Forum distance versus real distance?

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

On a dead calm day, if I really nailed a drive I would probably max out just short of 270. Average is probably 250 - 260. I probably hit a decent 7i about 145. Not spectacular.

Spectacular enough. Interesting usijng 'spectacular' in the context of distance. Huitting 18 fairways and then 18 greens in regulation is pretty spectacular. A gross 60 is spectacular

Also smiled at londonlewis feeling he had to caveat his...

3 hybrid - 200 (flies high, lands soft)

I'm guessing as he feels 200yds with a 3h is feeble - nope ll - 200yds with a 3h sounds just fine to me - no need to make excuses

 

[Region3]

These threads always give me a complex.

I'm shorter with driver but longer with short irons. How does that work?

 

[patricks148]

These threads always give me a complex.

I'm shorter with driver but longer with short irons. How does that work?

what do you think?

 

[Region3]

what do you think?

Obviously I massively de-loft my short irons and hit my driver like a girl (no offence girls )

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Sounds like my average of 325 yards with my 3 wood makes me the longest on here

 

[Ethan]

Here are my distances:

Driver: between 70 yards (snap hook) to 275 (hits cart path). Average decent one 245.
3 wood: 250 yards (200 straight and 50 of curve)
3 hybrid: 200 yards (can high and soft, low and hot, or further left than the Communist Party)
3 iron: yeah, right
4 iron: 180
5 iron: 180 (slightly higher, but why do I carry 4 and 5?)
6 iron: 170 (but it is a Cally X Hot Pro, so it is really a 5 and a half iron)
7 iron: 160 (really a 6.5)
8 iron: 145-150
9 iron 135
PW: 120, or 140 if thinned
50 degree: 105
55 degree: 90
60 degree: 80 (guessing because I never hit a full one), maybe 40 on a full shank.

 

[Rooter]

best reply so far from Ethan.

 

[londonlewis]

Spectacular enough. Interesting usijng 'spectacular' in the context of distance. Huitting 18 fairways and then 18 greens in regulation is pretty spectacular. A gross 60 is spectacular

Also smiled at londonlewis feeling he had to caveat his...

3 hybrid - 200 (flies high, lands soft)

I'm guessing as he feels 200yds with a 3h is feeble - nope ll - 200yds with a 3h sounds just fine to me - no need to make excuses

Hahaha, maybe I should have added an extra note to say why I added that.
I thought it was important to add as any eagle eyed forumer (is that a word) would have noticed I hit my 3 hybrid the same distance as my 4-iron, which could result in a question as to why I carry the club in the first place.

but thanks for caring!

 

[Deleted member 1147]

For what it's worth I hit a long'ish ball, most par 5's are in play in 2 (sometimes with an iron), assuming I've hit my drive into play.
For example this weekend I hit (yellow tee comp'):

Driver, 5 wood, chip - for a 2nd ball birdie, bogie 6
Driver, 9 iron - for a 3 putt par 5
Driver, 6 iron - for a birdie 4
Driver , 8 iron, 50 yds pitch - for a birdie 4

The end scores are what count, not the distances hit.

 

[Imurg]

I bet nobody has actually posted a real, genuine average of anything.
Who measures the top off the tee, the schlap into the undergrowth or the thin onto the next tee...?
We only ever measure decent shots and then we tend to forget the slightly worse ones and count more of the better ones....
I don't care how far anyone hits anything and anyway, the weather is diffdrent everyday so will affect how far you hit it. It's often said " on a calm day how far do you hit a 7 iron" - absolutely no idea as I don't recall the last time I used a 7 iron on a flat calm day, in fact I can't remember the last flat, calm day.......
I can hit my driver anywhere between 5 and 300+ yards....
How far I actually hit is another matter entirely

 

[mcbroon]

Spectacular enough. Interesting usijng 'spectacular' in the context of distance. Huitting 18 fairways and then 18 greens in regulation is pretty spectacular. A gross 60 is spectacular

Also smiled at londonlewis feeling he had to caveat his...

3 hybrid - 200 (flies high, lands soft)

I'm guessing as he feels 200yds with a 3h is feeble - nope ll - 200yds with a 3h sounds just fine to me - no need to make excuses

Well, having played with a guy the other week who hit a 7i 210 yds (it was downwind and he got a bit of a flier, but still), I think big distance can be spectacular.

You're right that 18/18 FIR and GIR, aside from the fact that you'd be playing a course with no par 3s :ears: is spectacular, and you're certainly more likely to score well hitting GIR and FIR than you are if all you do is hit it a long way, but that doesn't mean that seeing someone hit the ball a long way isn't spectacular in its own right. IMHO.

I was going to ask londonlewis that very question about the 3h vs 4i. Why carry both?

 

[londonlewis]

Well, having played with a guy the other week who hit a 7i 210 yds (it was downwind and he got a bit of a flier, but still), I think big distance can be spectacular.

You're right that 18/18 FIR and GIR, aside from the fact that you'd be playing a course with no par 3s :ears: is spectacular, and you're certainly more likely to score well hitting GIR and FIR than you are if all you do is hit it a long way, but that doesn't mean that seeing someone hit the ball a long way isn't spectacular in its own right. IMHO.

I was going to ask londonlewis that very question about the 3h vs 4i. Why carry both?

hopefully you saw my earlier response.
I guess that is the issue with the written word, it is far too easy to jump to conclusions and in this case the conclusion was that I was ashamed of my hybrid. Bad little hybrid.

