How far could / should I be able to hit my driver?

Your irons are very similar in loft to my old RBZ irons and i was hitting very much the same distances. My driver carry topped out at around 250 yards. For what its worth my 150 yard club was 8/9 iron and is now a 7 iron.
 
Trying to get use to my yardages with the new clubs. According to SkyCaddy and taking an average of 10 balls

9 Iron - 131
8 Iron - 139
7 Iron - 151
6 Iron - 161
5 Iron - 173

My driver average is still only around 235-240 and accuracy still an issue but it is getting better all the time. To be honest I'm never worried how far my driver is going as it's not a scoring club in the same as hitting a mid iron into a target is. As long as it goes a reasonable length and is in play that's usually enough for me
 
Vardon11 said:
After having a few lessons lately my pro has got me using my hips and the results have been phenomenal with my irons (after a period of overshooting greens). Below are my distances that I have tracked with my GPS on subsequent rounds;
9 Iron - 145-155
8 Iron - 155-165
7 Iron - 165-175
6 Iron - 175-185
5 Iron - 185-195

The problem is I hit my woods / hybrids and driver with a nasty high slice resulting in anything from 150 - 200 yards. I have lessons coming up to work on the longer clubs but I was wondering what distance people thought would be achievable if I could get my driver working as well as my irons?
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Your hitting them the same distance as the club champion I was playing with at the weekend. I'm two clubs behind him and you. Must be something far wrong if you hit the irons well and not the woods.
 
No, not at all. Distance can depend upon a number of factors - age, size, rhythm, tempo, club lofts. I am just saying that having played golf with many mid-handicappers over a period of 25 years, I am surprised at how many on here appear to be able to match some of the distances achieved by professional golfers.
 
The tour players where using 7 irons on a 190 yard par 3 at Doral the weekend... Remember a lot of club golfers are using irons with strong lofts so there 150 yard 9 iron is really a 8 iron. I was doing the same when I had my TM Burner 2.0's but my Nikes are now a whole club shorter in terms of loft.
 
DAVEYBOY said:
The tour players where using 7 irons on a 190 yard par 3 at Doral the weekend... Remember a lot of club golfers are using irons with strong lofts so there 150 yard 9 iron is really a 8 iron. I was doing the same when I had my TM Burner 2.0's but my Nikes are now a whole club shorter in terms of loft.
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I did say pro golfers, and not Tour players. However, I totally agree about the lofts of some manufacturers. Maybe my 6/7 year old Mizzies are holding me back? If I am lucky with the Ping opportunity, maybe I might get enlightened. Cue for a raft of anti-Ping ripostes.
 
didsbury_duffer said:
I did say pro golfers, and not Tour players. However, I totally agree about the lofts of some manufacturers. Maybe my 6/7 year old Mizzies are holding me back? If I am lucky with the Ping opportunity, maybe I might get enlightened. Cue for a raft of anti-Ping ripostes.
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Ping make great clubs... Good luck :thup:
 
you should be able to hit your driver as far as comfortable possible and onto the fairway. Be that 200, 250 or 300 yards.

Its not about the length but the pose and club twirl afterwards ;)
 
Vardon11 said:
Thanks for the positive feedback guys, my regular playing partner who is 6'3" plays off a single figure handicap is at least a club and a half longer than me!
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Ask your pro to check your impact conditions, it it quite feasible for you to to be striking the ball late and delofting your irons which will tend to give you the fade you describe with the corresponding increase in distance.this can work well with your irons due to the shorter shafts and extra loft on them.The only problem being , when you put the same swing on a driver/ fairway with the hands leading through impact the club face comes in open and steep producing the slice you are experiencing .

He will be able to pick this fault up quite easily and if he has access to a launch monitor be able to illustrate to you how a negative attack angle can produce the effect you are having and how to begin to correct the problem, also ask him if he thinks the shaft / loft combinations you have in you longer clubs are helping or hindering your progress. The l/monitor is not totally necessary but it does make it much easier to explain this type of problem.

:thup:
 
Driver 247
3 Wood 220
19 Hybrid 205
25 hybrid 185
3 Iron 180
4 Iron 172
5 Iron 172
6 Iron 157
7 Iron 145
8 Iron 131
9 Iron 119
46 Wedge 105
52 Wedge 85
58 Wedge 60

These are my summer distances measured on the flat with a surveyors wheel, less than impressive but I believe accurate. These were with Cally x22 tours which have now become Mizzy MP52's which I suspect are marginally shorter.

I will re-check these in a week or two once the weather has warmed a little.
 
With those sort of distances you should be getting the driver out to 270ish with summer roll easily. My 9i goes about 155 and getting around 280+ with summer roll off the driver, so I would imagine you would not be far behind that.
 
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