# Gap wedge distance, 30 handicap

A 30 handicap carries a gap wedge about 81 yards on the model, at 56 mph of club head speed, and totals 83 yards on a fairway landing. That is 34 yards behind the scratch figure of 115 yards and 43 yards behind the tour average of 124 yards.

## Key figures

- A 30 handicap carries a gap wedge about 81 yards on the model, at 56 mph, and totals 83 yards.
- That is 34 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.16 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour gap wedge anchor scaled to the club head speed the handicap model gives a 30 handicap; the app replaces it with your own launch monitor carries.

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