After some inspiration from this sub, I started writing down my club distances after a few range sessions. This should help.

Your full 60* is longer than 56*?

60 should be a greater range too. Mines 50-225. 225 when I have a fairway lie around 40 yards out.

I am wondering the same

I think he is very new to golf to be fair.

I came here for this

I... didn't know that my 56 should be hit longer than my 60. Thought it was the other way around 😬

I was genuinely happy to see that as someone who hits their 56o as far as my 52o on a full swing.

This raises more questions than it answers. Like what to hit from 70 yards? A full 56, a half 60, or driver?

Hahaha for reference, I only got a 56 & 60 some months ago. Before that I would use my pitching wedge for literally every shot inside 110.

It’s not listed here but a gap wedge (~48) fills in that in. The wedge he has listed is most likely a pitching wedge (~44)

Driver, the answer is always driver. Take a rip and let Jesus take the wheel

40-280... I know your pain.

Right there with you guys. Mine probably more like 10-200 though

Why not go driver only?

This is a big brain idea. I like your style.

Your iron distance is kind of low for a 280yd drive. Or was that 280 a "one off" downhill-wind-at-your-back type of drive?

His iron distances are nearly identical to mine but my drives are anywhere from 240-290(total distance not carry). I just can’t generate much speed with my irons but a driver I can. It’s definitely odd pulling out a 7 iron while most of the people I’m playing with are hitting PW but I’m used to it now

Not a one-off. I actually drive it 250 or 260 carry when I actually center the ball (which is rarely)

I have similar iron distances with my strata set. Anytime I get a chance to swing a newer club it’s 15-25 further per iron, so it makes sense to me. I also cannot hit the 4 iron for the life of me 😂

Not sure how you could determine that without knowing his lofts?

Flippy people with modern low-spin drivers get good distance because they're flippy and hit up on it. I think a long driver and short irons is pretty common.

Definitely hitting the 56 wrong

I think I hit most of my clubs wrong haha

Make sure and add max putting range (;

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40-280 the most accurate driver range I’ve seen on this sub

That’s a nice 60

100% never carried a driver 280.

He is certainly listing total distance for all clubs.

This, especially when you are only hitting a 7i 150

Especially if 40 yards with the driver is enough of a possibility to write it down.

My SS range is typically between 100-109 averaging around 105 and I have probably carried a driver shot 280 4 times in my life. All of those have been down hill with a 15+ mph tail winds on absolute center hits. I have been using GPS tracking on my shots for 3 years now and realizing how far I actually hit probably dropped my HCP 6 strokes. Most people have no clue how far they actually hit

I may have done it once in my life but I meant total distance!

99/100 are 220. But that one piss missile that went 310 ONCE totally counts towards my range now

Yeah 280 carry is crazy. I went to a shot tracking range last week and was trying my best to get 300 total, but kept getting 299 lol. Anyways that was with a 250-60 Carry and I could not for the life of me extend that

I hit the drive of all drives. Angels with horns came out on both sides of the the ball flight and the clouds parted. I used my little gps dodad and just had to measure that. Turned out to be total distance of 294. Hell of a drive, but it really made me realize that people who can push 310 on the regular are amazing and that I probably really drive 260-270 most the time.

My 3 and 4 iron are the same exact as yours.

How does your 60 go farther than your 56 ?

How’s the 60° go further than the 56°…?

I think I inadvertently shorten my backswing on 56 for more "control". Guess I should be doing it the other way around?

Honestly, that’s my thought. I carry a 50 deg and a 56 and a p-wedge, 56 is out of the sand, 50 is anywhere around 70-100 yards, p-wedge goes up to 125-135

You may want to put distance for carry and total. Hitting a club 150 doesn't help if there's a hazard at 140 and you can only carry it 140 and 10 yards of it is run.

This is a great idea! Didn't even think about doing that.

What kind of absolute maniac carries a 5 and 5 hybrid? 3 and 3 hybrid????

Lmaooo I usually leave my 3-5 irons in the car and play strictly with hybrids. I was at the range and wanted to try everything.

i carry a 5 and a 5 hybrid. the 5 hybrid has a higher ball flight so it lands softer.

All my irons and putter will carry about the same distance, the woods will roll out a few more yards as the heads tend to bounce and not javelin into the turf like the irons do

I cannot make sense of this comment.

Just so you know, you can’t trust distance based on range balls.

Love the 5 iron note… generally I look at my 5 iron then just decide to take a lighter swing with my hybrid.

Same here. I started trying to hit my long irons lately and it hasn't been going well. 5 hybrid all day.

Lol, that driver stat….

I must be an idiot. I can hit my lower irons pretty easily but I can’t do fuck all with a drivers, woods, or seemingly even hybrids.

