quarter shots 2/3. Irons re very few, usually one 1/2 despite how many I'd hit. And I'd always accept a couple of bogeys as decent scores. What i didn't count was strokes gained from things like driving. But I definitely gained a couple from there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    blue note wrote: »
    T I've loads of 3/4 wedges in corballis which are the worst part of my game so that costs me a couple of shots.
    Massively off topic, but why arent you hitting less club from the tee and leave yourself with full shots in? :confused:


    Agree with redzer, without knowing the club loft, distances are somewhat meaningless for comparison.
    PW anywhere from 50* to 43* and then 3-4 iron distances with 5 yards between them!


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭RoadRunner


    Summertime estimates
    carry
    58 84m (sometimes 150m :mad:)
    54 97m
    50 110m
    pw 128m (46degree)
    9i 137m
    8i 146m
    7i 154m
    6i 161m
    5i 169m
    4i 178m
    below is carry PLUS roll avg off a tee
    2i 210ish
    3w 240ish
    1w 270ish

    (My problems only really begin at 5 metres and in)


  • Registered Users Posts: 935 ✭✭✭pinkdoubleeagle


    Afraid to post mine. There are some on here with pro tour yardages


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Massively off topic, but why arent you hitting less club from the tee and leave yourself with full shots in? :confused:


    Agree with redzer, without knowing the club loft, distances are somewhat meaningless for comparison.
    PW anywhere from 50* to 43* and then 3-4 iron distances with 5 yards between them!

    I do on a couple of holes, but it's not always an option. 4th and 6th will be 3/4 shots off the tee anyway. Same for 13th and 17th depending on wind. 2nd, 7th, 11th I'll also be forced to hit 3/4 shots to the green because of where the safe lay up areas are. Then if it's very windy full shots might not be an option due to height so I might try to hit 3/4 5 irons or the like. And there'll always be one or two more in a round for whatever reason.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,966 ✭✭✭RoadRunner


    Afraid to post mine. There are some on here with pro tour yardages

    Yeah, and I'll keep to myself average putts per round and how many balls I lose on average each time I play :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Golfhead65


    Afraid to post mine. There are some on here with pro tour yardages

    As most men would say and most women would disagree Length isn't everything, It's not how it's how many..haha


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    I use my garmin S60 to give me my average yardages for my clubs but the problem I find at the moment is that I don't think I've built up enough data for the averages to be too reliable. Problem I have is that I will fat a few irons or mis-hit a few drives or woods during a round and then I assume pitch shots with wedges will bring the average down. So you'd have to build up an awful lot of data to iron out those anomalies unless it takes a statistical approach to calculating the average, like a bell curve for anyone who did stats in school/college.

    I kind of know what i'd hit from 100 yrds up based on the figures so i'm happy I can club pretty well from it. I actually tend to go with the max figures for the short irons as being closer to the real length I hit and then for the longer clubs its probably somewhere between the max and the average allowing for the odd mis-hit....

    Before I had the watch, I generally clubbed against what i'd hit from 165 yrds, usually 8/9 iron and then adjust for wind, elevation etc....I used to play ping zings which I now know were pretty strongly lofted for their time and probably more consistent with modern clubs lofts for game improvement irons. I often used to think I was pretty good that I would be hitting irons similar length to pros until I realised that pro irons are much weaker lofted so if they hit the same club as me they'd probably hit it a club longer than me.....also i'd say pros don't tend to hammer their irons as hard and go more for control as another reason my iron figures aren't bad compared to a pro....


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭blue note


    MarcusP12 wrote: »
    I use my garmin S60 to give me my average yardages for my clubs but the problem I find at the moment is that I don't think I've built up enough data for the averages to be too reliable. Problem I have is that I will fat a few irons or mis-hit a few drives or woods during a round and then I assume pitch shots with wedges will bring the average down. So you'd have to build up an awful lot of data to iron out those anomalies unless it takes a statistical approach to calculating the average, like a bell curve for anyone who did stats in school/college.

