Average driving distance dropped a couple yards last year on the PGA Tour to 293.8 yards. The Korn Ferry averages also dropped 2.7 yards and the Champions Tour saw it’s biggest drop ever of 6.8 yards. Are driving distances really the big problem that some say they are?
Considering the depth of field, better fitness, better/longer ball, improved fittings/data, and better equipment why is average driving distance not up more significantly the last 15 years. In fact it’s interesting to me that the average driving distance on the Champions Tour(swing speeds a lot closer to us mere mortals) was 268.8 yards, shorter than it was 15 years ago. The Champions tour saw their biggest drop in driving distance ever last year which is also interesting. Are they watering the landing areas more??
2019’s yardages were only up 4 yards from 15 years ago which is only a 1% increase! I would have guessed with the better average fitness and bigger more athletic golfers on tour would would have seen a much bigger jump in driving distance.
Considering the depth of field, better fitness, better/longer ball, improved fittings/data, and better equipment why is average driving distance not up more significantly the last 15 years. In fact it’s interesting to me that the average driving distance on the Champions Tour(swing speeds a lot closer to us mere mortals) was 268.8 yards, shorter than it was 15 years ago. The Champions tour saw their biggest drop in driving distance ever last year which is also interesting. Are they watering the landing areas more??
2019’s yardages were only up 4 yards from 15 years ago which is only a 1% increase! I would have guessed with the better average fitness and bigger more athletic golfers on tour would would have seen a much bigger jump in driving distance.