LPGA carry distances?

[dorfblee]

Rough estimates?

Hi all-

I just curious about the carry distances for the LPGA- driver carry distance. Any ideas on how far the ladies fly it?

Thanks!

[Golf_Beauty]

Here are the top 30 on Driving Distance:

 

Rank Player

Drive Average

Number of Rounds

 

1 Karin Sjodin

288.7

25

2 Brittany Lincicome

283.4

30

3 Jee Young Lee

279.5

31

4 Brittany Lang

276.2

29

5 Sophie Gustafson

275.8

28

6 Lorena Ochoa

274.7

32

7 Louise Stahle

269.5

23

8 Katie Futcher

268.6

29

9 Annika Sorenstam

268.3

21

10 Grace Park

268.1

27

11 Alena Sharp

268.0

24

12 Maria Hjorth

266.6

25

13 Na Ri Kim

265.4

16

14 Heather Young

264.9

30

15 Minea Blomqvist

264.0

16

16 Paula Creamer

263.9

32

17 Pat Hurst

263.8

30

18 Cristie Kerr

263.6

36

19 Karen Stupples

262.4

26

20 Jean Bartholomew

262.0

23

21 Juli Inkster

261.9

29

22 Candy Hannemann

261.8

27

23 Kris Tschetter

261.7

25

T24 Angela Stanford

261.4

29

T24 Catriona Matthew

261.4

28

T24 Jill McGill

261.4

27

27 Se Ri Pak

261.1

20

28 Siew-Ai Lim

260.8

25

29 Sun Young Yoo

260.4

26

30 Sherri Turner

260.0

31

[Yellow Jacket]

The problem with driving distances is that they are usually measured on holes that are favorable to larger numbers. For example, it rained Thursday and I played Friday. I'm 6'0 and I have a 110mph swing speed on my bad days, yet many of my drives were around 270.