    I kind of know what i'd hit from 100 yrds up based on the figures so i'm happy I can club pretty well from it. I actually tend to go with the max figures for the short irons as being closer to the real length I hit and then for the longer clubs its probably somewhere between the max and the average allowing for the odd mis-hit....

    Before I had the watch, I generally clubbed against what i'd hit from 165 yrds, usually 8/9 iron and then adjust for wind, elevation etc....I used to play ping zings which I now know were pretty strongly lofted for their time and probably more consistent with modern clubs lofts for game improvement irons. I often used to think I was pretty good that I would be hitting irons similar length to pros until I realised that pro irons are much weaker lofted so if they hit the same club as me they'd probably hit it a club longer than me.....also i'd say pros don't tend to hammer their irons as hard and go more for control as another reason my iron figures aren't bad compared to a pro....

    I think the garmin app ignores some of the outlier shots from your distance averages. Looking at my dispersion on the driver where I think the average would be based on it and the number it told me were the average didn't quite add up. So I think it must ignore those drives where you hit a tree and come up 100 yards short. Or I use my 8i a lot to play bump and runs, so lots of 15m shots with it. They're definitely not included in that club's average distance.

    I'd still be wary of relying on the averages too much for distance though. I said earlier, I use my 3 Wood instead of driver of I'm hitting into a big wind. So the readings for that club are significantly down. In fact my 5w is down was going farther than it. I also subbed my 5i in for my 4i if I was downwind laying up on a couple of holes, so again they were level on distance as a result.

    The averages from your watch are useful to calculate your club distances, but you still need to work them out yourself more precisely.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    6 handicap

    Driver 240 yards
    3 wood 215 yards
    3 iron 200 yards
    4 iron 190 yards
    5 iron 175 yards
    6 iron 165 yards
    7 iron 155 yards
    8 iron 145 yards
    9 iron 130 yards
    Pw 115 yards
    50 Gw 100 yards
    54 Gw 85 yards
    58 gw 70 yards

    I'm not super long but I'm not super short either. I'm right in the middle of most I'd say and straight as an arrow. I rarely miss fairways


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Just thought I'd add these so people can take an honest look at themselves.
    These are Tigers average distances from end 2019.

    DRIVER: 297 YARDS
    3-WOOD: 265 YARDS
    5-WOOD: 245 YARDS
    3-IRON: 227 YARDS
    4-IRON: 215 YARDS
    5-IRON: 200 YARDS
    6-IRON: 186 YARDS
    7-IRON: 170 YARDS
    8-IRON: 157 YARDS
    9-IRON: 148 YARDS
    PITCHING WEDGE: 136 YARDS
    SAND WEDGE: 118 YARDS

    If you are hitting your 9i 160+ yards then you are likely delofting it and only fooling yourself imo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭finglashoop


    At a guess


    DRIVER: 200 -240 YARDS
    3-WOOD: 200YARDS
    4-IRON: 185 YARDS
    5-IRON: 170 YARDS
    6-IRON: 165 YARDS
    7-IRON: 155 YARDS
    8-IRON: 145YARDS
    9-IRON: 130 YARDS
    PITCHING WEDGE: 115 YARDS
    50 WEDGE: 100 YARDS
    54 WEDGE 75 YARDS
    58 WEDGE. about 50 to 60 yards


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    I'm off 16.
    I think mine are about :
    DRIVER: 220 -240 YARDS
    3-WOOD: 220YARDS
    17-hybrid: 200 YARDS
    21-hybrid: 185 YARDS
    4-IRON: 180 YARDS
    5-IRON: 170 YARDS
    6-IRON: 160 YARDS
    7-IRON: 150 YARDS
    8-IRON: 140YARDS
    9-IRON: 120 YARDS
    PITCHING WEDGE: 105 YARDS
    52 WEDGE: 80 YARDS
    56 WEDGE 65 YARDS
    60 WEDGE about 50 yards but rarely hit a full shot with it.

