# 9 iron distance, 20 handicap

A 20 handicap carries a 9 iron about 110 yards on the model, at 65 mph of club head speed, and totals 115 yards on a fairway landing. That is 27 yards behind the scratch figure of 138 yards and 38 yards behind the tour average of 148 yards.

## Key figures

- A 20 handicap carries a 9 iron about 110 yards on the model, at 65 mph, and totals 115 yards.
- That is 27 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.12 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 20 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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