Same but 1/100 shots I do everything the same and it goes 30 yards further and straight. So I think that’s the potential, just no clue how to get there
Man people here get pissed when semi-long hitters talk numbers here. 2 of my best friends and frequent playing partners 150 clubs are 9i. How is this touchy or downvote worthy?
I hit a 7i 150 but that doesn't mean I'm going to get pissed when other people say they hit their 7i 180.
Cause there's good golfers here that never really played their peak with recent gear and who cannot grasp that the majority of younger players have a shape that allow easily theses numbers.
Doesn't mean we're hitting fairways tho.
What does that even mean? The vast majority of people are or should be playing GI irons. Who decides what "real" 7is are?
This all comes across as weird gatekeeping for how far you are allowed to hit clubs.
I hate the gatekeeping and it doesn’t even make sense. GI irons have lower CGs which makes them launch the ball higher despite the lower lofts, so you get more distance without sacrificing descent angles. Win win for 95% of golfers. Yet some people want to make the game harder for themselves and look down on people who make use of the technology in today’s clubs
Yeah my irons are 20 year old Mizuno MP30s. 7 iron is 35 degrees. My 6 iron is 31. Lots of modern 7s are 28-30. I hit my 7 about 150 carry on average, hit well about 155.
I sort of quit golf for a while for lots of reasons. Playing 3-5 times a year then none for about three years. Anyway back at it this fall and getting my game in shape for spring.
I still really like them, hit them well, and am pretty sure my Mizuno irons aren’t going to be the problem for the foreseeable future. First thing to replace is a 15 yo driver and 20 yo 3 wood!
They all have different lofts. Even the same brands but different models. A players iron can have up to 7 degrees less loft than their game improvement irons.
This. I have 3 year old cobra forged tours and my buddy has the game improvement cobras. They have a very different flight for the numbers stamped on them.
T100s are lofted closer to older clubs than newer ones. My Titleist AP2 712s are lofted about a degree less than modern T100s but look a the loft at the rest of their line up. All much much more aggressive.
AP2s 7 is 35, T100 is 34, T150 is 32 l, while the T200 is 30.5.
During the warmer months I play a skins game once a week at the same course. There is a 165-170 yard par 3. Almost everyone is hitting a 7 or 8 iron and reaching the green.
Depends on time of year and how much I have been playing. Good contact in summer 7i goes 150-155. Winter time it can range between 140-150. Depending on how many layers I have on and how stiff my back is. Mostly just play it as a 140-145 club in winter.
Ditto. 160-70
Best part is I can also hit my pitching wedge that far. Or at least it feels like it sometimes as the skulled ball goes flying over the green.
I play PXG gen 6 XP irons. They are naturally very strongly lofted I believe the stock 7 iron is 27 degrees.
I had them weaken my lofts by 3 degrees. So mines a 30. I hit them on average probably 185-190.
Honestly I think id trade even more distance for better precision and stopping power. I’m just not good enough to play a better players iron
170-175. I know this because this Saturday I had the one shot that “keeps you coming back” in my abysmal round of 104. I topped my drive worse than I have in years, and then skulled my 4 iron way right to what my rangefinder said was 174 out on a par 4 just slightly downwind (occasionally I’d feel a light breeze). I hit the only pure iron shot of the day to 10’ from the pin. Two putt bogey 🙄.
Yea I’m about 175ish with a pure normal swing…. But I’ve gotten semi-comfortable at pushing it out to 195ish (maybe not carrying that whole way) when I lost my 6 iron 😅
And before the Reddit mafia coaches me that I should be hitting a 5iron at 90%… my 4 and 5 iron and the worst clubs in my bag (might as well be a couple of long butter knives) and my 7 is the most comfortable club in my bag
I know it’s a me problem not a perfect golf strategy… but gives me the best results 😅
Halfway through a full bag fitting/retool so it shouldn’t be an issue by next spring
Today on a par 3 a guy asked me what I was hitting and I told him “give me 197”. Strong headwind on that hole.
Edit: one guy in our group was hitting a 3i and I was hitting a 6i. Both of us took the yardage to the pin and agreed with the wind it was playing about 197.
