How far do you hit your 7 iron?

[bobmac]

a couple of three stabs and a couple of chunks.

mmmmmmm Interesting

 

[JustOne]

Why do people think its showing off when golfers say they hit it quite far? Hitting it far does not mean you are accurate. I'd happily have to drop down a club if it made me say 25% more accurate. I'm 6'3" with long arms and my clubs are longer than standard and my Cobra S3 irons have slightly stronger lofts than most clubs these days. When someone asks how far I hit the ball with a 7 iron I give the answer and it doesn't even enter my head that it's "showing off" if it happens to be a bit longer than others. I hit a 9 iron today from just inside the 150 marker to the centre of the green. Is it showing off to say that? Not really because I play off 16 so I know I've got a lot to learn. If anything it's the "shorter" hitters who seem to have a complex about it.

You don't have to justify it, there's a lot of very short hitters on here that just can't handle the truth that a lot of people hit the ball further than they do. Their disbelief is almost an ingrained reaction

 

[USER1999]

You don't have to justify it, there's a lot of very short hitters on here that just can't handle the truth that a lot of people hit the ball further than they do. Their disbelief is almost an ingrained reaction

I don't believe you.

 

[Midnight]

7 iron for me ranges from 100 to 140, all depends how I hit it.

 

[richart]

155 yards for me, but I punch my irons off the right foot and a 7 iron flies with the height of a 6.:mmm:

 

[Tommo21]

You don't have to justify it, there's a lot of very short hitters on here that just can't handle the truth that a lot of people hit the ball further than they do. Their disbelief is almost an ingrained reaction

I was going to post that there's loads of long hitters who cant handle me being short and scoring better. Over the years its proved to me that some big hitters think they have the devine right to score better than the short hitters.

 

[bobmac]

155 yards for me, but I punch my irons off the right foot and a 7 iron flies with the height of 6 ft :mmm:

Fixed :mmm:

 

[SocketRocket]

Just about anyone can swing a club out of their socks, it's nothing special. Just hands ahead so the club is delofted and swing like an axe murderer, it will go far and normally with a big slice. What matters is how far your stock into the green full swing carries.

 

[richart]

Fixed :mmm:

The ones that fly 6 ft tend to go straight right as well.

 

[USER1999]

155 yards for me, but I punch my irons off the right foot and a 7 iron flies with the height of a 6.:mmm:

I thought all the clubs in the bag are supposed to fly the same height. Some just get up there quicker. In your case, you could play under a table.

 

[Scottjd1]

I had a bit of a shock today when I carried a 6 iron 170 and a 5 iron 185 (both measured with a Bushnell).
Probably a club and a half more than I would normally expect.
Not sure if I was just hitting very crisply but was not swinging hard/fast. Nice though!

 

[AuburnWarrior]

Blimey - there's some big boys on here!

I hit my 7 iron about 140 yards.

 

[Tommo21]

blimey - there's some big boys on here!

I hit my 7 iron about 140 yards.

snap

 

[Steve King]

At some stage during next season, we're going to run a comp called 'The Wiltshire Wallop' at Woodbridge Park Golf Club. Basically an open comp to find out who is the longest Driver in Wiltshire

I'll keep you posted when I have a confirmed date - happy to invite anyone that fancies it...sounds like a few people will have a decent shout!

 

[Captain_Black]

Blimey - there's some big boys on here!

I hit my 7 iron about 140 yards.

So do I

 

[MadAdey]

Adey, do you ever grip down an inch to lose a bit of distance?
If so, how much would you lose gripping down an inch?

I'd guess at maybe 5 yards?

Ok then at 150 yards with a normal grip, setup and a smooth swing I hit a 9 iron. Grip down to keep it lower I will hit an 8. A low stinging punch a 7 iron. I would say gripping down I hit it one club less. So to me having a club at standard length I would need 1 more club.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I was hitting my 6 iron about 155 into a breeze today (verified by skycaddy) but given that the R11 lofts are pretty strong I'm not getting over excited. It was the quality of the strike and the nice mark out of the sweetspot that I enjoyed more than how far I hit it. If I could do that with all the clubs, more often then wouldn't it be a simple game. I'll hit whatever I think necessary to get me from A to B and to be honest couldn't care what you use to do the same. We'll add the scores up at the end and that is all that matters

 

[USER1999]

At some stage during next season, we're going to run a comp called 'The Wiltshire Wallop' at Woodbridge Park Golf Club. Basically an open comp to find out who is the longest Driver in Wiltshire

I'll keep you posted when I have a confirmed date - happy to invite anyone that fancies it...sounds like a few people will have a decent shout!

Don't bother, it's swinger. Every time. And he lives down that way too. Flip, he can probably drive from his garden, and not even bother turning up at the course.

 

[AllyLodge]

Used to think it was 150, but is leaning towards 140.
The Only thing I despise about golfers is that some of them lie through their teeth about their yardages.

My 5ft "1" friend who is also 15 claims he hits his 7 iron 155, yet he always comes up short ?
Its always better to be accurate than long

 

[MadAdey]

Refer to my post at #73. My mate hits fairways and greens for fun and more often than not chips it stone dead as his golfing ability is amazing. But he got to +2 and said at that point his lack of distance then started to make him struggle. When he played at uni in St Andrews he said about lads who would hit driver 5 iron to a green and he would wonder if he could even get there with driver 3-wood. Distance is not as important as accuracy is the bottom line. Yes I do hit a big ball but I would swap some of that to be a better golfer.