How far should each club go?

just wondering, how far should each club go on a flat shot and no wind? and what would an ideal gap between each club be? i have found between my pw (45*) and 9 iron (42*ithink) there is a 20 yard distance gap. What are your yardages?

Driver - 230yards

3 Wood - 200 yards

4 iron - 180 yards

5 iron- 170 yards

6 iron - 160 yards

7 iron - 150 yards

8 iron - 140 yards

9 iron - 130 yards

PW - 115 yards

AW - 100 yards

SW - 80 yards

LW - 60 yards

All these are about what I hit on an average day.

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Each person will be different, and the kind of golf ball you use can also make a difference.

I think the normal gap between each club should about 10 yards (4 degrees of loft between each club).

I hit my 7 iron 155 yards (Carry) on a flat lie with no wind.

Russ

D. is the answer to Darren Harvey's question!!   Would be nice though!

Everyone is going to be different like Russell said, but here my yardages on an average day.

Driver - 260-270 yrds

3 wood - 230-240 yrds

5 wood - 180-190 yrds

Rescue - 160-170 yrds

4 iron - 180-190 yrds

5 iron - 170-180

6 iron - 160-170

7 iron - 150-160 yrds

8 iron 140-150 yrds

9 iron 120-140 yrds

pw - 110-120 yrds

sw - 80-100 yrds

lob wedge - 50-60 yrds

These yardages are summer ones so its a bit less at the momment obviously

Its of no consequence as long as you know how far each one of them actually goes.

I can throw all of them the same distance on a bad day

my 7 iron is about 165 yds if that helps, but i am not sure that it does given that i play old, weaker  lofted (than most these days anyway) irons and swing way too fast for my own good, in other words i agree with Russel

Don't worry about how far your ball goes, just know how far you can carry the ball with each club.

Playing a par three hole that has water in front of the green, then you need to know which club to take that makes certain you are over the water.  Being long is better in this situation than being short.

Once you know how far you carry each iron then you can worry about how far it will run when making you club selection, given the conditions on the day.

Russ

Interesting that you hit your 4 iron the same distance as your 5 wood Adam, and your rescue club the same as your 6 iron.

Paul

colin, i play the Ping g20 irons - got them for christmas. i measure my yardages from carry and then judge the roll on the firmness of the green/fairway.

Driver 250 yds

3 wood 220 yds

21 Deg Hybrid 200 yds

24 deg Hybrid 185 yds

4 iron - 175 yds

5 iron - 165 yds

6 iron - 155 yds

7 iron - 145 yds

8 iron - 135 yds

9 iron - 125 yds

pw - 110 yds

50 deg Gap - 100 yds 
 

Mostly double-figure golfers in these forum posts yet everyone hits all their clubs at least 20 yards further than I do and in some cases 35 yards! With those distances, assuming they are generally fairly straight, most of you would be taking a 5-iron at most into a 430-yard par-4, in many cases a 7-iron, but still be dropping one or two strokes on that hole! I would be taking at least a 5-wood and would get a par more often than not.

If you want to get your handicaps down I think there's a clue hidden in there somewhere telling you what you should practise!http://www.golfshake.com/scripts/ckeditor362/plugins/smiley/images/wink_smile.gif" title="wink" width="20" />

Though you could try clubbing for your average yardages, not your lifetime best, for starters.

Amen Terry Wall

my distances from range:

Driver - 210yards

hybrid 20 - 175 yards

5  iron- 165 yards

6 iron - 160 yards

7 iron - 145 yards

8 iron - 130 yards

9 iron - 115 yards

PW - 100 yards

LW - 45 yards