# 7 iron distance, 15 handicap

A 15 handicap carries a 7 iron about 136 yards on the model, at 73 mph of club head speed, and totals 142 yards on a fairway landing. That is 24 yards behind the scratch figure of 160 yards and 36 yards behind the tour average of 172 yards.

## Key figures

- A 15 handicap carries a 7 iron about 136 yards on the model, at 73 mph, and totals 142 yards.
- That is 24 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.10 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour 7 iron anchor scaled to the club head speed the handicap model gives a 15 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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