Typically, players with a slower swing speed will benefit from a higher lofted driver which will help get the ball in air more easily, resulting in a higher trajectory, longer carry, and more distance. You will only be able to achieve your maximum result if your. Jan 19, 20 the lpga tour trackman data didnt have numbers listed for a hybrid or 3iron. I will use an sc100 and a swing speed radar to measure the swings. Golfers with very fast speeds and tempo should play heavier shafts. Im about to show you how to turn on the fast twitch muscles which will give you explosive speed which will give you pw9 iron. First of all, how important is your average golf swing speed. That ss is pretty slow for a driver but ok for a 5 iron. Mar 30, 2020 graphite and titanium shafts are lighter and will likely make you swing a little faster than with a steel shaft. Driver vs iron swing, the correct start position and swing. Ball speed 170 mph 160 mph 150 mph 140 mph mph 120 mph 110 mph 100 mph. Apr 29, 2020 the tour average runs about 1mph and they hit about 290 yardsdrive, which means their driving efficiency is about 2.
A longer shaft will give you slightly more swing speed and significantly increase the probability of mishits. So, with that in my, i did a little test today using trackman to measure. A 50yearold male golfer is likely to have a much faster swing speed. What is the average swing speed of a senior golfer. The 7 iron is a pretty standard benchmark number which golfers tend to compare themselves against the other obviously being the driver distance. Ive seen high school kids hit 9 iron 165 and they dont swing 100 mph with a 9 iron.
Otherwise, the speed can be estimated based on the club that you hit from a distance of 150 yards. The way you swing is probably the most important link between your ball speed and your shaft flex. If you use an iron swing and shift your weight forward as you rotate your body at the moment of contact, the longer club is drawn off the correct insideout. New data shows were not hitting it farther instruction golf digest. We have the golf swing and your total game broken down to the 5 most important keys in our top. The result was a 10 yard difference in distance between the shortest and longest driver. I was hitting some balls on a gc2 and my driver swing speed was between 109 110 ping i25 45. Im about to show you how to turn on the fast twitch muscles which will give you explosive speed which will give you pw9 iron into greens vs. Case in point is kyle berkshire who is a bigger than average guy but not particularly strong and when he turned 20, he randomly started hitting it 400 yards. With single length irons, the 7 iron is the unofficial.
I was interested in finding out the relative swing speeds of golfers based on their handicap level, so i had my friends over at swingbyte run an analysis. I wanted and needed extra distance with my driver and i have been working with my swing coach on that now but one suggestion i would make and i have started working on it is to get more flexible. The average driver swing speed for women on the lpga tour is 94 mph, while the average 5iron swing speed is 79 mph. The average senior tour player swings a driver at 106mph and hits it 274 yards. Many golf retail stores and pro shops can take this measurement. Whats a good iron shaft for someone between 7580mph swing. In general, golfers with slower swing speed and tempo can and should play a lighter shaft. Rather they listed a 7 wood carry distance of 174 yards. The following graph shows the distribution of ama driver club speeds. So the average male tour pro hits down on the ball slightly with the driver. The choice made between a 7 wood golf club and the 4 hybrid depends on your swing speed. You go to the range to work on your driver and then struggle with iron shots. Looking at a couple individual clubs, and the different results seen on the swing speed chart, it is interesting to see how a change in swing speed can make a dramatic difference to the clubs you. They used two piece balls, graphite shafts in all clubs and a 90 mph swing speed set up on iron byron.
The gx 7 delivers the distance of a highperformance driver and the accuracy of a fairway wood, using your natural 7 iron swing. The choice made between a 7wood golf club and the 4 hybrid depends on your swing speed. The best fitted shaft happened to the be the stock project x evenflo 6. Never try and measure your swing speed without a full warmup.
With a steep swing speed with divots, a hybrid is a better choice to be made. Would you also like to master one consistent iron swing. Then, he used a graphite driver and hits it about 250 because of the increased clubhead speed. Dial in and know your iron yardages to score better duration. With the driver, for every 1 mph you add to your swing speed you. This simple chart above shows the relationship between how fast you swing the club club speed and how far you can potentially hit the ball with your golf driver. Sure, there was that time last june that you hit a sprinkler head on a downwind, downhill hole and. After three rounds i have hit my longest drive 274 yards according to my arccos tracker and they are in control as the driver shaft was cut short 1. That doesnt mean with the driver, when everythings clicking, you cant ramp it up and. It is, therefore, reasonable to assume that an average players 5iron swing speed will be about 84 percent of the golfers driver swing speed. In both cases, the 5iron swing speed is 84 percent of the driver swing speed. Marrying swing speed with the correct shaft flex will not only maximize distance but will also tighten dispersion an individuals lateral accuracy.
