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08-23-2006 07:56 PM #31Originally Posted by EdmontonGolfer
Last edited by Chieflongtee; 08-23-2006 at 08:07 PM.
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08-23-2006 08:03 PM #32
LW-don't know yet...
SW-90
GW-100-110
PW-110-120
9i-120+
8i-130
7i-Haven't used it in 3 rounds. Really don't know. Maybe 140ish???
6i-155
5i-160-170
4i-evil hook problem. about 120, then off that tree & 70 backwards.
3i hybrid-190-200
3wd-heh...about 230 avg. hit one 285 plus on monday...
driver-250+ with a cheap a** walmart driver. hard to be accurate.
i seem to be starting the ball about 10-20* offline to the right. Sometimes draws back, sometimes holds & just stays right. really annoying.
i hit my first par5 in two today, though. Then butchered it & took an 8.
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08-23-2006 08:20 PM #33
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I've been battling an issue that has severly impacted my game in the last few years...see if you can spot it.
Driver: 300+ carry avg.
3 Wood: 260-275
3i: 250
4i: 230
5i: 210-220
6i: 195-210
7i: 175-190
8i: 160-175
9i: 150-160
PW: 135-150
51*: 85
56*: 75
60*: 60
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08-23-2006 08:43 PM #34Originally Posted by Daft_driver
What's the loft on your PW? Same shafts in all clubs? Have you had your swing speed checked on all the clubs?
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08-23-2006 11:43 PM #35Originally Posted by Chieflongtee
I play driver, 15 degree 904F, 17 degree and 20 degree hybrid, 5 to PW, 50, 54, 58 degree wedges.
As for the gap between 4 and 5...like I said, I could hit it 220 but I was too tired by time I hit 10 balls with all the other clubs in 30+ degree weather. I think 10 yards between a 4 and 5 iron is pretty normal.
Distance for the 7 iron should be 175. I must have typo'd there because I just looked at my notepad and then what I typed. Thanks for pointing it out.
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08-24-2006 11:12 AM #36
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I am honest and not trying to fool myself or anyone else when it comes to the distance I hit my irons.
Driver 260-280
3 W 240 (Crushed)
5 W 215-225
3 I 190-200
4 I 180-190
5 I 170-180
6 I 160-170
7 I 140-150
8 I 130-140
9 I 120-130
PW 110-120
52 100-110
56 50-100
All depending on wind conditions. I play a very windy course. There are days I can hit a PW from 140, there are days I can hit a 5 iron from 140.
I am fairly well spaced in yardage between clubs. I have lost a little distance this summer due to that surgery I had back in May. Slowly I am regaining lost strength.
I make no claims to hit it 300+ all day. I have witnessed guys who say they can do that and they were no where near 300 all day off the tee!My opinions are my own, I do not follow others.
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08-24-2006 11:26 AM #37Originally Posted by Golfbum
Sucks that there would be doubters though....I really don't see the need to add the comments..." I am honest...not trying to fool myself or anyone else..."
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08-24-2006 12:16 PM #38
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Originally Posted by BC MIST
Very interesting.
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08-24-2006 02:24 PM #39
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Originally Posted by EdmontonGolfer
Do I sometimes "DOUBT" others claim to yardages? Yes I do. Those who claim they average 330 all day leave me shaking my head. If someone averages 330 all day they are way above PGA Standards. Now how can that be? The best golfers in the world do not average 330, yet an Amateur does?
Oh BTW, I am a BIG LAD TOO. I have seen BIG LADS who could not hit a driver past the 220 yard mark. I have seen little skinny guys bust it 280 all day. What does size have to do with yardages?My opinions are my own, I do not follow others.
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08-24-2006 02:52 PM #40Originally Posted by Golfbum
My reply was in regards to your comments. Other people seem to have been able to post their yardage without comments about not trying to fool anyone or themselves. I just found it odd that something like that needed to be added into your yardage. It's pretty much implying that others might be trying to do what you've explained. If that's not what you intended, then so be it, but when I look at those comments, in my opinion, it's something that can be left out. I assume others who posted their yardages are honest. Does that make me gullible? I don't think so. I think it's a fact of me giving them the benefit of the doubt based on that this board is not highschool and I'm sure nobody is out to impress anyone else.
Anyway, no hard feelings, just my opinion.
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08-24-2006 03:00 PM #41
Ya know, sometimes it is just better to take "the high road" and not try to read anything into posts in the forum. It can be so easy to misunderstand each other without the benefit of facial expressions, tone of voice, body language etc... when reading a text post in a forum like this.
You guys know what I mean eh? Neither of you seem like you are hard to get along with, write it off as a silly misconstruance of intention.[COLOR=DarkRed]"Friends don't let friends use Internet Explorer"
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08-24-2006 03:07 PM #42Originally Posted by zoic
On that note, most of the time when I am being sarcastic I'll use a or .
Thank God for smilies or everyone would want to kill each other.
