![]() How Far Do Pros Hit Their Irons? Remember to Take Stock All distances are average ‘carry’ distances. Sources: Trackman, GolfTV, Golf Digest, Golfweek. In the following table the list shows how far a selection of PGA and LPGA Tour pros hit their 3-wood, 5-wood and hybrid clubs. On the LPGA Tour the top women pros carry a 3-wood 195 yards, a 5-wood 185 yards and a 7-wood 174 yards on average.įor those of you interested in how these averages compare to individual pros we have listed in the table below the average ‘stock’ carry yardages for a selection of the top pros when it comes to how far they hit their driver. By comparison a 5-wood carries 235 yards and hit a 3 hybrid, which measures from 19º to 21º, an average carry distance of 230 yards. On average PGA Tour pros hit a 3-wood a ‘carry’ distance of 249 yards. In other words the distance from where they hit the ball to the point of impact on the ground. The best distance comparison we have for those clubs is therefore the ‘carry distance’. ![]() The pros, like the rest of us, will be hitting a driver as far as they can 99% of the time but when it comes to their 3-wood, 5-wood and hybrids they can be using those clubs off the tee and for approach shots and will not always be aiming for their maximum yardage with those clubs. When it comes to how far the pros hit a 3 wood and the other longer clubs in the bag including their hybrids the distance analysis gets a bit more complicated because clearly the pros are starting to use these clubs for a wider variety type of shots than they do for their driver. Sources: PGA Tour Shotlink, Trackman, GolfTV, Golf Digest On the LPGA Tour the top pros hit their driver an average of 257.7 yards. The longest player hits it 320 yards on average and the longest recorded drive in 2022 is 460 yards. PGA Tour players hit their driver a ‘total’ of 296.6 yards on average with a ‘carry’ distance of 284.3 yards according to official 2022 Shotlink data. When it comes to talking about distance in golf the easiest and most obvious place to start is of course always with the longest club in the golf bag – the driver.Īnd as it is highly unlikely even the best pros in the world never want to hit their driver as far as they can so it is clearly the club we are going to get the best idea of the maximum distance they hit the ball. How Far Do Pros Hit Their Driver and Woods? What is fascinating also though as you dig more into the figures is the distance control options the best players in the world have with almost every club in their bag! These high-level numbers of course don’t always tell the whole story as the pros like us are faced with an infinite variety of golf shots which don’t always mean they are hitting each club as far as they possibly can for every shot.īut if you take the averages over a season you are going to get more than a good idea of how far the pros are hitting each club. They hit a 3-wood an average carry distance of 249 yds, a 5-wood 235 yds and 3-hybrids 230 yds. On average pros drive the ball a total of 296.6 yards (yds) according to official PGA Shotlink data. So just to confirm what we are indeed up against we took a detailed look at just how far the top pros are hitting their clubs. ![]() Their drives seem to always go miles and I don’t know about you but I’m always checking myself to think whether I indeed heard the commentator correctly that they are actually hitting that high an iron for that 200+ yard approach shot. When you watch the PGA Tour or any major championship on TV it is hard not to notice how far pro golfers hit the ball.
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