How far you should hit your golf clubs? (By Handicap)

Ever wondered how far you should be hitting your golf clubs? What are the average driver distances? How far should you hit your 7 iron? All is revealed in todays video along with some solutions for how to overcome the lack and loss of distance.

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have you ever wondered how far you should actually hit each of your golf clubs what are the averages per handicap and are the longest hitters the lowest handicap golfers and are you actually falling behind in the average distance you should be hitting with each club and losing out a huge disadvantage to your golfing peers I’m going to reveal today what are the averages for each Club in the bag per handicap sector and why most average golfers are at a huge disadvantage to those lower handicaps and I’m going to kick things off right in the middle of the bag the 7 iron the barometer that all of us use to gauge where we’re at take a look at these numbers on screen now see where your handicap sits are you anywhere near that average distance and maybe just check out the difference between the high handicapper and the scratch golfer and see where you sit how much are you falling behind but trust me 79 is not such an issue there are however some big differences when we look at different clubs Within the bag and that’s what you need to stay tuned for that’s not a bad strike I’m pretty much on average in terms of distance carried per my handicap I’m relatively happy with where I am at personally with that middle of the bag Club the seven iron I sit in a nice position but the first thing I did notice was how surprised I was by perhaps how far we think we might hit the ball and how far we think the average carries are for a certain club and they’re actually a little bit shorter than you might have imagined and that 7 iron for me is a typically good starting point to realize that but what I will also be doing in today’s video is acknowledging what those yardage differences are and how we can make a difference no matter what handicap position we see ourselves sat in so not necessarily improving our carry distance but improving our shot selection Club selection and how we can make up that deficit on the better players next up on screen is uh driver distances by handicap and it starts to get a little bit scary because what you realize is just how much a high handicapper or how far behind a high handicapper is to a scratch golf for 50 yards he’s got to make up on his second shot and that can often be the difference between five iron or pitch image in the bag that’s a solid ball probably on my average but into this wind we’ll go nothing like it now it’s also worth noting that uh I am not aware of the Lofts on each of these clubs that you’re seeing in terms of the irons that is of course and as we know that can vary very much in the modern day golf club setup so it would have helped if there was a a loft situation going nice control controled wedge but the bigger concern is the fact that the driver is not where the biggest issue lies in terms of the actual loss in yardage it is at an end of the bag which has always been a worry for me a particular concern on this channel and we pay a lot of attention to it it is that long end of the bag and it’s where the big differences and the big gains or big losses whichever way you sit in that handicap set Spectrum appear here and it is really worrying numbers you’re about to see I also should make it clear that this data provided by shot scope is merely averages it doesn’t mean a great deal it’s a little bit of a barometer thing to work at and uh perhaps just answer a query in your mind but my own personal opinion is the idea of chasing distance can often be very detrimental to Golfers if they’re not doing things properly and just ultimately try to swing faster and harder it can have a negative impact on your game I don’t think you should be chasing distance but uh it’s interesting to be aware of it in today’s video but there are key are is where we need to focus because of our lack of distance and how we might make up those shots so this is where the real problem lies it’s that long end of the bag it’s would you believe a three hybrid four iron five iron that’s where you see some real differences and three wood is another one that I forgot all clubs that I’ve suggested for long enough that are a real problem for average golfers mid to high handicappers and there’s a real reason for that why don’t we lose as much distance with driver as we do with these type of clubs well it’s quite simple in my opinion The Sweet Spot the size of the club head is huge on a driver cuz don’t forget your swing speed is going to be relative whichever Club you’re swinging the problem is is with a 4 iron that sweet spot becomes very small there’s little room for error your ball speeds are going to drop off significantly and that’s where the problem lies three hybrid less so but the similar sort of problem not enough Loft is a problem when your swing speed is not that great that smaller Club head just isn’t generating enough power for you so you need to look at alternative clubs is my key message when you see that data and if you fall into those sort of