I have used ust irod iron shaft, the shaft perform very. If you think about it, this makes sense because professionals hit the ball more consistently around the sweet spot. Another player, who was a much lower handicap, was swinging his 7 iron at about 85 mph but achieved a ball speed of 100 105 mph. The dci 8 iron had 120mph ball speed, 19 deg launch angle and almost 140 yd average.
A timehonored tradition in golf is to make drivingdistance claims well beyond your capability. Iron vs driver pros vs ams in this video, i walk you through the differences between how professional golfers and amateurs adjust for driver vs irons 07. The majority of modern fairway woods and drivers are sold with graphite. And the low bullet stinger driver which will absolutely stun your golfing buddies. That means, if your shots only carry 220, you have a 40 yard power leak. A 1 mph swingspeed increase equates to a 3yard improvement. When it comes to hitting the ball farther, a lot of golfers realize that technique is important. To hit a driver off the tee, you tee up the ball, which elevates it above the grass. I hit several golf balls aiming to swing at the following common 7 iron swing speeds. No one hits it optimal distances every time, but the chart gives you a nice goal and allows you to see what your potential distances are. Looking at a couple individual clubs, and the different results seen on the swing speed chart, it is interesting to see how a change in swing speed can make a dramatic difference to the clubs you use to get around the course. The top pga players have a swing speed average between 105 and 110 mph. Club speed mph 112 107 103 100 98 96 94 92 90 87 85 83. The speed of these swings range from 145 to 155 mph.
Driver dave hits a regular shafted steel driver 240 yards. How to pick the best golf clubs for your swing speed. Nov 01, 2007 the hands should be even with the ball at impact, not in front of it as it is with an iron. Jul 16, 2019 a longer shaft will give you slightly more swing speed and significantly increase the probability of mishits. Generally speaking, you can choose from a regular, stiff, or extra stiff shaft flex, though there are options such as the senior flex, ladies flex, and uniflex. Jun 30, 2019 if you swing the club at 100mph, your theoretical limit is 260 in the air. My take away here is that slower club speeds will typically always hit the ball at. I usually carry 140 with 7 iron, but optishot shows me just about 110 and swing speed is around 65.
Now you can pretty much guarantee that a tour pro is getting the best out of his club head speed. Bushnell pinseeker range finder to verify distances. Trackman pga tour average stats including club speed, attack angle, ball speed, smash. The lpga tour trackman data didnt have numbers listed for a hybrid or 3 iron. Importance of shaft weight in fitting dlance golfd. Strike quality vs swing speed and the thing is, even if he hit fairway, he really isnt sending it the same distance as danny willett. Dec 17, 2015 the 7 iron is a pretty standard benchmark number which golfers tend to compare themselves against the other obviously being the driver distance.
Feb 19, 2018 for those looking to increase overall ability, this video on iron swing vs driver swing is for you. Ive seen data from a trackman launch monitor that shows an elite player launching the 6iron at a 14 or 15degree angle with 90plus miles per hour clubhead speed. It is, therefore, reasonable to assume that an average players 5 iron swing speed will be about 84 percent of the golfers driver swing speed. Also, the other day i went over to fairway golf and hit a few balls with a eye 2 yellow dot 7 iron and liked the feel. Considering your swing speed, a 70g range graphite shaft might fit you. In both cases, the 5 iron swing speed is 84 percent of the driver swing speed. Driver swing speed vs carrytotal distance club making. Driver 3wood 5wood hybrid 3 iron 4 iron 5 iron 6 iron 7 iron. Golf driver distance and swing speed relationship adam.
Tt lite xl is a good shaft also gives a higher ball flight vs dg but you feel the clubhead a little more. Apr 25, 2016 in the case of swing weight, however, there is a clearer relationship between weight and speed. With the driver, for every 1 mph you add to your swing speed you stand to gain around 2. When a swing speed device is not available, the chart below may be used to approximate swing speed based on driver carry distance or the club used to approach the green from 150 yards. Which club do you hit solidly more often, your wedge or your 3 iron.
Driver, 7iron makes for a solid par 4, just not the length youre thinking. Trackman pga tour average stats including club speed, attack angle, ball speed, smash factor, launch angle, spin. The difference between an iron swing and a driver swing. Some of the fastest recorded swings have taken place at the various national and worldwide longest drive championships. Maximizing driver distance using a trackman or flightscope. Also, the other day i went over to fairway golf and hit a few balls with a eye 2 yellow dot 7 iron and liked the feel of the kbs and the dynamic gold s300. This was at a driving range with srixon range balls. Typically, players with a slower swing speed will benefit from a higher lofted. Hey, new to the forum and tried to search for this but didnt come up with much info so forgive me if this has been discussed before. So i say just try to get to the pga tour average or a speed where youc an hit a high percentage of fairways. The average driver carry distance from the pga tour is 269 yards. This is much better than the average 1415 handicap golfer who comes in at 2. The hands should be even with the ball at impact, not in front of it as it is with an iron. My left hip has rotated in a counterclockwise direction more aggressively than it would with an iron.
