Hybrid distance at 80 mph
A hybrid swung at 80 mph carries about 175 yards and totals 186 yards on the published tour table, with a smash factor of 1.42 and 114 mph of ball speed. The tour average for the club is 100 mph and 225 yards of carry, so 80 mph sits -20 mph and -50 yards from it.
The number
Ball speed is club head speed multiplied by smash factor: 80 multiplied by 1.42 is 114 mph. Carry is ball speed multiplied by the club’s 1.54 yards per mile per hour from the published tour row: 175 yards. Roll adds 6 percent on a fairway landing, for 186 yards total. The smash factor sits 0.04 below the tour value of 1.46 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.
Hybrid carry around 80 mph
| Club head speed | Smash factor | Ball speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 mph | 1.40 | 98 mph | 151 yards | 160 yards |
| 75 mph | 1.41 | 106 mph | 163 yards | 173 yards |
| 80 mph (this page) | 1.42 | 114 mph | 175 yards | 186 yards |
| 85 mph | 1.43 | 122 mph | 187 yards | 199 yards |
| 90 mph | 1.44 | 130 mph | 200 yards | 212 yards |
What strike is worth
At 80 mph a strike that moves smash factor by 0.02 moves ball speed by 2 mph and carry by about 2 yards with a hybrid. 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 hybrid at 80 mph swings a driver at about 90 mph on the model, since every club runs at the same fraction of its tour speed. That driver speed maps to about a 16 handicap on the handicap model and about age 34 on the age model. The bag below is every club at that fraction.
Every club at a 90 mph driver
Each club at 80 percent of its tour speed.
| Club | Club head speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 90 mph | 213 yards | 230 yards |
| 3 wood | 86 mph | 189 yards | 200 yards |
| 5 wood | 82 mph | 179 yards | 190 yards |
| Hybrid | 80 mph | 175 yards | 186 yards |
| 3 iron | 78 mph | 165 yards | 172 yards |
| 4 iron | 77 mph | 158 yards | 164 yards |
| 5 iron | 75 mph | 151 yards | 157 yards |
| 6 iron | 74 mph | 142 yards | 148 yards |
| 7 iron | 72 mph | 134 yards | 139 yards |
| 8 iron | 70 mph | 125 yards | 130 yards |
| 9 iron | 68 mph | 115 yards | 120 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 66 mph | 106 yards | 108 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 65 mph | 96 yards | 98 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 hybrid 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 a tucked pin is compared with the middle of the green on your real spread, not a single yardage.
Every shot you log with the hybrid 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
How far does a hybrid go at 80 mph?
What ball speed does 80 mph produce with a hybrid?
What driver speed goes with a 80 mph hybrid?
How much more does a hybrid go at 85 mph?
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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 hybrid anchor scaled to 80 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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