Driver distance for 12yo girl?

MB19 · June 6

4 hours ago, LawGenius305 said:

Launch monitors can throw out bad results and have to recognize when they do then throw them out.

According to my son, this happens all the time--unless he likes the result.

darter79 · June 8

On 6/6/2024 at 8:54 AM, LawGenius305 said:

Dad's often exaggerate numbers. It is more frequent with girl's golf than boy's for whatever reason. Launch monitors can throw out bad results and have to recognize when they do then throw them out.

Depends on said Lm you are using. There are good ones and crappy ones. Use a quad or a TM

On 6/6/2024 at 7:00 AM, jayslaysongolf said:

Driver distance for girls is like guys talking about the size of fish someone caught last weekend.

The total distance you see can be affected by so many conditions. Go play on hard fast fairways that are like cement and you will see a bunch of 7 year olds drive 300 yards.

What is important is the average drive and the distance of their long irons. Everyone talks about the outliers not the average drive off the tee which is almost certainly way less then what you hear.

most girls top out around 220 and they peak at about 13 and some even lose distance. very very few can carry it past 250.

The LPGA driving distance is way above average not the norm. Most women can’t even drive 200 yards.

This can be true but kid he is talking about is 6' and huge. She kills it. But the average is different than best driver for sure. Go throw something like arcoss on there you and you will learn a lot about true distances of total during tournament rounds. You will not carry the ball 250 with out triple digit SS and few girls have that skill set. But if you are talking about the avg women vs competitive junior its not the same thing. LPGA distance isn't super great on paper but its surely a true average of the super long and the ones who carry it 215.

That all said there are girls who carry it over 230. Total doesn't matter too many variables there. Go watch some of the better girls playing. But I do love the fish story that is very true as well.