PGA Tour Driving Distance stat calculation question

[Jay ZG]

I'm referring to this page:

 

http://www.pgatour.com/stats/stat.101.html

 

At the bottom, it says the following:

 

"The average number of yards per measured drive. These drives are measured on two holes per round. Care is taken to select two holes which face in opposite directions to counteract the effect of wind. Drives are measured to the point at which they come to rest regardless of whether they are in the fairway or not."

 

So does that mean these stats are from when Driver was the actual club used, or does this include holes where the player used 3W or an iron off the tee?

 

I have tried googling to no avail. Thanks.

[QMany]

I believe they try to select holes in which there is a high probability that driver will be used (par fives, wider par fours). However, if someone chooses to use 3W or 3i, it would be calculated.

[PJ72]

Thanks for sharing that info.

Was interesting to note that it doesn't need to find the fairway for it to count.

Mind you, it's driving distance and not driving distance AND accuracy. Still surprised though.

[QMany]

I spent a good deal of time last weekend helping the crew spot/measure drives on the Par 5 13th at Lionsgate, where the Web.com Tour was played. It was pretty cool to see how it is done. The 13th was a relatively wide open par five with a generous landing area.