# 3 iron distance, 5 handicap

A 5 handicap carries a 3 iron about 187 yards on the model, at 88 mph of club head speed, and totals 195 yards on a fairway landing. That is 10 yards behind the scratch figure of 197 yards and 25 yards behind the tour average of 212 yards.

## Key figures

- A 5 handicap carries a 3 iron about 187 yards on the model, at 88 mph, and totals 195 yards.
- That is 10 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.03 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 5 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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