    The biggest gap is between my PW and the 52 but depending on what's in front of me and where the flag is, I'll go with a half PW rather than a 52 or 56.

    I find that my irons are a club shorter off the tee than the fairway.
    I'm generally shorter than my regular playing partners even though I'd be physically stronger.
    I'm conservative with my swing and I'm trying to be a bit looser to get more distance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    Driver 240 yards
    3 wood 215 yards
    3 hybrid 200 yards
    4 iron 185 yards
    5 iron 175 yards
    6 iron 165 yards
    7 iron 155 yards
    8 iron 145 yards
    9 iron 130 yards
    Pw 115 yards
    50 Gw 100 yards
    56 SW 85 yards
    60 LW 70 yards

    I’m pretty much the same as this Rikand with a few tweaks. Have gone up 5 yards on everything from this time last year due to some fitness improvements


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo



    I find that my irons are a club shorter off the tee than the fairway.
    I'm .

    You are probably teeing the ball up too high, you want it no more than half an inch for your irons, arguably even less.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭Euphoriasean


    etxp wrote: »
    Driver 240 yards
    3 wood 215 yards
    3 hybrid 200 yards
    4 iron 185 yards
    5 iron 175 yards
    6 iron 165 yards
    7 iron 155 yards
    8 iron 145 yards
    9 iron 130 yards
    Pw 115 yards
    50 Gw 100 yards
    56 SW 85 yards
    60 LW 70 yards

    I’m pretty much the same as this Rikand with a few tweaks. Have gone up 5 yards on everything from this time last year due to some fitness improvements

    Would be bang on this also. Interesting graph from super speed golf.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_fqioh44b/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    GreeBo wrote: »
    You are probably teeing the ball up too high, you want it no more than half an inch for your irons, arguably even less.

    No, I tee it low. I mainly find it with the longer irons. Sometimes the quality of the strike is not the best. Sometimes the strike is good but the ball flight is high and the wind catches it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭JCDUB


    Would be bang on this also. Interesting graph from super speed golf.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/CA_fqioh44b/

    I don't get this. What do the numbers across the top mean?

    Need some context to work it out.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,127 ✭✭✭finglashoop


    JCDUB wrote: »
    I don't get this. What do the numbers across the top mean?

    Need some context to work it out.

    Swing speed across the top


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,838 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    No, I tee it low. I mainly find it with the longer irons. Sometimes the quality of the strike is not the best. Sometimes the strike is good but the ball flight is high and the wind catches it.

    You might have too much weight on your back foot when backswinging and on your forward swing. That can also lead to a slice too but I’d lean towards that being it if you’re saying you tee it low.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 412 ✭✭Skyfloater


    Swing speed across the top

    FL is correct and just to be clear, it's Driver swing speed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,656 ✭✭✭CalamariFritti


    I'm pretty much like Rikand, except double his handicap Not long not short, my strength is I'm straight. Nice to hear someone can get to 6 without being overly long, gives me hope. Go Rikand! I assume your short game is pretty strong?

    I'm definitely shorter than my low HC friends and there is no doubt that this is partly the reason why they're lower. Much easier to come in with a 7 or 8 instead of a 5. But to be honest its not just their length, they're just better.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭✭maddness


    I play off 12 and hit the ball a long way, probably further than most off similar handicaps. I’d swap it for a better short game though. It really doesn’t matter how far each club makes the ball go, only the amount of times you uses them.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    GreeBo wrote: »
    Just thought I'd add these so people can take an honest look at themselves.
    These are Tigers average distances from end 2019.

    DRIVER: 297 YARDS
    3-WOOD: 265 YARDS
    5-WOOD: 245 YARDS
    3-IRON: 227 YARDS
    4-IRON: 215 YARDS
    5-IRON: 200 YARDS
    6-IRON: 186 YARDS
    7-IRON: 170 YARDS
    8-IRON: 157 YARDS
    9-IRON: 148 YARDS
    PITCHING WEDGE: 136 YARDS
    SAND WEDGE: 118 YARDS

    If you are hitting your 9i 160+ yards then you are likely delofting it and only fooling yourself imo.

