# 3 wood distance, 30 handicap

A 30 handicap carries a 3 wood about 159 yards on the model, at 73 mph of club head speed, and totals 169 yards on a fairway landing. That is 67 yards behind the scratch figure of 226 yards and 84 yards behind the tour average of 243 yards.

## Key figures

- A 30 handicap carries a 3 wood about 159 yards on the model, at 73 mph, and totals 169 yards.
- That is 67 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.35 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour 3 wood anchor scaled to the club head speed the handicap model gives a 30 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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