How often do you use a driver?

[TheCaddie]

On average, on how many holes do you guys (and girls) use a driver on an 18 hole course?

As a rule of thumb, what yardage would you choose to use a driver, and when would you decide not too?

Just curious, as I have not long started out, and have steered clear from my fairway wood and driver recently, and been using a 3 hybrid 19* off the tee. It has been fairing me relatively well, but I now want to up my game!

 

[Deleted member 15717]

At my place, off the White tees, I could hit driver 11 times on 18 holes...

 

[Retread61]

It does really generally depend on the course. For example on Friday morning I played with a mate at Worplesdon, where I hit driver on 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,11,12,14,15,17,18. So 13 times. At home on Sat I used it on 1,2,4,10,13,16...6 times and really didnt need it on 16 but its open and gives me a short wedge in.

It is a combination between length of hole and how tight the driving area is.

 

[patricks148]

about 10 times on a normal round off the whites, maybe more maybe less depending on the wind.

 

[Lump]

8 times at my place, 4 being par5's and 2 uphill par4's. The other 2 par4's depends on how the wind is blowing.

 

[Tongo]

I am probably rare in that i dont carry a driver in my bag. Always struggled with them. Tried suing one last winter but could not get any consistency. 5 wood is the lowest loft club i use.

 

[bladeplayer]

Off whites 13/18 , 3 wood off par 5 8th and 4 par 3's

Blues 14/ 18

 

[drewster]

I am probably rare in that i dont carry a driver in my bag. Always struggled with them. Tried suing one last winter but could not get any consistency. 5 wood is the lowest loft club i use.

On all par fours and fives. I'm the opposite to you my dispersion with my driver is much less than with a fairway wood. Hence that i now don't even bother carrying one.

 

[gripitripit]

Wyboston Lakes is where I consider my home course and I use driver on all the holes bar 1st 3rd 5th 6th 7th 12th 13th 15th. So 11 holes out of the 18. If I am hitting it pretty well then I will use it on the 12th and go risk/reward over water.

 

[TheCaddie]

about 10 times on a normal round off the whites, maybe more maybe less depending on the wind.

and at what yardarge do you guys feel using a driver is the right call? Again, generally speaking....

 

[BrizoH71]

At my place off whites I'd typically use driver on 1,3,6,7,9,10,12,17,18 .. possibly on 5,14,16 depending on the wind so anywhere between 9 and 12 times.

 

[chrisd]

13 at my place but there are about 3 holes where I often hit a hybrid instead, it just depends where the tee markers are and whether I'm hitting the driver well as ours is very tree lined with accuracy at a premium

 

[louise_a]

Normally whenever I can, unless a water hazard or dogleg comes into play at around 180-200 yards.

 

[Retread61]

and at what yardarge do you guys feel using a driver is the right call? Again, generally speaking....

Generally speaking it depends on whether I feel I need a driver to get home in 2 and the tightness of the course. E.G. the 13th at Puttenham is 400 and plenty yds long but I generally hit 3 wood because the fairway is narrow and the second is downhill and its not too tight an area to hit with a long iron/rescue. I often hit a driver up the 16th because the landing area is generous and it leaves me a wedge at most.

 

[chillicon]

At the moment I use the driver once per round.

 

[tsped83]

12/18. Ruling out par 3's, there are two dogleg holes that mean driver is too long at our spo. Otherwise, always driver, ATTACK!

 

[Region3]

Round my own place there are 3 holes I always use driver on, and another 6 that I sometimes do depending on the wind, what the format is, and how well I'm playing.
I'd guess average is 5 or 6.

As for yardage, it depends more for me on the features of the hole than how far it is. For example, we have a 456yd par 4 that I usually hit 3w on because it's important to hit the fairway, and holes at 310yds and 350yds that I quite often use my driver because an offline one will be past the worst of the trouble.

I don't mind playing approaches from the first or second cut if I can see the green, but if there's a risk of having no shot to the green I'd rather have a longer shot in. I hope that makes sense!

 

[TheCaddie]

At the moment I use the driver once per round.

More comfortable with the 3 wood?

 

[pbrown7582]

11 times, we have 4 par 3's and 3 holes I play hybrid/3 wood.

 

[CMAC]

anything under 350 yds gets 3W, Hybrid or 3 iron