# 5 wood distance, 20 handicap

A 20 handicap carries a 5 wood about 171 yards on the model, at 79 mph of club head speed, and totals 182 yards on a fairway landing. That is 42 yards behind the scratch figure of 214 yards and 59 yards behind the tour average of 230 yards.

## Key figures

- A 20 handicap carries a 5 wood about 171 yards on the model, at 79 mph, and totals 182 yards.
- That is 42 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.20 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour 5 wood anchor scaled to the club head speed the handicap model gives a 20 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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