What is 10 yards worth to you?

[Samson]

Just curious - how much would you folks be willing to spend for a guaranteed "10 more yards" driver?

 

 

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[PlaidJacket]

Are you perhaps offering the 10 yards?

[Kanoito]

10 yards? Nothing really...

10 strokes? Let's talk!

[lacou19]

10 yards means nothing to me. Tell me that the ball will be in the fairway 80% of the time and I will spend 1000$ right away!

 

It's not that I hit the ball a ton already (driver goes 260-270) but I play the tees that give me a chance to score (between 6000 to 6500 yards). So 80% of fairways hit would lower my hdcp by a few strokes I'm sure.

[josmi15]

10 yards? Nothing really...

10 strokes? Let's talk!

Agreed, if I can putt better than those 10 strokes would disappear

 

 

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[null]

Zero dollars. Length is not an issue for me

[catchmeoutside]

zero for me as well

[Samson]

Are you perhaps offering the 10 yards?

If only I could stake that claim.

 

No, just wondering in light of modern driver costs what value people actual put on distance claims.

 

 

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[Eseay32]

I'd give up 10 yards in a heart beat if it meant 10 of 14 fairways and the other 4 still being on the course.

 

 

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[sp0rtsfan86]

As a short hitter ten yards does nothing for me. I'd rather have a club and swing that was consistent. Money better spent taking lessons than getting a new club.

[MDGolfHacker]

I've had the exact conversation in the past! Golfers continually upgrading drivers every year to eek out that additional 5 or 10 yards and spending $500 a driver. I was that guy at one point; always upgrading to the latest and greatest but I had to admit to myself that in order to obtain the distances I wanted, I had to stop spending money on new drivers and irons and optimize my swing. Of course have two kids kind of forced this realization on me anyway

 

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[TSauer]

Zero for 10 yards. Thousands for more fairways.

[Liberty Ball Markers]

Nothing... I'm a 42.5" driver guy, a compact swing guy, all in an effort to narrow the miss with a slight loss of distance.

 

I don't care about longer, as long as I know how far it goes reliably.

 

 

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[tony@CIC]

As a short hitter ten yards does nothing for me. I'd rather have a club and swing that was consistent. Money better spent taking lessons than getting a new club.

Same here on the swing and consistency. If I had both of those the ten yards would easily disappear.

 

 

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[Shankster]

10 less putts. Of 10 yards or less and you have my ear.

 

 

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[Golfspy_CG2]

Ok. So since it sounds like ten yards is not in demand and I'll take it. If it's a guaranteed 10 more yards on every drive going forward, I'll pony up $70 for it.

 

Instead of saying why, I'll offer up a small prize for the first person that can tell me why I came up with $70. Go!!!

 

I don't want to hijack Samson's thread. So make sure you answer the original question as well.

[JAGolfore]

10 yards is nothing. If you can keep it in the fairway I'll pay up.

 

 

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[Kenny B]

Yes, I'll take 10 more yards.  Hell, I'd take 5 more.  What's it worth to me?  About 4 shots a round on my home course.  I don't miss many fairways, but there are a few fairways where my normal landing zone is on a downslope.  Ten more yards would get me to a level lie or a slight upslope.

 

Oh, you are talking money?  Then, nothing because that unicorn doesn't exist for me.

[Canucklehead]

I'm with the more fairways group. 10 more yards just means more of a chance to get into trouble

 

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[Fireinthehole]

Yes 10 more yards means I'm closer to the green by 10 more yards. Would I pay? Only if it's all an increase in carry

 

 

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[MattF]

Not worth a red cent to me...accuracy is key for me.

[StrokerAce]

Depends on if the 10 yards puts you in the fairway or not.  If I'm 10 yards off line and this 10 yards can move me back to the right or left I'm all in!

 

Honestly though... I recently trimmed the length of my driver shaft from 46 to 44 and I might have actually given up 10 yards and I couldn't be happier.  Majority of my drives are now in the fairway.  

[808nation]

I'd give up buying a $500 driver for an extra 10 yards and put that money on better irons or wedges.

[Mhoncho]

10 yards is about what companies tell us we'll gain every year with their model, so I'd say most of us are willing to pay $300-$500.

 

**Results may vary, yardage not guaranteed.

[cnosil]

10 yards is about what companies tell us we'll gain every year with their model, so I'd say most of us are willing to pay $300-$500.

 

**Results may vary, yardage not guaranteed.

Had a discussion on this before. Look at the fine print the yardage claim is generally against a driver that is 3-5 years old.

[cnosil]

Probably would pay $50 over trade in value for my current driver. Happy with my distance now. I'd much rather narrow iron dispersion or fix my short game.

 

 

Carolina Golfer....$70 could be a lot of things but I will go with cost of a lesson to improve your swing which would get you the 10 yards with current equipment.

[Samson]

10 yards is about what companies tell us we'll gain every year with their model, so I'd say most of us are willing to pay $300-$500.

 

**Results may vary, yardage not guaranteed.

This is exactly what I'm getting at. The marketing is usually about distance but it seems like most of the folks here claim to not be that interested in "10 more yards". Which is interesting given the marketing trends. That said, MGS forum goers really aren't a representative population of the average golfer - in my opinion anyways.

 

 

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[DawgDaddy]

Ok. So since it sounds like ten yards is not in demand and I'll take it. If it's a guaranteed 10 more yards on every drive going forward, I'll pony up $70 for it.

 

Instead of saying why, I'll offer up a small prize for the first person that can tell me why I came up with $70. Go!!!

 

I don't want to hijack Samson's thread. So make sure you answer the original question as well.

You have a $70 gift card?  lol

 

I would not be willing to pay much for 10 more yards, 230 vs 220 is really not very much different.  I would still have to play the senior tees.

[chisag]

... I would buy a new driver for 10 more yards guaranteed for $499 in a heartbeat. At 64 I figure that is just about the yardage I have lost from my 40's when hitting it the longest. I can still reach some par 5's in two but that extra 10 yds would mean a lot to me as I am usually in the fairway. I think it would be worth about 1.5 - 2 strokes a round. PayPal OK?   

 

[revkev]

10 yards means something but with adjustable drivers it's pretty easy to max a person out. I don't believe that there's 10 yards available through equipment at this point.

 

I recently laid out 100 for a driver fitting. I was swinging well that day and we tried several combos and found the most yardage by adjusting what I have currently up a notch. It was about a 4 yard gain in carry.

 

Since then I've hit a couple of career drives at my course but I've only been a member there for a couple of years and it's been a very dry spring. Still I've touched 250 at least once in 3 of my last 4 rounds. I also had a 75 from tees that have a course rating of 73 and slope of 138. So that's something. It's the equivalent of one under where I play for league.

 

 

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