We took driver and 7iron swing speeds around 800,000 shots total and separated them by handicap level. Whats a good iron shaft for someone between 7580mph swing speed. Most tour pros play with a driver length of 44, some as short as 43. Using a swing speed chart to approximate your distances. There are limitations to the data gathering, calculations, etc. Driver 3wood 5wood hybrid 3 iron 4 iron 5 iron 6 iron 7 iron 8 iron 9 iron pw. I took at least 10 shots with the 7 iron as a driver, then went into the swing stats and looked at the average speed and noted it. These figures are a couple of years old, but another recent study shows that they really havent changed that much. The optimal launch angle depends on the players clubhead speed and ball velocity. A typical 7 iron swung at 78 mph the average on the lpga results in a carry of 141 yards, a distance of 1. The gx7 delivers the distance of a highperformance driver and the accuracy of a fairway wood, using your natural 7iron swing. We took driver and 7 iron swing speeds around 800,000 shots total and separated them by handicap level. Rather they listed a 7wood carry distance of 174 yards.
In that months issue was an add with john daly for maxfli golf balls stating that 90% of the info in this magazine was bullt. However, they are even more efficient drivers of the golf ball than pga tour players. There are golfers out there that can hit their driver well but. Voogolf is a chinese company that, as far as i can tell, sells an app that allows courses to track their play in real time. Is there a swing speeddistance marker that may suggest one over the other. Using your chart i get above average shortmid iron distance, but lower driver. Driver vs iron swing, the correct start position and swing in this golf tip we are going to look at the correct start position and swing for using a driver verses an iron. Because it is a technical fact that less loft with the irons hits the ball farther for all golfers, it is very easy for most golfers to think that the same. Hard to believe one club can right so many wrongs and do so much for amateur golfers. My driver swing speed is around 104 or so consistently but my 6 iron speed is around 8890. Sure, the speed was the same, but he definitely wasnt. May 28, 2007 i recently watched a friend hit a 7 iron with a clubhead speed of 80 mph and a ball speed of 90 mph.
Unlike hitting an iron, your focus during the backswing is on the center of the golf ball. However, if you make sweeping swings on the course, then 7 wood golf club can be used. How to pick the best golf clubs for your swing speed golfweek. A 50yearold male golfer is likely to have a much faster swing speed than an 80yearold female. So the reality is, iron swing, driver swing, i want you to try and feel the exact same body speed. If you use a 3 iron or wood, your swing speed is probably less than 60 mph. In this video, youll get a close look at the driver swing vs. If you use a 3iron or wood, your swing speed is probably less than 60 mph. I was hitting some balls on a gc2 and my driver swing speed was between 109110 ping i25 45. The average driver swing speed for women on the lpga tour is 94 mph, while the average 5 iron swing speed is 79 mph. The effect of club length on swing speed and distance. I think it can be quite common for many to have some power leak between their 6 7 iron and their driver. A player who is able to swing a driver at an even 100 miles per hour can expect a distance of around 258 yards. I think it really matters which group of senior golfers you are talking about.
Yardage for a 95 mph swing speed instruction and playing. But the average lpga tour pro swings a driver at only 93 mph and hits it 246 yards. The leading lpga players have been measured between 90 and 100 mph. I hit my 7 iron around 165 and fly my driver around 250255. A swing speed of 112 mph will not produce maximum distance if the swing path. After three rounds i have hit my longest drive 274 yards according to my. This video shows you the difference between the iron swing and the driver swing. Jones clubhead speed was measured at 1 mph a ball speed of around 166 mph even though he was using the extremely flexible hickory shafts of his time. I have used ust irod iron shaft, the shaft perform very well and have a tight dipersion. The following table looks at the ama versus what is optimal.
Although the pga tour pros swing between 110 and 120mph, you dont need to be that fast to score well. This golf swing speed chart shows the approximate carry distance for each. Padjen says data strongly suggests those golfers typically swing the driver at 93. In recent years, the larger golfing public is also beginning to recognize the importance of. Because the driver is the longest club in the bag and the most difficult to hit, its absolutely imperative you swing in the proper sequence. A steel shaft might be too heavy for your swing speed. Performance of the average male amateur golfer trackman golf. Initially, if we look at the two clubs, a driver and a 7 iron, you can clearly see that.