No undies in a bunch here.

I just can't tell you how many sites I've been to where people are claiming ridiculous distances. It's just not true. Unless the only people on these sites are extraordinary golfers, and I doubt that.

That must be the case here too, because I'm about a 12 handicap and an average hitter, and I hit a 5 iron about 170-175, yet more than 50% of respondents to this poll hit their 6 or 7 iron that distance. So either they're all long hitters, they're all single digit handicaps, or both.

As far as what you would choose to hit in this situation vs. what you hit 170 yards on average, if the goal is to hit the ball near the hole, wouldn't those 2 be one and the same? Because if they weren't, that would mean you knew before the shot that you were going to put a perfect swing on the ball and hit it longer than you do on average....?