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Tom's Featured Tip: Amateur Driver Distance Stats
For simplicity, all advice on actual swings or drills is provided from a right handed perspective.
I received a question from a female golfer regarding how far she hits her driver in relation to her other clubs. I sent her a few questions so that I can give a comprehensive answer next issue. In the meantime, I discovered some interesting stats on how far amateur players hit their driver.
We all watch the pro's regularly smashing it 300 yards and beyond down the fairway, and there is a correlation between distance off the tee and the player standings on the money list. But how far should an amateur reasonably expect to hit their driver?
Golf Game Live, a wearable shot tracking system, provided data from amateur golfers across the world from rounds played between April and September 2016.
The test data didn't say whether the results were from male or female players, but from my personal experience they seem to represent male amateur players. No offense to female amateur players - I hope you are hitting it that far, I'm just trying to keep it real.
These results will probably make you feel pretty good about yourself, if they don't, come see me for a lesson:
The percentage refers to what percentage of that group hits the ball that distance.
Other interesting stats from the study were that:
- the median driving distance was 219.55 yards
- the median 3-wood distance was 186.89 yards
- the median 7-iron distance was 133.48 yards
- the median pitching wedge distance was 73.97 yards
- and that golfers found the fairway 46.46 percent of the time
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Tom
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Tom's Bonus Tip: Debunked - How High To Tee It Up
I recently saw some advice in an online golf tips newsletter on " the right height to tee up your driver" that was so far off base that I felt obligated to debunk it.
The article stated (I'm paraphrasing)
- that you should tee it low when you’re hitting hybrid clubs, or when you’re hitting a wood and into a strong wind
to lower your launch angle and to prevent you from "skying" the ball.
- that you should tee it up medium when you are teeing off with fairway woods in normal conditions
to ensure the optimal launch rate, minimize spin, and maximize carry and overall distance.
- and that you should tee it up high when you are hitting one of today’s big 460cc drivers in normal playing conditions. Just be sure that the bottom of the ball is even with the top of the driver - if you tee it any higher you’re likely to sky the ball and leave a big ugly scuff on the top of your club.
Teeing the ball high or low can influence the curvature of the shot. A ball teed high makes your swing plane more horizontal than a ball teed low, and that can make it easier to draw the ball (teed higher) or fade the ball (teed lower).
Here's the major error that's being propagated by the advice in question: that it's the tee height that causes launch angle, spin rate, carry, and skying the ball. That's a major conceptual flaw.
Launch angle, spin rate, hitting the ball squarely on the face, etc are all influenced by a proper swing and proper ball position in relation to your swing arc for what you want to accomplish - not the tee height.
Will a high teed height make it easier to hit the ball on the upward part of your swing arc with a big headed driver? Probably; but the tee height does not cause the result.
Will a lower teed height make it easier to hit a smaller headed club (or even a larger headed club) and produce a lower flighted shot? Maybe; but the tee height does not cause the result.
As I've said before and will probably say again, don't believe everything you read online as gospel.
Check the credentials of the author.
Know why you are doing what you are doing, don't just blindly do it.
As far as your own swing goes, stand for something or you'll fall for anything.
OWN YOUR SWING
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Tom
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