# Pitching wedge distance, 30 handicap

A 30 handicap carries a pitching wedge about 89 yards on the model, at 57 mph of club head speed, and totals 91 yards on a fairway landing. That is 37 yards behind the scratch figure of 127 yards and 47 yards behind the tour average of 136 yards.

## Key figures

- A 30 handicap carries a pitching wedge about 89 yards on the model, at 57 mph, and totals 91 yards.
- That is 37 yards behind scratch, worth about 0.17 of a stroke per approach on the published fairway table.

## Scope

- The carry is the published tour pitching 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.

Full page: https://pinflag.io/club-distance/pitching-wedge/30-handicap