5 wood distance at 100 mph
A 5 wood swung at 100 mph carries about 222 yards and totals 236 yards on the published tour table, with a smash factor of 1.47 and 147 mph of ball speed. The tour average for the club is 103 mph and 230 yards of carry, so 100 mph sits -3 mph and -8 yards from it.
The number
Ball speed is club head speed multiplied by smash factor: 100 multiplied by 1.47 is 147 mph. Carry is ball speed multiplied by the club’s 1.51 yards per mile per hour from the published tour row: 222 yards. Roll adds 6 percent on a fairway landing, for 236 yards total. The smash factor sits 0.01 below the tour value of 1.48 because the model eases strike quality by 0.01 for every 5 mph below the tour speed.
Speeds either side
The same club 5 and 10 mph either side, which is the range a golfer moves through across a season.
5 wood carry around 100 mph
| Club head speed | Smash factor | Ball speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 mph | 1.45 | 130 mph | 197 yards | 209 yards |
| 95 mph | 1.46 | 139 mph | 210 yards | 222 yards |
| 100 mph (this page) | 1.47 | 147 mph | 222 yards | 236 yards |
| 105 mph | 1.48 | 155 mph | 234 yards | 249 yards |
| 110 mph | 1.48 | 162 mph | 246 yards | 260 yards |
What strike is worth
At 100 mph a strike that moves smash factor by 0.02 moves ball speed by 2 mph and carry by about 3 yards with a 5 wood. Speed is the expensive way to add distance; strike is the cheap one, and a launch monitor session shows which of the two is limiting yours.
The rest of the bag
A golfer who swings a 5 wood at 100 mph swings a driver at about 110 mph on the model, since every club runs at the same fraction of its tour speed. That driver speed maps to faster than the scratch anchor of 106 mph, into plus handicap territory on the handicap model and above the peak the age model gives a golfer in their twenties. The bag below is every club at that fraction.
Every club at a 110 mph driver
Each club at 97 percent of its tour speed.
| Club | Club head speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 110 mph | 266 yards | 287 yards |
| 3 wood | 104 mph | 235 yards | 249 yards |
| 5 wood | 100 mph | 222 yards | 236 yards |
| Hybrid | 97 mph | 218 yards | 231 yards |
| 3 iron | 95 mph | 205 yards | 213 yards |
| 4 iron | 93 mph | 196 yards | 204 yards |
| 5 iron | 91 mph | 188 yards | 195 yards |
| 6 iron | 89 mph | 177 yards | 184 yards |
| 7 iron | 87 mph | 166 yards | 173 yards |
| 8 iron | 84 mph | 155 yards | 161 yards |
| 9 iron | 83 mph | 143 yards | 149 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 81 mph | 132 yards | 134 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 79 mph | 120 yards | 122 yards |
The gap wedge row continues the pitching wedge trend and is labeled modeled; every other row is the published tour anchor scaled to the speed.
In PinFlag
Import a launch monitor session and PinFlag turns your 5 wood into a pattern of your own carries, labeled Measured, that stands behind every target you price on the course. Shot Cloud draws the real shots around the spot you are considering, on the hole in front of you, so the share of your drives that reaches the water or the rough is a picture of your own game.
Every shot you log with the 5 wood on the course records the target and the result, so the pattern keeps growing from real rounds, and Insights shows the club’s proximity, the shots it cost and the shots it won across a season.
Frequently asked questions
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Related
Sources
- PGA TOUR statistics
- Golf simulator and launch monitor, Wikipedia
- How PinFlag calculates strokes gained
Every figure on this page is computed from the published baselines, the same ones PinFlag prices your shots with. The scope of the figures: The carry is the published tour 5 wood anchor scaled to 100 mph with smash factor easing below the tour speed; the driver, handicap and age mappings follow the models stated on the page.
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