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Do you hit the ball longer or shorter than others on average?

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At to slightly longer.
 
Not sure what the difference is between Avg and P-Avg, but I am probably around that P-Avg for the 8 handicap. Length is not the strength of my game and I became a better golfer when I stopped worrying about it.
 
close to and sometimes longer than the longest of the 8 handicap. decent hits are in the 260-270 range.


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Shorter than average, but I make up for it in panache.
 
Do you hit the ball longer or shorter than others on average?

Sox_Fan said:
Not sure what the difference is between Avg and P-Avg, but I am probably around that P-Avg for the 8 handicap. Length is not the strength of my game and I became a better golfer when I stopped worrying about it.
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Avg is what you would hit, good and bad. P-Avg is what you get when remove the bad shots.
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Looks like I am in between P-Avg and Longest for my handicap. I have only occupied that space for the last few months though.
 
Average to slightly above average for driver for my handicap
 
Usually around the p-avg with my handicap, can get a few bomb balls in there.
 
I am above average driver distance based on that. Oddly enough, I would probably regress to average or slightly below with irons. Something about woods I just swing well with, while irons I tend to just play short. At least I’m controlled sometimes haha.
 
According to arccos, my smart distance is 257 with a range between 248-280. Hit like an 8, score like a 20... about sums up my game perfectly.

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With driver I'm pretty average, but tend to hit my irons further than most guys I play with of a similar skill level.
 
A little longer than the 8 HC for the three categories.

Which is unfortunate considering I'm at a 19.8 HC at present.

For every 2 fairways, there's a wrong fairway or worse.

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ArmyGolf said:
With driver I'm pretty average, but tend to hit my irons further than most guys I play with of a similar skill level.
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We should combine our games. Might be pretty good then haha
 
I fall right between the average and p-average for my HC. I can sometimes get out there to the longest but not very often. I rely on my irons play and short game.
 
A bit longer than most I guess but I sure doesn’t feel that way on course. Not at all. People like @jdtox always make me wish I had their speed.
 
In the P average category, I am right in line with the 8.

Length is definitely not my strong suit, but I'm glad to know that I'm not lagging behind in this example.
 
KingVeo said:
According to arccos, my smart distance is 257 with a range between 248-280. Hit like an 8, score like a 20... about sums up my game perfectly.

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This is really funny. Story of my life.
 
A bit longer then there example 8 cap.
 
Do you hit the ball longer or shorter than others on average?

I am surprised by those stats and do not consider myself a big hitter. Looking at arccos, I hit the ball farther than a -8 handicap, putt like a +4 and somehow still shot a 96 last time out. All I have to do is find a course that I can hit every green without an approach or sand shot and I will be golden ;)

Of course, there are days when my irons are like a -8 and then my drive/putter are like a -30. The golf gods giveth and taketh away...
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I am a little above average. Handicap is dropping though, so I might become average again!!!
 
I'm most often longer than the longest in the 8 cap category yet in my Wednesday club skins, I'm often one of the shorter guys.

They're STICKS.
 
on the internet i hit it longer than my internet handicap, which is plus 5
 
According to that, slightly longer. Funny, Ive always thought that I was kind of a short-hitter but I guess not.
 
According to that BS I should be playing at a 10, but it doesn't work out that way due to control issues.
 
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