categories there are real options for you to cover that same distance with the same swing speed you’ve got but by choosing a different Golf Club to put in the bag and that’s a message we’ve Dred home for the past 12 months and more but if you do want to gain more distance then you’ve only got realistically I think two options that’s get faster Club head speed because ultimately the harder you swing the club or the faster rather you swing a golf club the more Club head speed you’re going to generate and in turn in theory you should get more ball speeds which equals more distance the second option is to be more efficient with your swing which effectively means this smash Factor number you’ll hear on uh many videos that we film reference from uh sort of a data video that we do and what that effectively means is just you becoming more efficient and finding the center of the club face more often so that might be uh something down to technique ultimately down to technique and something you should pay great attention to so again fastest ball speed are at the center of the club face the more you find it the longer your Club head or Club ball is going to travel so for me there are two concepts that you have to grasp and uh if you want to hit the ball longer they’re the two things that you’re going to have to pay some attention to but I also mentioned Alternatives and uh the first one being and it is of course getting more familiar with your short game cuz it can make a huge difference to your scores and ultimately what this is telling us is we’re not going to hit Greens in regulation we’re going to in theory the higher handicap we go the longer we’re playing into greens the chances are we’re going to miss that Target so being able to get up and down from this kind of area is one area that you need to focus on pay a lot of attention practice hard and give yourself a real chance of catching up with those scratch golfers in some way now this may be a video where you need to just stop hit the pause button and have a little scan of that data that is front to you because everybody’s interested in just how far they hit the ball the key takeaway from me on a personal level is uh well couple of things really surprised that that the averages aren’t higher we don’t hit the ball as far as we think we do that was a real takeaway the second bit was the fact that yes there is a clear difference between how far you hit the ball and what your handicap is the longer hitters are in fact the better players kind of makes sense but there’s confirmation for you right there the other key takeaway for me is numbers like the three-wood which have been sort of I’ve been anti-reward for quite some time as you well know it’s a difficult Club to play it’s also one that has very little use uh in terms of Versatility and what you’ll see there even a five handicapper is 30 yards behind a scratch golfer when using a 3-wood so for me right throughout that whole spectrum that three-wood sticks out like a club that not many golfers should have in their bag and confirm something I’ve thought for quite some time the other point is is this idea that even with this data in 2025 it’s something that focuses on what I would call a traditional bag that set up being a sort of wedge lob wedge wherever it starts at right the way through to driver with a three-wood uh a three hybrid and we’re focusing on clubs that or we’re not focusing on clubs that really should matter and that’s lofted hybrids lofted Fairway Woods the likes of a 56 hybrid a 57 and a 9wood are all the types of clubs where you can choose make up those gains or those losses by choosing the right Club to help you compens at for your loss of speed and ultimately loss of distance so I think that’s the end of today’s video I think it was fairly short and sweet but it’s really interesting for me I love that shot scope data always find it really interesting and like I said first time I’ve ever really seen anything like that and paid any attention to what the sort of averages look like and a bit of an eye opener in many ways in some ways it doesn’t make you feel too bad you think you hit the ball uh reasonable and in other ways you sort of worry depending on where you sit just how far behind we are from those scratch golfers and the kind of distances that we have to make up and like I said concentrating on those other areas are the only way that I can see that we can compensate in some way cuz for my own personal game I ain’t going to be getting any quicker in terms of swing speed and they got a relatively efficient swing my smash factor numbers on trackman are always pretty decent to be fair so unfortunately it’s going to have to be that short game get the poter working and hopefully hang on in there keep the handicap down for as many years as physically possible right it is absolutely Baltic I hope the wind hasn’t played too much of a negative impact on today’s video because uh it’s a relatively bright sky but let me tell you it’s probably something like minus 2 or three with that windshield Factor thrown in everybody up here those who are stupid enough to come out are absolutely Frozen right that’s the UK for you thank you for watching I will uh see you all very soon hopefully it’s a bit warmer