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I'm sure we all hear the stories of golfers bragging about how far they hit their driver, 3 wood etc. I was talking to a good friend of mine about it, he works on the Tour with several well known Tour players. He sent me the following attachment which comes from Trackman with details of the Tour averages, it makes interesting reading..
 

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mhwgc said:
I'm sure we all hear the stories of golfers bragging about how far they hit their driver, 3 wood etc. I was talking to a good friend of mine about it, he works on the Tour with several well known Tour players. He sent me the following attachment which comes from Trackman with details of the Tour averages, it makes interesting reading..
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just goes to show what short hitters they are on the PGA Tour;)
 
Yes as it says these are carry distances and don't include roll out which will vary depending on land angle, spin, ground conditions etc but I think you get the idea.
 
Looks about 5 more yards than my average yardages at a guess
 
Driver spin looks a little higher than I would have guessed at, apart from that it looks like I would have expected. However just because they can do that does not mean some guys on here or our clubs cannot.
 
Shower of peashooters.... :whistle:

Would be interesting to see the underlying data (max/min etc). For every Rory/Bubba launching it 300 carry (like most of the folk on here) there must be a few, relatively at least, shorter hitters.
 
To put it in perspective Gmac and Luke Donald average 278 yards and Billy Horschel did OK last year at 290. But I'm all sure we play with guys who can hit one out there, but regularly and on the fairway!!
And as we know it shows clearly it's not jus about distance off the tee.
 
mhwgc said:
To put it in perspective Gmac and Luke Donald average 278 yards and Billy Horschel did OK last year at 290. But I'm all sure we play with guys who can hit one out there, but regularly and on the fairway!!
And as we know it shows clearly it's not jus about distance off the tee.
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Very true.

What's always interesting with these (I've seen this, or a similar, table before) is lots of people claim to hit driver tour distances but it is rare to find the same people claiming to carry a 7 iron 175 yards......

I'm not a big hitter but, like everyone, can catch the odd freak one that goes a fair way.
 
NWJocko said:
Very true.

What's always interesting with these (I've seen this, or a similar, table before) is lots of people claim to hit driver tour distances but it is rare to find the same people claiming to carry a 7 iron 175 yards......

I'm not a big hitter but, like everyone, can catch the odd freak one that goes a fair way.
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I don't think I have ever played with these regular 300 yard hitters that we see on social media

Played with some guys who can catch one every now and then very rarely is it going over 300 yards

Tweaked trackman monitors convince a lot that they hit these monster drives
 
I'm pretty sure I know how far I hit my drives when I catch it reasonably well and my carry is probably somewhere around that of their hybrid ............................ but I'm happy with that.
I'm also about two irons behind them too.
I'll tell you what though, I can't half get some distance with my putter, especially on the short ones!


Slime.
 
as ever the way stats are presented can be a good ways misleading. these numbers on this tabel are only recorded on a certain par 4, & par 5 on each course being played through a season that Trackman is covering, not every player always uses driver.

this is a table that's taken across total driving stats for a year across all the PGA Pros entering competition, to find a 'model' average.

the player ranked 97 on the driving list has a fastest swing speed of 112.87 mph, the player ranked at 96 has a fastest swing speed of 113.05mph.

so if you look at it from another angle the top 96 or so PGA Tour Pro's all have swings speeds that are higher than 113mph up to the number 1 ranked player at 126.93.

David Toms, (who has a swing speed more related to most/more Cat 1, Cat 2 am players) has a speed of 103.97mph which equates to a carry distance of 254.2 yards, with a smash factor of 1.485 - this puts him ranked 1 on tour in efficiency of strike, where as the speed & carry distance has him ranked at 175.

most ams miss center strike way more than any of the tour players.

using this 'average table' thinking it's a good comparison to an ams driving performance is very misleading. most ams quotes for driving distances are not a 'real' average across a season, most haven't been 'measured' reliably, more/most are a subjective estimation of the best drive they have hit.
 
Smiffy said:
I've played with a few guys who can belt it 300 yards plus.
Amazing to watch when they do catch one.
When they do, I can't help giggling
:o
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I agree with Smiffy. We have one guy at our place that hits it miles and when it's straight you just have to laugh. When it goes wrong though, it's in another county. I still think there's lots of exaggeration goes on. To be honest what the pros do bears no resemblance to my game so I don't get too hung up on their distances
 
Being several years north of retirement age 300 yards is dreamland for me - I'm happy I can get it about 250yds and on the fairway most of the time and even happier that I have no aches and pains after 18 holes.
 
the_coach said:
as ever the way stats are presented can be a good ways misleading. these numbers on this tabel are only recorded on a certain par 4, & par 5 on each course being played through a season that Trackman is covering, not every player always uses driver.

this is a table that's taken across total driving stats for a year across all the PGA Pros entering competition, to find a 'model' average.

the player ranked 97 on the driving list has a fastest swing speed of 112.87 mph, the player ranked at 96 has a fastest swing speed of 113.05mph.

so if you look at it from another angle the top 96 or so PGA Tour Pro's all have swings speeds that are higher than 113mph up to the number 1 ranked player at 126.93.

David Toms, (who has a swing speed more related to most/more Cat 1, Cat 2 am players) has a speed of 103.97mph which equates to a carry distance of 254.2 yards, with a smash factor of 1.485 - this puts him ranked 1 on tour in efficiency of strike, where as the speed & carry distance has him ranked at 175.

most ams miss center strike way more than any of the tour players.

using this 'average table' thinking it's a good comparison to an ams driving performance is very misleading. most ams quotes for driving distances are not a 'real' average across a season, most haven't been 'measured' reliably, more/most are a subjective estimation of the best drive they have hit.
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Great post, also worth taking into account is that these are averages, and don't take into account elevation, wind direction etc.
 
Maybe im Mistaken here but arent the normal pro averages taken over 2 designated holes in opposite directions in any given tournament ? or is that a myth to add to the rules ones
 
My usual good drive is around 250 with a decent roll out, So i think my carry distance with my driver maybe around 235 would anyone disagree with that?
 
I've said it before and I'll say it again.....there are a lot of people on here who claim distances that are absolute nonsense.

The most accurate way to measure your drives is using Google earth, there is a ruler facility under the Tools option. Locate your home course and measure to where one of your drives usually finishes. I've played with plenty of people that consider me a fairly long hitter but using google I've measured my average drives around the 250 mark which is anything but long.

I think a few of these so called 'big boys' could be in for a bit of a shock :eek:
 
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