GM Web Article on Distance
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ArnoldArmChewer
Tour Winner
Shock horror, surely this must exclude ALL Forumites !!
Well, I am about right for my h/c but under for my age. Good point at the end of the article, it is fairways hit that is critical. I must start recording that stat on my card this year to monitor that figure. Not obsess but aim to improve it.
Alex1975
Tour Winner
Sorry for these average guys...
tugglesf239
Journeyman Pro
No such thing as the average golfer though and HC has zero relation to distance.
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Deleted Member 1156
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Well according to those figures, I am a driving god for my age 
Simbo
Tour Rookie
Aren't Pros driving averages are only taken from 2 holes a course though, so what happens if they hammer it 350 on another 10 that aren't being measured?
Reemul
Head Pro
Really what it means is when member a,b,c,d says I hit my 7 iron 170 and then members c,d,e,f say the same most of us think yeah yeah.
Most people exaggerate their skills not just in golf but in most things in life, no one wants to be seen as poor, weak or not great. The web really has allowed people to big themselves up even more. It's hard to say I hit it 300 yards all the time in the clubhouse when your pp's are there but online, the world's your oyster.
Most people exaggerate their skills not just in golf but in most things in life, no one wants to be seen as poor, weak or not great. The web really has allowed people to big themselves up even more. It's hard to say I hit it 300 yards all the time in the clubhouse when your pp's are there but online, the world's your oyster.
snell
Journeyman Pro
I still think length is king....more so for the tour guys
The guy they quoted as being the most accurate, Kolt Knost has been up there in competitions but can't recall him winning anything.
We're as the longer guys are generally the world's best players Rory, Bubba, DJ etc
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
Handicap is of course relevant to average distance.
It isn't necessarily relevant to how far a player can hit his or her sunday best drive, but statistically, a better player will be more consistent and therefore will have a longer average drive than a higher handicapper with the same swing speed.
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I don't think handicap is related to distance, I've seen so many examples of of older guys who don't hit the ball any distance at all yet are consistent and have razor sharp short games. There was a guy at my club who played off scratch or better for over 40 years (and well into his 60's) yet I could drive the ball miles past him.
gmhubble
Head Pro
Agree with you completely - stats are dangerous
Can hit a 3 wood 260 carry and a 7 iron 180yds but I cant chip, putt etc etc hence high handicap right now
Can hit a 3 wood 260 carry and a 7 iron 180yds but I cant chip, putt etc etc hence high handicap right now
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
But it is though. Look at the original link.
There are exceptions to any rule, but on average, there is a correlation betwen average distance and handicap.
gmhubble
Head Pro
Its really interesting
Played last week with a guy in his late 60's who is a single handicapper
Was short but dead straight all day long
So age / handicap / distance all disagree with the article?
Played last week with a guy in his late 60's who is a single handicapper
Was short but dead straight all day long
So age / handicap / distance all disagree with the article?
Canary_Yellow
Journeyman Pro
I don't quite understand what you're asking?
Also, he might have been short, but his average distance isn't necessarily shorter than someone that can hit it a lot further, if that other person is inconsistent and hits a fair few duff shots.
MadAdey
Money List Winner
It is a good article and goes to prove that most people are full of crap when it comes to how far they hit the ball. A lot of people look at what their distance is by how far they hit it on the launch monitor in American Golf, but that is not he swing they use on the course. I can stand on a launch monitor all day long hitting it past 300, but the reality is on the course I am around the 280 mark as that is the swing that I can control.
Looking back over the last few years I can only think of 4 golfers that I can remember that I would say are longer than me. Steve (more commonly known as Fundy), 2 plus handicappers in my Sunday role up and a young lad from my role up that is off on a mini Pro tour for the winter and he is crazy long. So out of dozens and dozens of golfers, only a handful are longer than me. But when you hear people talking about their distances, I find that most people are longer than me.
So I always find it hard to believe when people come on here saying they hit it 300 yards and they hit 160 yard wedges. Maybe they do, but how accurate are they with it? I can hit a 160 yard wedge, but I do not have a clue where it will land. People look at their distances with an iron and think they are Johnson Long, but I would be too with these jacked up lofts that people have. I hit my buddies PSi Tour the other week and it went at least a club longer than my MP-15, my 9i has more loft than some of the PW's in some of the newer sets.
Looking back over the last few years I can only think of 4 golfers that I can remember that I would say are longer than me. Steve (more commonly known as Fundy), 2 plus handicappers in my Sunday role up and a young lad from my role up that is off on a mini Pro tour for the winter and he is crazy long. So out of dozens and dozens of golfers, only a handful are longer than me. But when you hear people talking about their distances, I find that most people are longer than me.
So I always find it hard to believe when people come on here saying they hit it 300 yards and they hit 160 yard wedges. Maybe they do, but how accurate are they with it? I can hit a 160 yard wedge, but I do not have a clue where it will land. People look at their distances with an iron and think they are Johnson Long, but I would be too with these jacked up lofts that people have. I hit my buddies PSi Tour the other week and it went at least a club longer than my MP-15, my 9i has more loft than some of the PW's in some of the newer sets.
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guest100718
Guest
is there a link?
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Deleted Member 1156
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I don't see where you get this from. If you want to lower your handicap you should work on accuracy, consistency and short game. I have seen high handicappers that smash the ball miles and low guys that don't hit it anywhere. Hitting it longer does NOT lower your handicap.
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guest100718
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found it.
The Game Golf stats seem to back up some form of a link. It clearly doesn't cover every golfer, a bit like the smoker who has 80 a day and lives to be 90, but I don't think it is tough to see a general correlation. Stats don't tell everything but the figures GG put up indicate some form of link.
