Summer vs Winter distances.

[EaseNgrace]

How much distance do you actually lose on drives in the winter, taking into account the temperature, air pressure, wearing lots of clothes and just generally feeling less relaxed.
My brother just got a skycaddie and measured some of my better drives the other day at around 260 yards, in the summer I would average at least 280+. My 3 wood was measured at 240 and is usually 260+.
Do you find the difference is usually this much?

 

[pokerjoke]

I would say more than 20 yrds due to the roll in the summer on woods and driver,but on irons i would say 2 irons more in winter than summer.I.M.O.

 

[Parmo]

350 yards? lol

 

[kid2]

My god Easengrace your getting 70yards of roll after a 280 carry....is it all downhill

 

[EaseNgrace]

Oh yeah, I meant to say carry. The drives I measured didn't roll more than 5 yards. My summer ones can roll from a 280 carry to 350yards total, can't wait for the summer.

 

[EaseNgrace]

350 yards? lol

I will just say, I'm not blowing my own trumpet and claiming I drive that far all the time, but I have done a handful of times.

 

[Dodger]

Are you Bubba Watson?

I play with a lot of low fella's that are no pea shooters and they can count 350 yard drives on 1 hand in a whole season.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Come on guys lets not start the I can hit xx vs oh no you can't debate again. The context of the OP is intersting and I'd say I lose at least 10% on all my clubs in the winter due to less carry, restricted swing etc. As I'm short anyway it is all bad times!

 

[EaseNgrace]

I had a few I recall from last summer. The one that springs to mind was at Bawburgh GC, The first par 5 was playing down wind during that very dry spell we had. I played a wedge into the green. If I played that hole tomorrow it would probably measure around 250 yards and I probably couldn't even reach in 2. Thats what im saying about how it can make so much difference. What I wouldn't give for year round sun.

 

[Screwback]

Come on guys lets not start the I can hit xx vs oh no you can't debate again.

I was hoping I could avoid it at the time of the OP, how wrong I was

But if you put a post like that up surely thats the way it will go as its fair to say there are no many pros far less amatuers the carry it 280+.

 

[EaseNgrace]

Come on guys lets not start the I can hit xx vs oh no you can't debate again.

I was hoping I could avoid it at the time of the OP, how wrong I was

 

[Imurg]

A golf ball is designed to work best at 70 degrees farenheit. Above that temperature there is no discernable improvement in performance.
For every 3 degrees below 70 you will lose 1 yard of carry purely down to temperature.
So at 32F (0C) you will lose 12.67 yards compared to exactly the same shot at 70F.

 

[leewestrudd1]

i had the bushnell out yesterday and after nailing a great 3wood straight down the middle of the fairway i thought i'd check the distance back to the tee box, it was 210yrds, i'm a fairly longish hitter with irons and woods and i was quite suprised, ithought i would have been a further 20 yrds.

 

[Imurg]

Take into account the extra layers of clothing, the possibly stronger wind as well, its no wonder they shorten the courses in winter.

 

[CliveW]

Isn't it strange how most men exagerate, especially when talking about length?

 

[Canfordhacker]

A golf ball is designed to work best at 70 degrees farenheit. Above that temperature there is no discernable improvement in performance.
For every 3 degrees below 70 you will lose 1 yard of carry purely down to temperature.
So at 32F (0C) you will lose 12.67 yards compared to exactly the same shot at 70F.

No wonder I'm leaving those wedges short..

 

[Canfordhacker]

Sorry, meant to add that I certainly factor at least one extra club for the iron approaches and par 3's this time of year. Hint of wind against may make that two.

 

[JustOne]

I'd say that I am losing a minimum 50+ yards off every drive. Today I scorched one up a par5 and was 100 yards back of where I hit it to in the Summer.... still got it on the dancefloor with a 3-wood though

Irons wise I don't think there is a huge amount of difference if you're landing the ball on the green, maybe a club extra. The only thing being that your drive has already left you a long way back so you're already going in with more club... and cold fingers

 

[HRC99]

It's pretty much two clubs for me at this time of year. The greens at my course are pretty difficult to hold so you tend to play for the front and let it kick on.

With it being damp, you can go for the green/pin so that's one club and another one for the colder conditions and lack of roll.

As far as the driver goes, its probably about 20-30 yards less which can be a good thing on my home course as you can easily run out of fairway on a couple and end up right in the crap. At the moment, you can blast away knowing that you won't run out.

 

[EaseNgrace]

Come on guys lets not start the I can hit xx vs oh no you can't debate again.

I was hoping I could avoid it at the time of the OP, how wrong I was

But if you put a post like that up surely thats the way it will go as its fair to say there are no many pros far less amatuers the carry it 280+.

Well thats that then, If you apply the theory of Occam's razor I must be lying.