# A 500 yard par 5

A 500 yard par 5 costs the tour average 4.410 strokes from the tee, 0.59 under par. A 250 yard drive leaves 250 yards; going for the green from there with no penalty in play is worth 2.301 expected strokes after the shot on the site’s model against 2.820 for laying up to 100 yards, and a one in ten chance of water moves going for it to 2.518.

## Key figures

- A 500 yard par 5 costs the tour average 4.410 strokes from the tee; a 250 yard drive leaves 250 yards.
- Going for the green from 250 yards with no penalty in play is worth 2.301 expected strokes after the shot; laying up to 100 yards is worth 2.820.

## Scope

- The tee figure is the published tour table for a hole of this length; the tee shot and second shot figures come from the site’s dispersion models with stated spreads, a stated green and a stated driver distance.

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