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08-24-2006 03:08 PM #43
Sigh.... it is a mystery to me why my distances are so short, nice easy swing, maybe not enough follow through, but at least I am fairly consistent making club selection easier.
LW < 60 yds
PW < 100 yds
9i - 95-110 yds
8i - 110-125 yds
7i - 125-140 yds
6i - 140-160 yds
5i - lost ??
4i - 160-180
3i - 170-190 broken now
9W - 150-170 yds
7W - 170-190 yds
5W - 190-210
3W - 200-265 (cranked a few good ones - avg 220-230)
1W - 220-300 (with roll, LOL - avg 230-250)
Putter - up to 150 yds it is fun, try it some time, hehehe.
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08-24-2006 03:13 PM #44Originally Posted by zoic
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08-24-2006 03:18 PM #45
I know, I was at 17 clubs starting the year, lost 1, broke one, pulled out a few. I have another in the bag as well, 5W small compact metal head for fairways shots, my main one is for the tee only because the head it too large for fairway play. I am probably going to dump the 7W in favor of a utility club.
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08-24-2006 03:19 PM #46Originally Posted by EdmontonGolferLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.
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08-24-2006 03:27 PM #47Originally Posted by Chieflongtee
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08-24-2006 03:30 PM #48
I think it is hard to measure with great accuracy given the yardage differences from moving tees back and forward coupled with some already less than accurate measurements of some holes, and pin locations on large greens. Wind, rain, cold, so many things can factor in. Elevated tees, severe doglegs, it is endless.
I saw Fred Couples hitting a 4i from 160 yds yesterday in a match again Greg Norman.[COLOR=DarkRed]"Friends don't let friends use Internet Explorer"
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08-24-2006 03:33 PM #49Originally Posted by zoic
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08-24-2006 03:33 PM #50
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Originally Posted by Daft_driver
The more difficult question is:
Do you have an idea what you are doing to cause the gap?
Chieflongtee may have already answered it ... in a way.Back at it.
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08-24-2006 03:59 PM #51
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Originally Posted by Started2k3
I usually let it rip on the drives. To be perfectly honest, lately I have not been taking full swings with my driver and still get 300+ carries the vast majority of the time. Just last week I hit 370 @ Stonebridge (forum members can vouch).
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08-24-2006 04:10 PM #52Originally Posted by Daft_driver
There's nothing special about a 588 that should make it launch appreciably higher than any other wedge of the same loft.
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08-24-2006 07:37 PM #53AndruGuest
This thread is good for a laugh. I love distance threads. Call me a sceptic but I know one thing. I'm not sure how one measures. 280-300+ avg carry distances.
I know how the pros do it they have spotters and gps equipment. How do you spot a ball landing 300 yards away enough times to call it an avg? Classic I guess dreaming keeps guys in golf.
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08-24-2006 07:47 PM #54Originally Posted by Andru
I figured that was all common knowledge though.
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08-24-2006 07:55 PM #55AndruGuestOriginally Posted by EdmontonGolfer
The sky caddie doesn't spot where your ball lands it measures it to where it ends up. So you're also including the roll. So we're not talking about carry are we?
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08-24-2006 08:01 PM #56
Umm ... there are straight holes on golf courses too, some accuracy must be afforded to these markings or we would all be missing the target far more often I would think. I think people are stating the distances they find to be consistent using these same markers from one round to the next, but they are somewhat of an estimate too, hence the average of 230-250 as an example.
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08-24-2006 08:32 PM #57AndruGuestOriginally Posted by zoic
That being said you can't use the sprinkler head to measure driving distance accurately by subtracting the yardage remaining from the overall length of the hole 9 times out of 10. It's incorrect.
If the hole measures 500. then that's one spot on the tee deck to the middle of the green. I've played a ton of golf and I've never, I mean never seen a tee deck that's only 1 yard deep. the smallest I've seen is 5 paces. so that can vary as well.
Also. I challenge you so show me from google earth and dead straight hole. Even the green will be slightly off angle. That can change the measurement to the middle if you're on either side of the fairway by more than 5 yards.
This was a harsh wake up call me for. Once I started playing using GPS and a range finder. I started to realize trying to calcualte Driving distance usign those markers is fultile there are too many variables.
No one has answered how they spot a 300 yard yet?
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08-24-2006 08:39 PM #58Originally Posted by Andru
A good course will also have distance from the tee to the sprinkler head and so on. I know the ones I play have yardage books that tell you that. Same goes for the course I play that has GPS in the cart. Are you saying these are also inaccurate?
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08-24-2006 08:43 PM #59Originally Posted by Andru
How do you spot a 300 yard drive? You can't see a landmark 300 yards away? Can you not see the ball land in reference to that landmark?
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08-24-2006 09:35 PM #60Originally Posted by EdmontonGolfer
This doesn't clear up the argument of how to accurately measure the drive but I feel it is important to sort out this confusion.
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