 

[Rooter]

Good point Imurg, when i said my average is 260ish (or whatever i put) thats the average of the ones that hit the fairway! so a true true average including the nobble off the tee, the duck hook, the massive slice is probably 200 yards maximum,if not less. and thinking deeper about it, i think i can start saving shots on the course here with that attitude,

yes i can hit my 9 iron 150 yards, however can i do that 9 times out of 10? NO! why not take a really nice easy 7 iron and if it goes long it goes long, backs of greens has typically less hazards than in front, so i am going to start thinking like that. if i miss a green, the predominant miss is short as i have not used enough club thinking a 100% true 8 iron for arguments sake will make it..

Food for thought, now to put it into practice!

 

[TheJezster]

I bet nobody has actually posted a real, genuine average of anything.
Who measures the top off the tee, the schlap into the undergrowth or the thin onto the next tee...?
We only ever measure decent shots and then we tend to forget the slightly worse ones and count more of the better ones....
I don't care how far anyone hits anything and anyway, the weather is diffdrent everyday so will affect how far you hit it. It's often said " on a calm day how far do you hit a 7 iron" - absolutely no idea as I don't recall the last time I used a 7 iron on a flat calm day, in fact I can't remember the last flat, calm day.......
I can hit my driver anywhere between 5 and 300+ yards....
How far I actually hit is another matter entirely

Absolutely agree. Noone has put accurate averages here at all. It's more likely pretty good hit distances.

Doesnt really matter what you hit, as long as you have enough club to put the ball where you want it to go. Some might use a driver, some might go as low as a 5iron. Who cares if it ends up where you wanted it to?

For example, 10 drives, with the following results:

1. 15 yds duff
2. 200
3. 240
4. 180
5. 250
6. 270
7. 220
8. 240
9. 195
10. 75

Some good hits in there, couple of awful ones, and perhaps some affected by the wind. Average about 230? No, average 188/189

So until people start including everything, these numbers just dont mean anything at all.

 

[duncan mackie]

Ethan :thup:

I'll even buy Harpo's numbers...but many of the rest are more of the reason for the thread than realistic year round averages; sorry to be blunt, and potentially rude.

I play a lot of golf, with a lot of people, and the percentage that can stand on a tee and take on a water carry of 220 with a driver on a still day isn't great :whoo:

 

[londonlewis]

Absolutely agree. Noone has put accurate averages here at all. It's more likely pretty good hit distances.

Doesnt really matter what you hit, as long as you have enough club to put the ball where you want it to go. Some might use a driver, some might go as low as a 5iron. Who cares if it ends up where you wanted it to?

For example, 10 drives, with the following results:

1. 15 yds duff
2. 200
3. 240
4. 180
5. 250
6. 270
7. 220
8. 240
9. 195
10. 75

Some good hits in there, couple of awful ones, and perhaps some affected by the wind. Average about 230? No, average 188/189

So until people start including everything, these numbers just dont mean anything at all.

Maybe we should reclarify what we are looking for here.
do you really want to know the average or do you want to know the standard distance?

If you were stood 189 yards away from the green would you take a driver because that is the average distance you hit that club so therefore you are statistically most likely to get the result you are looking for? No, of course you wouldn't.

You would take the iron that you hit 189 everytime. The fact that you miss the green wouldn't necessarily mean you chose the wrong club. Unless you took the iron that you once hit 189 - like a wedge that was downhill, downwind and Sally Gunnelled an extra 50 yards....

 

[Fader]

i'm certainly no more than a middle distance hitter. I average around 240-245yards, if its nice weather top out at 250yards max with roll except for when you get the odd one that hits the ground an runs miles.

Played yesterday and hit one about 290yards but that was down wind, down hill and run further than Mo Farah but that is massively outside of my usual remit and is one of those occaisions where the conditions create the distance not the golfer.

I'm more than happy with my 240yards as I consider myself to be pretty accurate and i'll happily settle for accuracy.

 

[londonlewis]

i'm certainly no more than a middle distance hitter. I average around 240-245yards, if its nice weather top out at 250yards max with roll except for when you get the odd one that hits the ground an runs miles.

Played yesterday and hit one about 290yards but that was down wind, down hill and run further than Mo Farah but that is massively outside of my usual remit and is one of those occaisions where the conditions create the distance not the golfer.

I'm more than happy with my 240yards as I consider myself to be pretty accurate and i'll happily settle for accuracy.

I think what we should take from this is the average distances from a large number of forumers is not necessarily all that long but the handicaps show that distance is not necessarily important.
I am confident there are a large number of big bombers out there that would love to boast a single figure handicap.

How many people would sacrifice 20 yards to drop 2 shots off their handicap? probably quite a few.

I know that I would rather be excellent from 130 yards in and less than average off the tee, than excellent off the tee but less than average where it counts.
I think there is a lot of satisfaction for those golfers who go round with a big bomber who feels superior because they hammer it 70 yards past your tee shots but then shoots 18 shots more than you at the end of the round.

I simply can not wait to get back out on the course this weekend and as my wife is away I might be able to get two rounds in!

If anyone in Surrey is keen for a game, let me know!

 

[Birchy]

Why dont we do a thread with meaningful numbers? Like scoring average? Or putts per round average? Them stats are much more important

 

[Yosser]

(Yards)
TW 50-55
SW 70-80
PW 100-110
9i 110-120
8i 120-130
7i 130-140
6i 140-150
5i 150-160
4i 160-170
4h 170-180
5w 180-200
3w 190-220
1w 180-230