# 9 iron distance, 10 handicap

A 10 handicap carries a 9 iron about 124 yards on the model, at 73 mph of club head speed, and totals 129 yards on a fairway landing. That is 14 yards behind the scratch figure of 138 yards and 24 yards behind the tour average of 148 yards.

## Key figures

- A 10 handicap carries a 9 iron about 124 yards on the model, at 73 mph, and totals 129 yards.
- That is 14 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.05 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour 9 iron anchor scaled to the club head speed the handicap model gives a 10 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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