The Carry Distance of the Clubs In Your Bag

Griff said:

My brother, a weekend golfer at best, completely MURDERS his shots. He's easily 2 clubs ahead on irons and drives, forget it. Problem is he definitely gets to see the whole course, he's everywhere. I understand where you are coming from, but unless the distance has some meaning and consistency it's more trouble than it's worth. His misses are further exaggerated because of the scale of his shots. A fade with his drive is just as bad as a slice for most people because the shot is in the air longer. He's the perfect example of a long hitter that has a high handicap.

What I've found to be most important in any part of the game is accuracy with every club, putter included. If I can't hit my area or target I'm just out there hoping for something good to happen.

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I agree with this. I would rather be 20 yards short of my "average" but on the correct fairway than waaay ahead but somewhere deep down in a wrong fairway. For scoring, from what I see from my better buddies, are these - consistency, ability to reach and stay on the green from 200 yards and in, ability to stay out of trouble, and a wicked short game. These abilities will almost guarantee a good score. And oh, generally playing more than once a week because for sure the first three holes will be warm-ups.

Carry distance on a flat course with no wind:

Driver 230
3w 200
5w 180
4h 160
5h 150
6i 140
7i 130
8i 120
9i 110
Pw 100

I don't hit full swing on my wedges

60*: 75yds
56*: 90yds
50*: 110yds
PW: 125yds
9i: 135 yds
8i: 140-145yds
7i: 155yds
6i: 165yds
5i: 175yds
4i: 185yds
3H: 205yds
3W: tee;230-240yds deck;215-225yds
Driver: 250-260yds

You know this is an interesting subject. I think a good part of it has to do with "the arrow" as well as the archer. For example, when I played at The Home Course with SkiBum and Co., he saw me hit a 4 iron off the tee 217 yds. Now I've got carry distances on that club and they're about 195 - 200 yds. However, the loft on my 4 iron is only 20 degrees, whereas the loft on a Titleist AP2 4 iron is 24 degrees. I'm essentially hitting a 2 iron, not a 4 iron. Sure, they've done some fancy stuff to my Bio Cells by lowering the center of gravity, and supposedly made the face thinner, and added perimeter weighting and all that other tech to help me get that 2 iron shot up in the air. The thing is that the 4 iron shot goes like a low bullet. I'm lucky to have the club head speed to hit it at all.

Another club is the 7 iron. I was looking at the lofts on this one and comparing it to a 1984 set. Also let's not forget I'm playing a graphite shaft which is longer than the standard steel shaft, and also add 1" to the shaft length. The loft on this club in my set is the same as the 5 iron in the 1984 set, and the same as the 6 iron in the AP2. Basically due to the lower loft and length, I'm hitting a 5 iron, not a 7 iron. My 6 iron is the same loft as the 4 iron from 1984, and the same as a 5 iron in the AP2 set. So when you see my club carry distances and compare them to the chart "how far should you hit a ball", remember that the lofts on my set are a lot stronger than the sets used to make those charts - at least one club stronger.

Driver: 216
5W: 205
4i (tee): 200
5i: 180
6i: 167
7i: 155
8i: 143
9i: 130
PW: 117
GW: 104
SW: 90
LW: 75
64: 50

If I was playing a set of AP2s, you could shift the 8 iron distance to the 7 iron and so on, however I'd probably be more accurate with my 7 iron.

Awkward silence said:

I have been working on really nailing down my carry distances with my clubs and thought I would revive this one.

LW:60 and below, I dont like to hit full shots with this
SW:85
GW:100
PW:115-120
9i: 125-130
8i: 140
7i: 150
6i:160
5i:170
4i:180
3h:195
3w: 215 off a tee 205 off the turf
Dr: 230-240

I have been working only hitting targets at the range and keeping track of where the ball lands. Knowing my carry distance has really helped making club selection a lot easier in my past few rounds.

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I'm pretty close to you. My lob wedge is about 75 yards and my SW is 80-85 yards (I do hit both clubs full). Haven't figured out why my distances are so close there, both my off set wedges are pretty close regardless if whether it is a full swing, 9 o'clock or 7:30. I'm 100-105 with my gap wedge (49). Yesterday at the range I was hitting the hell out of my lofted clubs up to the 6I, getting about 10 yards more than you are listing but when I pull a club on the course I generally go pretty close to what you say, maybe even 5 yards shorter (yesterday I was clearing the net that was 142 yards to the center with my 8I. I used my range finder to scope the farthest target and it was 235 to the center of the net, and I was clearing that quite often with my driver. Hit my 3W off the turf pretty far as well, 210-215 it was hard to tell. My 3H is also 18 and I think I was in the 190-200 range with it. Where I practice the tee area is about 5-6 feet above the landing area, not sure how much distance that adds - 5 yards?

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My carry ranges. Depending on what the shot requires I'll pick different clubs and swing profiles. Hit-and-stop (hard), a release/rollout/runup (medium/soft). That said, I've been working on quality of strike and distances have been going up as I am striking the ball better.

Driver 235
3wood 215
2 hybrid 205
3 hybrid 190
4 iron 178
5 iron 168
6 iron 158
7 iron 148
8 iron 138
9 iron 125
PW 115
SW 85
GW 105
60 Degree 60

Handicap is 1. I play course under 6700 yards, for the most part The above are carry distances. Swing speed is under 100, down from 117 25 years ago. Yet, I still score,. Just differently. I think at this age , 62, I could beat myself at age 30. I try not to let getting consistently out-driven bother me.

Driver: 270-285
3W: 245
2h:235
4ir:215
5ir:200
6ir:188
7ir:177
8ir:166
9ir:151
pw:138
52:125
56:115
60:100

All these were off a club fitting on a GC2. Take them for what it's worth.

Driver: 280-285
3W: 250
3h:235
4h:220
5ir:205
6ir:190
7ir:178
8ir:170
9ir:155-160
pw:145-150
52:125
56:115
60:100

These will vary slightly depending on how I am swinging it that day. Also very seldom do I hit anything below 6 iron full out. These numbers were gathered on trackman using ProV1x (my ball of choice).

Driver 230 or-so
3i hybrid 215-ish
4i hybrid 190-ish
5i 175
6i 165
7i 150
8i 135
9i 125
PW 115
51 deg wedge 105
55 deg wedge 85
59 deg wedge 75

Driver - 270
5W - 235
3 Driving Iron - 220
4 Iron - 210
5 Iron - 200
6 Iron - 190
7 Iron - 175
8 Iron - 160
9 Iron - 150
PW - 140
GW50* - 125-130
SW54* - 110-115
LW60* - 85-100

Cap - 2.8

The Carry Distance of the Clubs In Your Bag

Six4three5 said:

Driver - 270
5W - 235
3 Driving Iron - 220
4 Iron - 210
5 Iron - 200
6 Iron - 190
7 Iron - 175
8 Iron - 160
9 Iron - 150
PW - 140
GW50* - 125-130
SW54* - 110-115
LW60* - 85-100

Cap - 2.8

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Same except cap is 10.4

T2GRN18 said:

Sam except cap is 10.1

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And your 5 wood is 260 lol. And I'll your cap will be going down and mine up so we'll meet in the middle soon enough.

Six4three5 said:

Driver - 270
5W - 235
3 Driving Iron - 220
4 Iron - 210
5 Iron - 200
6 Iron - 190
7 Iron - 175
8 Iron - 160
9 Iron - 150
PW - 140
GW50* - 125-130
SW54* - 110-115
LW60* - 85-100

Cap - 2.8

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agree except for that 5 wood, I have seen you hit that 245 consistently and have witnessed 250 plus on several occasions