Golf at 110 mph swing speed
A driver swung at 110 mph carries about 267 yards and totals 288 yards on the published tour table, with 162 mph of ball speed at a smash factor of 1.47. At the same fraction of tour speed a 7 iron carries 167 yards. The speed maps to faster than the scratch anchor of 106 mph, into plus handicap territory and above the peak the age model gives a golfer in their twenties; 5 mph more is worth about 13 yards of carry.
Driver at 110 mph
Ball speed is club head speed multiplied by smash factor: 110 multiplied by 1.47 is 162 mph. Carry is ball speed multiplied by 1.65 yards per mile per hour, the driver’s ratio from the published tour row: 267 yards. Roll adds 8 percent on a fairway landing, for 288 yards total. The smash factor sits below the tour value of 1.48 because the model eases strike quality by 0.01 for every 5 mph below the tour speed of 113 mph.
Every club at 110 mph
A golfer who swings a driver at 110 mph swings every club at 97 percent of its tour speed on the model, which is the fraction the table applies.
The bag at a 110 mph driver
| Club | Club head speed | Ball speed | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 110 mph | 162 mph | 267 yards | 288 yards |
| 3 wood | 104 mph | 153 mph | 236 yards | 250 yards |
| 5 wood | 100 mph | 147 mph | 223 yards | 236 yards |
| Hybrid | 97 mph | 142 mph | 218 yards | 231 yards |
| 3 iron | 95 mph | 138 mph | 206 yards | 214 yards |
| 4 iron | 93 mph | 133 mph | 197 yards | 205 yards |
| 5 iron | 92 mph | 128 mph | 188 yards | 196 yards |
| 6 iron | 90 mph | 123 mph | 178 yards | 185 yards |
| 7 iron | 88 mph | 116 mph | 167 yards | 174 yards |
| 8 iron | 85 mph | 112 mph | 155 yards | 161 yards |
| 9 iron | 83 mph | 106 mph | 144 yards | 149 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 81 mph | 99 mph | 132 yards | 135 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 79 mph | 92 mph | 120 yards | 123 yards |
Where 110 mph sits
The handicap model puts a scratch driver at 106 mph and takes 0.95 mph off per stroke, so 110 mph is faster than the scratch anchor of 106 mph, into plus handicap territory. The age model anchors 92 mph to a 15 handicap at 30 and eases 0.35 mph a year after that, so 110 mph is above the peak the age model gives a golfer in their twenties. Both are models of the average; the spread around the speed is where handicaps actually differ.
Five mph more
At 115 mph the driver carries 280 yards, 13 yards more. On a 400 yard par 4 that turns a 112 yards approach into a 98 yards one, which the published fairway table prices at 0.04 of a stroke before the iron is struck.
Speed against accuracy
Speed is worth strokes only when the ball stays in play. A drive into the rough costs about 0.25 of a stroke against the fairway at 150 yards on the published table, roughly what fifteen yards of carry buys back, and a penalty costs close to two. The number that decides a tee shot is the dispersion around the speed, drawn on the hole.
In PinFlag
A launch monitor session gives PinFlag your club head speed, ball speed and carry for every swing, which is a better input than any model: the carry that stands behind every driver decision on the course becomes yours, labeled Measured, and Shot Cloud draws your real drives around the target so speed and spread are priced together on the hole.
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 carries are the published tour anchors scaled to 110 mph with smash factor easing below the tour speed; the handicap and age mappings are the models stated on the page.
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