What's your usual iron distances?

[MadGolfer76]

 

Just so we all have a reference point ...

 

The only reference point of merit is your own game.

[deadsolid...shank]

I'm reminded of an HBO Rodney Dangerfield Young Comedians special from back in the early to mid 80's. A lady comedian, Rita something, commenting on aging, "I'm going to have facelifts til my ears meet".

 

That's how I feel with my iron yardages, I'm going to keep getting them stronger til my seven iron is my three iron (loft wise). I've hit my irons the same yardages for too long, I don't want to relearn new distances.

[Triple Putt]

MP-18 2i - 235

3i-220

4i-210

5i-200

6i-185

7i-175

8i-160

9i-150

Pw-140

54-110 max

58-90 max

[LCGALBERTA]

I play Taylormade PSI Tour Forged Irons. I can push some extra yards out of each club but I have shortened my swing slightly to be more consistent. I'll take losing a few yards for being in the short grass more often. (Honest yardages...NO 400 yard 4irons lol)

 

4- 205

5- 190

6- 180

7- 170

8- 160

9- 145-150

Pw- 130 max

Gw- 120 max

Sw- 110 max

Lw- 80 max

[argee1977]

I haven't a clue at present, we're getting nice weather in the UK just now, and with some swing changes as well i appear to be way off the mark throughout the bag just now, i definitely need to get some yardages down to work it out, as there's just too much shrubbery around the back of the greens at my course!

[PoeKingShankspeare]

Still figuring this out as I returned half a year ago...

 

8i at 36* few months ago was 125-135. Now with dedicated practice/lessons, 8i is 145-150.

 

22* at 195-200, prior to that 175-185.

 

still work in progress...

[gatorpedsMD]

3Hy 19 - 235

4 22 -215

5 26- 205

6 30- 185

7 34- 170

8 38- 155

9 42- 140

P 46- 125

G 50- 110

S 54- 100

L 60- 70ish (rarely ever hit this "Full")

[unK]

60*-85

56*-90-100

53*-110

Pw-125

9-135

8-150

7-166

6-175

5-180

4-180

3-180

2-180

:swoon:

[gatorpedsMD]

60*-85

56*-90-100

53*-110

Pw-125

9-135

8-150

7-166

6-175

5-180

4-180

3-180

2-180

:swoon:

 

hybrid time?

[Petethreeput]

I'm reminded of an HBO Rodney Dangerfield Young Comedians special from back in the early to mid 80's. A lady comedian, Rita something, commenting on aging, "I'm going to have facelifts til my ears meet".

 

That's how I feel with my iron yardages, I'm going to keep getting them stronger til my seven iron is my three iron (loft wise). I've hit my irons the same yardages for too long, I don't want to relearn new distances.

 

I believe it is Rita Rudner.

[deadsolid...shank]

I'm reminded of an HBO Rodney Dangerfield Young Comedians special from back in the early to mid 80's. A lady comedian, Rita something, commenting on aging, "I'm going to have facelifts til my ears meet".

 

That's how I feel with my iron yardages, I'm going to keep getting them stronger til my seven iron is my three iron (loft wise). I've hit my irons the same yardages for too long, I don't want to relearn new distances.

 

I believe it is Rita Rudner.

 

That sounds right, thanks Pete. I know we still have that one VHS tape somewhere. But no VCR.

[unK]

60*-85

56*-90-100

53*-110

Pw-125

9-135

8-150

7-166

6-175

5-180

4-180

3-180

2-180

:swoon:

 

hybrid time?

 

hybrid(s) - 180

 

:taunt:

[8overpar]

 

Just so we all have a reference point ...

After a sessions on the practice tee, 20 +/- rounds over 2 years, and a range finder, these are almost a match to my (carry) numbers with Titleist 716CB's. I think I've maxed out personally on the yardages. I played this past weekend and one fella said my swing has gotten a tad shorter. Back issues have crept into my life, but between a chiropractor and home stretches I hope get limber up a tad. At 5'9" and 175 lb I think my distances is pretty good.

[Petethreeput]

My distances are similar to OPs, I am a little shorter through the bag. A few years ago I went from 7i at 145-175.

 

My handicap also went up. I lost a lot of my control and overall my quest for distance was a failure on the scorecard. I am now a little longer than before this experiment.

 

Depending on your swing and physical abilities there can be a diminishing return on the quest for length. But I wish you better luck than I had.

[bladehunter]

there just is no answer to this question... Depends on wind, slope, shot shape, desired Traj ( yea i said it) , and lie..... a stock drawn pw for me at 49 degrees is 140 yards.. But i hit alot of 100 yard Pw too.... and plenty of 130 yard 9 irons

[buckeyefl]

I didn't carry a gap wedge for years ( off and on now) so my PW covers a lot of distances and it gives me incredible confidence. Backing off your max distance is such a valuable skill that far too many people ignore.

[Dan Drake]

Here are my "indoor launch monitor" average carry numbers:

 

2w - 12° - 245-255

2h - 17° - 225-235

3h - 20° - 215

4i - 24° - 200

5i - 28° - 185

6i - 32° - 170

7i - 36° - 155

8i - 41° - 143

9i - 46° - 130

Pw - 50° - 117

Sw - 54° - 105

Lw - 58° - 92

 

I'm quite happy with them.

[SNIPERBBB]

21 210

24 200

27 190

31 175

35 165

40 155

45 145

48 130

54 110

58 100

[dsmil]

Not sure about carry yardages, but these are the total yardages that I aim for with a good strike

 

24 190

27 180

31 170

35 160

39 150

43 140

47 125

54 105

60 85

[AlecEmersonGolf]

I hit it about 175 carry with a 7 iron, and like +/- 10-12 by club from there

[ZA206]

Here are mine....

 

19* Hybrid : 230 yards

4 (24): 205

5 (28): 190

6 (31): 177

7 (35): 165

8 (39): 155

9 (43): 145

PW (47): 130

52: 115

56: 100

60: ??? (not sure, normally only hit it from 50 or less, never really take a "full" swing with it)

 

Those are my "stock" swings, which are roughly 75-80% swings. I can get another 10 yards out of each club if I HAD to, but they spin way too much when I go past a 90% swing.

 

For reference on other clubs:

15 deg 3W goes about 260-265 (off the tee).... 85% swings

8.5 deg Driver goes about 290+ ..... 90-95% swings

 

-ZA

[ZA206]

I'm reminded of an HBO Rodney Dangerfield Young Comedians special from back in the early to mid 80's. A lady comedian, Rita something, commenting on aging, "I'm going to have facelifts til my ears meet".

 

That's how I feel with my iron yardages, I'm going to keep getting them stronger til my seven iron is my three iron (loft wise). I've hit my irons the same yardages for too long, I don't want to relearn new distances.

 

Amen brother. Any time I start looking at any new irons, the first thing I do is look at the PW loft... if it's lower than a 46, I'm out. I know the rest of the set will screw with my yardages. I had more power 15-20 years ago and hit my irons the same exact distance (my irons back then were a couple degrees weaker than now, and I used balatas or professionals).... In another 10-15 years, I'll be all over some strong lofted GI clubs to make up for getting old so I'll still hit my PW (probably 43 deg by then) to 130! HA!

 

-ZA

[Tallballer]

I use the following as a starting point and calculate from there based on conditions/feels in the round-

PW (45) - 130

9 (40) - 140

8 (36) - 150

7 (32) - 160

6 (29) - 168

5 (26) - 177

4 (23) - 185