How Far Do You Drive The Ball?

[Ethan]

As has been said these threads are pretty pointless really because they turn into
exaggerations pretty quickly.
Most people don't know the meaning of average it seems.
To have an average of 270-280 over the course of a round lets say 8 drives at
least 4 would have to be over 300 yards to counter act the 250 yard drives to get an average of 275.
Lets take 4 of my drives at North Hants 285+235+250+35=800 average =200.
I can safely say now that anyone who has an average of over 250 over a whole round on the fairway
where it counts needs to come back down to earth.
Oh and another thing to remember is who you have played with because they would know to

Using the mean to measure an average of a skewed set of data or a set with an outlier, such as these, is not very meaningful. The median would be a better way of averaging this data, and in the case of 285, 235, 250 and 35, the median would be 242.5.

 

[garyinderry]

We have a couple of holes that are raised so you can see touchdown will try it tomorrow.

Raised tee skews the distance though.

 

[NWJocko]

Anywhere and everywhere between 1 yard and 300 odd depending on course/wind/ground etc not to mention the idiot swinging the club!!

Rarely in the direction I intended.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

As has been said these threads are pretty pointless really because they turn into
exaggerations pretty quickly.
Most people don't know the meaning of average it seems.
To have an average of 270-280 over the course of a round lets say 8 drives at
least 4 would have to be over 300 yards to counter act the 250 yard drives to get an average of 275.
Lets take 4 of my drives at North Hants 285+235+250+35=800 average =200.
I can safely say now that anyone who has an average of over 250 over a whole round on the fairway
where it counts needs to come back down to earth.
Oh and another thing to remember is who you have played with because they would know to

Your 30yder isn't a drive - that's a duff/topped tee shot Take that 'rogue' tee shot out of the reckoning and you're about 256yds - it's allowable to remove mi***** I think. Ethan's median is good approach though.

 

[hovis]

Using the mean to measure an average of a skewed set of data or a set with an outlier, such as these, is not very meaningful. The median would be a better way of averaging this data, and in the case of 285, 235, 250 and 35, the median would be 242.5.

eh!

 

[ManinBlack]

88-92mph swing speed.

225yd carry

Have managed 1 400yd Drive, though it was a tad breezy! 'Best' 3-wood in the opposite direction went 110!

88 - 92 9 handicap. you could be me, you're not 67 years old too are you?

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

eh!

would be 250yds - if you removed the duff. Order the four and take the mid-point (half way between 235 and 250)

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Typically a decent shot for me is a fade 240 (in total, with a little roll out) using the driver and a swing speed of around 105. Big hairy draws swinging out of my shoes come out at around 290 (2 measured the week before last) but I'll also have some at 220 when inexplicably deciding the heel is the best part to hit the ball from.

Longest was 368 on the second at Sheringham, Norfolk, with a nice back wind onto a dry fairway. Woof. Won't even think about the shortest...

Picked up a few yards over the last year with a fitness programme but I'll never be a big knocker.

 

[hovis]

would be 235yds - if you removed the duff.

I ent got a bloody clue. I spent all my maths lessons trying to get louise davis to show me her boob's

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

ent got a bloody clue. I spent all my maths lessons trying to get louise davis to show me her boob's

My mistake corrected - 250yds is the median without the duff

 

[Ethan]

eh!

The median is the middle point in a series of data. So you line up 35, 235, 250 and 285. There is an even number of data points, so you take the mean of the middle two. It deals with data sets that have unrepresentative data points in them.

Different data sets need different types of analysis.

Many people think average means typical. OK. What is the average number of arms people have? The answer is not 2, because some people have 0 or 1, but very few have more than 2, so the mean must be less than 2. But the great majority of people have 2 and the median is 2. So what should is the best method for determining the average?

 

[Deleted member 15344]

I hit my driver about the same distance as Drive4show's 3 wood, and six feet behind Liverpoolphil's 'right out of the screws, best drive of the day'

I can get it just past Smiffy, so long enough.:thup:

One drive and you are now John Daly

I would say average is about 240-250 carry for me

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

The median is the middle point in a series of data. So you line up 35, 235, 250 and 285. There is an even number of data points, so you take the mean of the middle two. It deals with data sets that have unrepresentative data points in them.

Different data sets need different types of analysis.

Many people think average means typical. OK. What is the average number of arms people have? The answer is not 2, because some people have 0 or 1, but very few have more than 2, so the mean must be less than 2. But the great majority of people have 2 and the median is 2. So what should is the best method for determining the average?

But the model value for number of arms people have is precisely 2

Don't ya love stats

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I ent got a bloody clue. I spent all my maths lessons trying to get louise davis to show me her boob's

Did she?

 

[hovis]

Did she?

I wish. I did look up her skirt getting my rubber off the floor though

 

[DanFST]

If we talking about shortest mine is about -130 yards, Don't ask.

 

[Dellboy]

If I flush it out of center then 235-245 but would say 75% of the time it's more like 210-220

 

[HomerJSimpson]

About 235 average. Shame FIR is only 51% this year too

 

[SVB]

Carry about 230 so maybe 245 with roll. Longest I've had was 302 but that was downhill and a favourable bounce.

As above on all three counts!

 

[el marko]

If i measured using the scorecard i probably average 300-350 yards

On GPS - about 240 carry. Getting about 30-40 yards of roll at the moment with the rock hard ground.