# 3 iron distance, 25 handicap

A 25 handicap carries a 3 iron about 149 yards on the model, at 71 mph of club head speed, and totals 155 yards on a fairway landing. That is 49 yards behind the scratch figure of 197 yards and 63 yards behind the tour average of 212 yards.

## Key figures

- A 25 handicap carries a 3 iron about 149 yards on the model, at 71 mph, and totals 155 yards.
- That is 49 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.24 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour 3 iron anchor scaled to the club head speed the handicap model gives a 25 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

Full page: https://pinflag.io/club-distance/3-iron/25-handicap