Wonder if any reddit golf experts can weigh in on why this might be the case. I feel the same. Would have more confidence off the tee with a 3/4 iron than a driver or wood

You hit your 60 farther than your 56?

I think u mixed up 56/60

I feel that 4 and 3 iron in my soul

Doesn't feel good man

Love the honesty, thanks for the laugh today!

With that driver range, do you need the other clubs?

Nope I should just sell my set and go with driver

Should make a well wedge matrix, distances for half, 3/4, and full swings for all of your wedges.

I like this idea

This doesn't make much sense, which means it's dead on accurate for golf.

No negatives on notes you're looking at preshot! Positive thoughts only (take out the duff comment if you use this note on the courses). The brain doesn't like negatives pre shot. Think about where you want to hit it or where it's ok to miss to, not where you don't want to hit it.

Thanks for the tips! I put the comments in more for my own laughter. I've started playing better (and having more fun) adopting the positive mindset you mentioned.

Distances of 120 with a 9 iron and up for 280 with a driver? Doesn’t make sense.

You have a swing issue with your short irons....

Just the short irons?

Are these carry or total distances?

Total

I see this trend is continuing smh lol

Did I post this? Is this me?

Get rid of the 4 and 3 iron and put a 3 wood or 5 wood in the bag.

Agreed! I usually leave my 3-5 irons in the car and play strictly with hybrids. I'm terribad with long irons

"40-280" same

What about your putter?

My distances are pretty similar. A touch farther with my new irons.

That driver stat touched me on a personal level

I don't need a restraining order

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Sounds like a lot of work. Can I have beer while I do this?

Now these are some numbers I can get behind

60 off the fairway - 70yds

I'm sorry. You must relinquish your

I have trouble getting an accurate reading on driver and fairway woods at the range. Once they get out past 200 I can’t tell did it go 220-250? There’s a trampoline right at 250. Sometimes I think I clear it then I see my ball land in front of it.

How are you hitting a 60 that far

I feel you man

Driver 40-280 hits close to home

You should almost never full swing with a 56 or 60

All my clubs range from -20 to 270 yards. 👀

I’m personally wondering about the -20

My dad always says I hit my 7 iron like 190 is that wrong? I'm gonna measure next time.

Problem is that range distance does not equal course distance.

It is one of many MANY problems

This should be the first thing every new golfer does.

Why do 5 irons suck so hard

I relate to this

This is realistic. I made a comment on an earlier post where people normalized 200+ yards with a 5i. I’m a weekend average everyday joe. If I push it, 165 with my 5i. Glad to see I’m not to from normal.

I think it's time to replace the 3 and 4 iron with hybrids or woods. No use having 2 clubs in the bag that you can't use, especially since 200 yards seems to be a popular par 3 distance.

We must hit the same driver.

I feel dumb for asking this but how do you judge these distances? Do you hit a ball and check it with a rangefinder, then rinse and repeat? Or are there ranges that have tracking in the balls like Top Golf and you get the data from that?

My range has TopTracers (similar to TopGolf) and I use that to guesstimate my distances

Are you me?

I am you. We are one.

What do you do from 40 in?

Texas wedge or die crying

I use an app called Arccos that tracks your distances and can act as a smart caddy. has some recurring costs but check it out!

I can hear you laugh at yourself in a few of these notes.

I’m glad you picked up on that haha

Meters or yards?

Yes

I can hit my driver 260 consistently every time. It just always comes with a 180 degree spray radius tho.

60 yards straight and 200 yards right or left

Lol at the driver, can relate

I use a 3 hybrid off the tee and get a similar distance, hit waaaay more fairways that with my driver which is exclusively used on par 5s or where its safe to be on right.

Good to have a 40 yard driver shot in the bag where needed. Great work 👍🏽

Thanks I've been working hard :)

Drop the 3 practice the 4 and maybe pickup a hybrid or fairway driver what’s your iron play like

It’s garbage

How are you measuring your distance at the range? 280 driver seems kind out of place with your iron distances so you may want to recheck that.

Using a tracer. Of course range balls are not the best judge of distance just trying to start somewhere.

You don’t hit a 7 iron 152 and then have the ability to hit a drive 280

If someone doesn't know how to compress irons, this is very much more common than you would think. I know friends (mostly baseball players it seems) where they are only useful in scrambles for 1 drive out of the entire 18 holes, but that one drive goes 300. Everything else is just not great.. 7 irons flair way out to the right and barely go 150 and 40 yards right etc.

I didn't say it was a good ability to have 🤷‍♂️

Damn your good drive is as good as a pro

I am Tiger. He is me.