Please forgive my stupid question...

[bizarregolfer]

Hi All,

this is my first post as I am new to the game. I started to take lessons in March and played two rounds only in all my life.

I was reading about average driving distances on the internet and it seems that the male amateur average is between 200 yds and 260 yds. Now come my stupid question: is that distance measured to where the ball comes to rest or to the first point where it hits the ground?

I apologise in advance if I am asking something really silly.

Trevor

 

[granters]

No stupid questions, only stupid answers! Don't be afraid to ask anything.

The measurement is usually where the ball comes to rest, ie carry and roll.

 

[Billysboots]

And amateurs also have a sneaky tendency to over-estimate the distance they can drive the ball.

 

[ash01]

Carry - The distance where the ball first lands.

Distance - The complete finish of the ball after bounces and roll.

Ash!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Welcome along. Whereabouts are you and where do you play? Nothing wrong with the question at all. It's usually the total distance from the tee to where it stops including both how far it flies and then how much further it rolls. It seems if you don't average more than 260 yards on here you should be playing off the ladies tee

 

[daymond]

Distance to where the ball finishes. So I,m going to a frozen lake 2 miles long to improve the averages.
By the way welcome to the forum.

 

[sweatysock41]

Welcome along. Whereabouts are you and where do you play? Nothing wrong with the question at all. It's usually the total distance from the tee to where it stops including both how far it flies and then how much further it rolls. It seems if you don't average more than 260 yards on here you should be playing off the ladies tee

I better start cross dressing

 

[RGDave]

It seems if you don't average more than 260 yards on here you should be playing off the ladies tee

Funny you should say that. At the mini-meet yesterday, on the 1st, after the drives, all 4 balls were within a 10-yard square of each other. We all then laid up (par 5) and then all hit the green from 50-70 yards. 4 players, 4 pars, 4 different choices of club.

Still golf isn't it.

Lost-the-plot and me were fairly close on the drives. He didn't use his driver, I did. Still golf isn't it.

 

[SwingSlow]

Welcome on board.

For bragging purposes and building self esteem, always measure your "average" drives when playing on a warm day, after an extended period of dry weather, ideally on a course laid on a clay soil. The hot dry air is good for another 15-20 yards on the carry and the rock-hard fairways another 15-20 yards on the bounce (as long as you don't hit a lump and go sideways) compared to your drives in January.