Hendo007
Challenge Tour Pro
So for my birthday back in October the missus got be a groupon block of 5 sessions on the launch monitor at a nearly local Affordable golf outlet. Having hardly picked up a golf club all winter I thought it about time I used them up before I lost them. I went over there a couple of weeks ago and rattled balls for an hour but at the end they were unable to print out my stats.
I went back on Tuesday and rattled me second hours worth of balls however this time at the end I wrote down the important figures.
Heres the outcomes for the clubs that I hit,
Swing Speed Carry Total distance
Sand wedge - 53 92 101
52* AW - 58 111 125
9 iron - 68 133 148
7 iron - 78 167 185
5 iron - 72 170 197
3 Hyb - 88 195 225
Driver - 97 240 280
With the exception of the 5 iron above as I didn't hit many and the ones I did hit weren't all brilliant there is a deff trend with regards the swing speed, It seems to go up about 10mph every other club.
The distances also seem to be in proportion roughly as well.
However it never really feels like I hit those kinda numbers on the golf course. I mean if I'm looking at a shot of about 170 yards on the course I will reach for the 6 iron first. If i'm faced with a shot of about 140 I'd take an 8 iron and not a 9. For me on the course my 150 shot is my 7 iron.
I guess it could be down to the ball as on the course I use a ProV1x instead of the random balls at the AG place.
I will go back again next week and do the clubs I never done this week just to complete the picture and so I have a better average for each club. But just how accurate are these figures and what factors need to be taken into account when translating this onto the actual golf course ?
Anyone else use launch monitors to gauge their distances and what did you find when out on the course ?
I went back on Tuesday and rattled me second hours worth of balls however this time at the end I wrote down the important figures.
Heres the outcomes for the clubs that I hit,
Swing Speed Carry Total distance
Sand wedge - 53 92 101
52* AW - 58 111 125
9 iron - 68 133 148
7 iron - 78 167 185
5 iron - 72 170 197
3 Hyb - 88 195 225
Driver - 97 240 280
With the exception of the 5 iron above as I didn't hit many and the ones I did hit weren't all brilliant there is a deff trend with regards the swing speed, It seems to go up about 10mph every other club.
The distances also seem to be in proportion roughly as well.
However it never really feels like I hit those kinda numbers on the golf course. I mean if I'm looking at a shot of about 170 yards on the course I will reach for the 6 iron first. If i'm faced with a shot of about 140 I'd take an 8 iron and not a 9. For me on the course my 150 shot is my 7 iron.
I guess it could be down to the ball as on the course I use a ProV1x instead of the random balls at the AG place.
I will go back again next week and do the clubs I never done this week just to complete the picture and so I have a better average for each club. But just how accurate are these figures and what factors need to be taken into account when translating this onto the actual golf course ?
Anyone else use launch monitors to gauge their distances and what did you find when out on the course ?