Driver distance at 110 mph
A driver swung at 110 mph carries about 267 yards and totals 288 yards on the published tour table, with a smash factor of 1.47 and 162 mph of ball speed. The tour average for the club is 113 mph and 275 yards of carry, so 110 mph sits -3 mph and -8 yards from it.
The number
Ball speed is club head speed multiplied by smash factor: 110 multiplied by 1.47 is 162 mph. Carry is ball speed multiplied by the club’s 1.65 yards per mile per hour from the published tour row: 267 yards. Roll adds 8 percent on a fairway landing, for 288 yards total. The smash factor sits 0.01 below the tour value of 1.48 because the model eases strike quality by 0.01 for every 5 mph below the tour speed.
Speeds either side
The same club 5 and 10 mph either side, which is the range a golfer moves through across a season.
Driver carry around 110 mph
| Club head speed | Smash factor | Ball speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 mph | 1.45 | 145 mph | 239 yards | 258 yards |
| 105 mph | 1.46 | 153 mph | 253 yards | 273 yards |
| 110 mph (this page) | 1.47 | 162 mph | 267 yards | 288 yards |
| 115 mph | 1.48 | 170 mph | 280 yards | 302 yards |
| 120 mph | 1.48 | 177 mph | 292 yards | 315 yards |
What strike is worth
At 110 mph a strike that moves smash factor by 0.02 moves ball speed by 2 mph and carry by about 4 yards with a driver. Speed is the expensive way to add distance; strike is the cheap one, and a launch monitor session shows which of the two is limiting yours.
The rest of the bag
A golfer who swings a driver at 110 mph swings a driver at about 110 mph on the model, since every club runs at the same fraction of its tour speed. That driver speed maps to faster than the scratch anchor of 106 mph, into plus handicap territory on the handicap model and above the peak the age model gives a golfer in their twenties. The bag below is every club at that fraction.
Every club at a 110 mph driver
Each club at 97 percent of its tour speed.
| Club | Club head speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 110 mph | 267 yards | 288 yards |
| 3 wood | 104 mph | 236 yards | 250 yards |
| 5 wood | 100 mph | 223 yards | 236 yards |
| Hybrid | 97 mph | 218 yards | 231 yards |
| 3 iron | 95 mph | 206 yards | 214 yards |
| 4 iron | 93 mph | 197 yards | 205 yards |
| 5 iron | 92 mph | 188 yards | 196 yards |
| 6 iron | 90 mph | 178 yards | 185 yards |
| 7 iron | 88 mph | 167 yards | 174 yards |
| 8 iron | 85 mph | 155 yards | 161 yards |
| 9 iron | 83 mph | 144 yards | 149 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 81 mph | 132 yards | 135 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 79 mph | 120 yards | 123 yards |
The gap wedge row continues the pitching wedge trend and is labeled modeled; every other row is the published tour anchor scaled to the speed.
In PinFlag
Import a launch monitor session and PinFlag turns your driver into a pattern of your own carries, labeled Measured, that stands behind every target you price on the course. Shot Cloud draws the real shots around the spot you are considering, on the hole in front of you, so the share of your drives that reaches the water or the rough is a picture of your own game.
Every shot you log with the driver on the course records the target and the result, so the pattern keeps growing from real rounds, and Insights shows the club’s proximity, the shots it cost and the shots it won across a season.
Frequently asked questions
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Related
Sources
- PGA TOUR statistics
- Golf simulator and launch monitor, Wikipedia
- How PinFlag calculates strokes gained
Every figure on this page is computed from the published baselines, the same ones PinFlag prices your shots with. The scope of the figures: The carry is the published tour driver anchor scaled to 110 mph with smash factor easing below the tour speed; the driver, handicap and age mappings follow the models stated on the page.
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