# 5 iron distance at age 50

A golfer of 50 carries a 5 iron about 141 yards on the age model, at 71 mph of club head speed, and totals 146 yards on a fairway landing. That is 10 yards behind the peak of 151 yards at 20, which the published fairway table prices at about 0.04 of a stroke per approach.

## Key figures

- A golfer of 50 carries a 5 iron about 141 yards on the age model, at 71 mph, and totals 146 yards.
- That is 10 yards behind the peak, worth about 0.04 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The age model eases a peak club head speed by decade and swings the 5 iron at the same fraction of its tour speed; the carry is the published tour anchor at that speed, and your own launch monitor carries replace it in the app.

Full page: https://pinflag.io/club-distance/5-iron/age-50