    A few comments around the above....I don't think its beyond the reals of possibility that a good mid/low handicapper can hit as far as a pro down to maybe mid iron direction when you consider that a lot of pros hit clubs that are higher in loft than a game improvement iron of the same number.

    Here's my take based on my own experience. As i mentioned previously, i played ping zings as a decent junior and until very recently when i changed and got back into the game after a few years out. What i found was that down to maybe 6/7 i could hit the ball a mile compared to my friends and these numbers would compare favourably against pros for the loft reason in hindsight. But the main reason was probably that i was very confident with my short/mid irons so used to "hammer" them. Swing speed = distance to a point, right? But as you move down the clubs, i wasn't anywhere near as confident and rightly or wrongly, would swing slower thinking it was more controlled only to find that my gapping was all over the place once i went beyond 6 iron. Basically i was hitting a 6/7 iron as far as a 5 iron and probably more accurately.

    Also, with regards the woods, i think its probably the same story with irons and woods. Good amature golfer can keep pace with pro down to maybe mid irons but then from long irons to drivers, pros obviously come into their own with distance....i'm wondering if amatures just can't get the club head speed necessary to generate the distances but might be more confident hammering shorter irons. I would also say, without being able to provide any references, that pros tend to swing within themselves for their irons for distance and shape control but when it comes to the longer clubs, they use their full potential as swing speed and distance is king rather than accuracy that maybe a slower more controlled swing might give instead......

    So in summary, i don't think its unreasonable for a decent amature to have stock yardages comparable to a pro down to mid iron but beyond that, pros on average will pull away......

    The delofting thing might be true but if that person hitting 160+ with a 9 iron has consistent gapping from short to say mid iron, who cares? if it works for them, then all power to them....i don't think any amature every has said they are as good as a pro just because they might be able to hit as far for certain clubs...its just a mildly interesting thing that amatures like to grasp at that they might have something in common with the players they see on the TV....


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,073 ✭✭✭MarcusP12


    maddness wrote: »
    I play off 12 and hit the ball a long way, probably further than most off similar handicaps. I’d swap it for a better short game though. It really doesn’t matter how far each club makes the ball go, only the amount of times you uses them.

    Same....when i was decent, i hit a lot of greens and didn't need a good short game, just to be solid with the putts....different now and would give anything for a decent short game....the amount of shots i lose through duffed/bladded chips is a joke...ironically, with the lockdown and unusually good weather, i've been able to practice chipping in the back garden so i'm looking forward to seeing if it makes a decent.....for the number of times i need to chip in a round, if i converted even a quarter of them to up and downs, i'd instantly take 3/4 shots off my typical gross compared to what usually happens.....


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  • Registered Users Posts: 981 ✭✭✭mighty magpie


    In the last week i've hit two perfect 4 irons. One went 266 and the other went 174.

    I work off 125 carry for PW and take it from there usually.

    Edit: Looking at the table above, it's pretty spot on for me. I'm around 105-108 driver swing. The only difference is that i've an RBZ stage 2 hybrid that goes a mile, it'll be the next club out though as it is too close to my 3 wood. Will change for a ping g410 hybrid that fits in well.


  • Registered Users Posts: 348 ✭✭frink


    I'd probably be longer than some of similar handicap but I'd happily sacrifice length to have a better chipping technique. I'd rarely hit a full PW and below but these would be fair estimates

    Measured in Yards
    Dr 270
    3W 250
    2Hybrid 240
    4I 230
    5I 215
    6I 200
    7I 185
    8I 170
    9I 155
    PW 140
    GW 125
    SW 110


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭Golf is my Game


    frink wrote: »
    I'd probably be longer than some of similar handicap but I'd happily sacrifice length to have a better chipping technique. I'd rarely hit a full PW and below but these would be fair estimates

