# 4 iron distance, 30 handicap

A 30 handicap carries a 4 iron about 133 yards on the model, at 66 mph of club head speed, and totals 139 yards on a fairway landing. That is 55 yards behind the scratch figure of 189 yards and 70 yards behind the tour average of 203 yards.

## Key figures

- A 30 handicap carries a 4 iron about 133 yards on the model, at 66 mph, and totals 139 yards.
- That is 55 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.28 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour 4 iron 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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