# 9 iron distance, 5 handicap

A 5 handicap carries a 9 iron about 131 yards on the model, at 76 mph of club head speed, and totals 136 yards on a fairway landing. That is 7 yards behind the scratch figure of 138 yards and 17 yards behind the tour average of 148 yards.

## Key figures

- A 5 handicap carries a 9 iron about 131 yards on the model, at 76 mph, and totals 136 yards.
- That is 7 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.02 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 5 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

Full page: https://pinflag.io/club-distance/9-iron/5-handicap