    Measured in Yards
    Dr 270
    3W 250
    2Hybrid 240
    4I 230
    5I 215
    6I 200
    7I 185
    8I 170
    9I 155
    PW 140
    GW 125
    SW 110

    Still category 1 though presumably, which is a good level. Theres also more than just chipping which could be holding you back. Putting, general strategy to playing it cute or just going for the big shot kinda stuff, then theres how you handle yourself under pressure when a big score is on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭BigChap1759


    RoadRunner wrote: »
    Summertime estimates
    carry
    58 84m (sometimes 150m :mad:)
    54 97m
    50 110m
    pw 128m (46degree)
    9i 137m
    8i 146m
    7i 154m
    6i 161m
    5i 169m
    4i 178m
    below is carry PLUS roll avg off a tee
    2i 210ish
    3w 240ish
    1w 270ish

    (My problems only really begin at 5 metres and in)


    Meters...........:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭BigChap1759


    Carry Distances


    Dr 250/260
    3W 230
    3 Hybrid 215
    4I 205
    5I 188
    6I 172
    7I 160
    8I 150
    9I 140
    PW 130
    52 115
    SW 105
    60 90


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,634 ✭✭✭spacecoyote


    I think there are a lot of amateurs who get caught up in longest hit vs typical/average hit. I'm not long, but enough to get by

    10 handicap (distance in yrds, typical hit, from GameGolf):

    DR 230
    5W 200 (new club, only a handful of hits in winter conditions
    4H 192
    5I 176
    6I 163
    7I 155
    8I 133 (rarely hit this as a full club, more a controlled approach, so skews down a bit)
    9I 132
    PW 119 (similar to 8I, would rather hit my PW 110 than my AW 110, even though I can hit both that distance)
    AW 111
    SW 69 (almost never full)
    LW 54 (as above)

    If I go longest on each my numbers look close to some of you lot on here maybe :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Current carry distances (i.e summer, winter would take 1-2 clubs off)


    DRIVER: 240 M
    3-WOOD: 210 M
    19* H: 200 M

    4-IRON: 185 M
    5-IRON: 175 M
    6-IRON: 165 M
    7-IRON: 150 M
    8-IRON: 140 M
    9-IRON: 125 M
    PW: 110 M
    52*: 90 M
    56*: 80 M
    60* : 65 M


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,421 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    Rikand wrote: »
    6 handicap

    Driver 240 yards
    3 wood 215 yards
    3 iron 200 yards
    4 iron 190 yards
    5 iron 175 yards
    6 iron 165 yards
    7 iron 155 yards
    8 iron 145 yards
    9 iron 130 yards
    Pw 115 yards
    50 Gw 100 yards
    54 Gw 85 yards
    58 gw 70 yards

    I'm not super long but I'm not super short either. I'm right in the middle of most I'd say and straight as an arrow. I rarely miss fairways

    I hit a drive 295 yards on the 16th in athlone on sunday. The run on the ball is feckin great!

    Oh and a 9 iron from 140 yards(landed it 10 yards short and let it run on) afterwards into 25 feet, lipped out for birdie


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,253 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Rikand wrote: »
    I hit a drive 295 yards on the 16th in athlone on sunday. The run on the ball is feckin great!

    Oh and a 9 iron from 140 yards(landed it 10 yards short and let it run on) afterwards into 25 feet, lipped out for birdie

    Its unreal, such a change from when we left golf back in March.

    Yesterday I hit a drive and wedge to our 410M par 5 14th, back in March it was a Drive, 3 Wood at best.

    One thing that hasnt changed is that I still missed the green with my second... :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 738 ✭✭✭Whiplash85


    I hit my driver 350 yards the other day. It was playing downwind roughly 10miles an hour. typically I would hit it 300 -320 Yards.
    5 Iron would be lowest club I would use and I can hit that probably 230.
    7 Iron around 205
    PW 145 - 150.

    Pity I cant chip or putt for ****.


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