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Age and Performance
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Age and Performance
If I've had this question once, I've had it a thousand times - "how far should I be hitting my driver?"
My answer is - and always will be - that I help players become the best golf swing version of themselves. Then the ball goes as far as it goes when they put a good swing on it. Obviously, that's different for everyone, and a big differentiator is age..
That's not usually the answer that they were looking for.
For those of you who would not be completely satisfied with that answer. here's interesting research I saw on how age affects your golf performance.
MyGolfSpy did a Shot Scope based study on how age affects your game, and it had some interesting results. One note - the data is representative of male golfers in the Shot Scope database, but I'd be willing to wager the same skew exists for female players.
DRIVING DISTANCE
- Average driving distances decrease with age.
- Peak driving distance occurs when golfers are 30 to 39 years old.
- Though distance decreases over time, golfers hit a higher percentage of fairways as they age.
FROM THE FAIRWAY
- Most golfers hit four to five greens in regulation per round.
- Older golfers (70+) still leave 43 percent of approach shots short of the green.
- Golfers in their 20s and 40s are a bit better but still leave 37 percent of approach shots short.
To get a solid average carry distance without the advantage of a rangefinder:
- Take any club and hit 20 shots with it.
- Remove the shortest 25 percent and then take the average of the remaining 15 shots.
- Older golfers tend to have fewer three-putts per round.
- Older golfers tend to have fewer total putts per round.
- The youngest segment (ages 20 to 29) has the most total putts/round and three-putts/round.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Father Time remains undefeated. However, the average golfer’s handicap doesn't change much regardless of age. This seems to support the importance of playing the correct set of tees based on your average driving distance. Beyond that, golf is a game that requires a tremendous amount of skill to play well. And as a result, Shot Scope’s database average handicap is in line with the USGA reported average of 14.2.
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