# 7 iron distance, 20 handicap

A 20 handicap carries a 7 iron about 128 yards on the model, at 69 mph of club head speed, and totals 133 yards on a fairway landing. That is 32 yards behind the scratch figure of 160 yards and 44 yards behind the tour average of 172 yards.

## Key figures

- A 20 handicap carries a 7 iron about 128 yards on the model, at 69 mph, and totals 133 yards.
- That is 32 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.14 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 20 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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