# Carry distance vs total distance

Carry is how far the ball flies before it lands; total adds the roll. At tour speed a driver carries 275 yards and rolls to 297 yards, while a pitching wedge carries 136 yards and stops near 139 yards. Plan with carry whenever the ball has to clear something or hold a green, and with total only off the tee on an open fairway.

## Key figures

- At tour speed a driver carries 275 yards and totals 297 yards; a pitching wedge carries 136 yards and totals 139 yards.
- Driver roll is about 8 percent of carry on a fairway landing in the model.

## Scope

- Roll is modeled as a share of carry that falls with loft, for a fairway landing in normal conditions; ground and weather move it, and a launch monitor measures carry directly.

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