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How Far Do You Drive The Ball?

Depends what course I'm playing, if it's my local then about a mile and a half, but can be up to 50 miles if the course is worth it.
 
I think he means he now carries it 264 with his SLDR. 109mph driver speed is very respectable, in the Jim Furyk/Luke Donald range. I assume he is a terrible chipper and putter!
Correct, i meant new distance with sldr is 264. My chipping and putting are ok. Pitching!!! Now thats a different story
 
Just bought a Ping G30 currently set at 11.5 and have been measuring all of my drives last week and had and average between 270 - 285. Measured about 40 drives in varying conditions with around 5 between 300 & 343.

Distance ranges from 254 - 343


We have a clear winner! :thup:
 
I wouldnt know tbh but when I was consistent with the R1 (yes it did happen for a while) it was around 240 ish with the odd best and the odd 190/200 out of the toe/heel.

I would say of late around 230-250 average if I ignore the mis hits.
 
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?

Mode? :angry:
 
I do hit the ball a fairly long way being 6'7" tall. Its not always in the direction I require though. In the conditions stated I would be looking to get it out to 300 odd yards
 
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