How far do you bomb it off the tee?

[Javs]

Found an interesting article that details how far the average male golfer hits their drives. https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/how-far-do-male-golfers-hit-their-drives?utm_term=CFEB69DA-8695-406A-822D-71925C4B6E39&lrh=afabd56f8788996dec1eed39e53e29756a4fe34c1aff9fa4fdfa9f254cbb042a&utm_campaign=075440B8-601C-4440-A9B1-8A7444061AA8&utm_medium=email&utm_content=6DD7577D-810F-4F6B-A198-8A5F8593E219&utm_source=SmartBrief
 

I agree with the average and handicap breakdown. I found personally that I hit it a little farther than the average for my handicap on the chart. 

[KC Golf]

Arccos data is very interesting data.  Their findings are quite insightful.  Lou at Arccos gives very good insight on his podcast ans his newsletter.  

I am not surprised by these results.  Long drives correlate to better scoring.

[fatewithabadge]

Right now i am 17.5 Handicap.  I hit my driver on average around 250 yards.  which is above the average of 211 the article refers too for my handicap.  But I also have gotten myself a launch monitor and go out to hit as many days as i can, time permitting (just started to learn truely golf this year).  The constant reps help me out a lot.  My higher handicap is more of a produce of lack of consistancy and decision making and not so much power.  

Edited 15 hours ago by fatewithabadge

[KC Golf]

3 minutes ago, fatewithabadge said:

Right now i am 17.5 Handicap.  I hit my driver on average around 250 yards.  which is above the average of 211 the article refers too for my handicap.  But I also have gotten myself a launch monitor and go out to hit as many days as i can, time permitting (just started to learn truely golf this year).  The constant reps help me out a lot. 

I am confident that if you use the same level of effort on your 120 yard and less wedge and putting practice, you can cut your index in half quite quickly.  Hope you keep improving.  I think the Arccos stats are on your side! 

[Erin B]

45 minutes ago, Javs said:

Found an interesting article that details how far the average male golfer hits their drives. https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/how-far-do-male-golfers-hit-their-drives?utm_term=CFEB69DA-8695-406A-822D-71925C4B6E39&lrh=afabd56f8788996dec1eed39e53e29756a4fe34c1aff9fa4fdfa9f254cbb042a&utm_campaign=075440B8-601C-4440-A9B1-8A7444061AA8&utm_medium=email&utm_content=6DD7577D-810F-4F6B-A198-8A5F8593E219&utm_source=SmartBrief
 

I agree with the average and handicap breakdown. I found personally that I hit it a little farther than the average for my handicap on the chart. 

I am having similar results, but when I add in all par 4 and 5 tee shots it's closer to the 234 yards. I don't always tee off with a driver.

[funkyjudge]

Based on my handicap of 13.2, I am considerably longer than average with my driver (about 22-25 yards longer, at 245+). If you factor age into the equation (I’m 75+ years old), I am sure that I am about 40-50 yards longer with the driver than the average for golfers of my age.

[Javs]

1 hour ago, Erin B said:

I am having similar results, but when I add in all par 4 and 5 tee shots it's closer to the 234 yards. I don't always tee off with a driver.

Agree that hole design dependent dictates which club I use off the tee. However, give me a downwind par 5 that is inviting to a hard, high draw and that is go time!

27 minutes ago, funkyjudge said:

Based on my handicap of 13.2, I am considerably longer than average with my driver (about 22-25 yards longer, at 245+). If you factor age into the equation (I’m 75+ years old), I am sure that I am about 40-50 yards longer with the driver than the average for golfers of my age.

Because you are a stud Marine!

[Shifty]

lol, I hit it way further than others at my HCP according to the article.  Guess that exposes that I suck at other parts of my game.

My guess is approach shots are my weakness (not a guess really, I know).

Edited 14 hours ago by Shifty

[Javs]

3 minutes ago, Shifty said:

lol, I hit it way further than others at my HCP.  Guess that exposes that I suck at other parts of my game.

My guess is approach shots are my weakness (not a guess really, I know).

Golf is hard!

[Indy_Oz]

I saw that article too (and I've seen other similar ones). I know I'm longer than my handicap average is and Arccos tells me my 'off the tee' handicap is around scratch or better. I know that stat comes from the shots gained due to distance and I've greatly improved driver accuracy since switching.

As my Arccos stats show, short game is currently killing my scores and overall handicap, but I've known that for a while and I'm working on it...

 

 

[Warrior42111]

It would be interesting to see what the standard deviation is by level, I also wonder if the say top 10 and bottom 10 percent were used? As a 15 handicap I can hit about 260-280, but I can also duff one with the best of them. 

So if you hit 5 260yds then hit a bad one OB 100yds well the avg is 230. 

[vandyland]

I will say that my average is probably around 260 total with the potential to hit it 290 total on occasion but also capable of hitting some spinny 240 yarders as well. 

[Off Map Oscar]

I question arccos sample size.  I looked but didn't see percentages of users by handicap. I'm a shotscope guy so I don't have any skin in the game but it seems really low numbers. Most the guys I play with are in the 18 to 10 range and we all get 250 off the tee regularly.  Sure driving distance leads to lower scores but if you're getting fairway and 220 you're well within the range to shoot even par.  It's every  else that seems to screw my friends up. 

 

I'd like to see #of putts per round by handicap and what their demographic numbers are. I know lots of guys at our league that are scratch or single digit and none of them use arccos or any logging data. It would be curious to see if the distance data is short cause maybe the higher handicaps are more plentiful and the propencity to flub a shot cuts the average dramatically. For example if 50% of the user group is a 20 handicap and they top a tee shot 50 yards 20% of the time numbers will be heavily skewed lower than say a performance average. That throws out everything under 150 yards.

 

[Shapotomous]

I am assuming this is total yards rather than carry since it is arccos data.  I am surprised that the top end isnt longer but only 252.  All the + cappers on forums that write about their 300+ yard bombs must not be using arccos.  

The 245 average for 0-4 is about my carry so with a little rollout i might be slightly longer than average.   I am playing in a state sr tourney in a few weeks with a bunch of 0-4's.   It will be interesting to see if these 60+ yo's in the super senior bracket are moving it farther than 245.

[Shankster]

Depends.  Into the wind a bomb is 233.  Down wind, 315+.  No wind a 270-290 yard drive is a well struck drive.  There are outliers that I miss hit badly that end up at around the 255 mark, but those are less and less nowadays.  I plan to start working on swing speed again.  I got upwards of 120+ CHS speed when I was doing it regularly, but the ball ballooned so bad with my driver/shaft combo that it was useless, way too much spin, never had it on a monitor but I bet it was close to 4000 or more.  
 

Now, I have a driver/shaft combo that will allow for the speed.  Just hope my body can take the training…