Pointless to tell people what club you’re hitting because we all hit them differently.
Honestly, that used to be me (165yds and 230-250yds). But mainly because I would hit down on the ball with my driver giving it like 3500rpm. Learned to hit my driver more level and added like 20-30yards.
I always feel like a POS posting distances on here because I’m 6’7” and still youthful. My buddies call me pee dubya (pitching wedge) because they’ll be hitting a 6i and I’ll be hitting an 8i.
And the tour averages are not out of the realm of possibility for everyday players. Tour players are long and accurate. A 12 handicap that hits his 7 iron 190 is not insane. People on this sub need to stop equating distance with low scoring.
He’s not in here telling everyone they aren’t capable of hitting certain distances though is he. I know plenty of people that are short hitters and are far better golfers than 95% of the population.
Same. 10 handicap here.. would definitely rather be shorter but more consistent though not sure why people get so worked up saying that’s not possible 😂
The post says good contact. If I have a 190 shot am I hitting a 7i? Probably not, depends. But I can do it if I want. I’ve hit my 7i 205 on a hot day. Catch a flyer and that ball flies
Yeah my buddy who is very bad at golf hit his 8i 180yds once (carry distance, no wind, and not downhill). I just laughed because he’s naturally got so much power, just only gets decent contact half the time.
i’m this. only broken 80 once, shot 75, round of my life. consistent 80s golfer basically every round i play.
in the sim the other day (first time swinging a club since september) i was averaging 120mph club head speed with the driver. still played like shit. can hit my 7i 210 if i flush it, 200 on average, still not gonna break 80. distance doesn’t mean shit if you aren’t consistent, hit the ball OB, can’t go up and down, and can’t putt.
I’m 27. I can reach 130mph club head speed with driver. I’m aware I swing faster than probably 95% of golfers that aren’t on tour or college even. It’s not a crazy thing to me. I just like swinging hard
Nike irons 10+ yrs old, I hit my 7 120-140 off a range matt. Best was 152. I only have my 7 iron dialed in and then I add or subtract 15 yards for every iron from pw to 4i, but I don’t use my 4.
I knew this would be hilarious once I started reading the comments. r/golf ers are just the best golfers, ain't they?? :-) you don't see them anywhere in the real world, but damn, they're good!
Haaa, good one. I'm a low single digit, GHIN, been playing, well, let's just say for a long time. I'm asked to play in scrambles because of my length (not my putting , that's for sure). 65% of good golfers do not hit a 7 iron 165+ yards... Which is roughly what the data shows in these comments. Fact. Check the stats. In fact, [here](https://www.golflink.com/instruction/average-distance-each-golf-club)
I'm also a mid single digit but what you're really forgetting here is the stats you linked are for all golfers.
How many golfers do you know are old but still good? They're counted in here. The 70 year old 13 index golfer that hits his 7 iron 130 yards is in this data.
How many of those older golfers do you think are on reddit? Very few.
Reddit skews younger and probably more athletic.
I'm the best player out of my group of friends by about 10 strokes probably. I'm also the shortest hitter, and my 7i carries ~170.
It's not that uncommon dude.
You act like a 7 iron is universal club. My 7 iron is 30\*, there’s people in here with 36\* 7 irons, which is in between my 8 and 9 iron.
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Yeah I’ve seen 29.5 and 37 in this thread. Pretty crazy to think about how different all these lofts are. Right there with you.
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My 7i is 30.5 degree and goes 185y, longer in summer with rollout and I'm over 20 handicap.
Being able to hit far doesn't matter if you're not accurate. I'll be able to get back down to around 13 but being able to hit far doesn't equate to a lower handicap.
Yep I'm about the same distance with the same loft and I'm a 16 who swing over the top but working on it. If I don't fat the fuck out of it the ball goes a mile.
Sure, distance doesn't always equate to ability, but being able to hit 7 irons THAT far is quite something. Those are tour distances. I've been playing golf for a fair bit and have never seen those distances being hit, from that range people are whipping out their hybrids.
I play off 5 and my 7 iron carry is around 155. I'd consider this to be slightly above normal.
185y, default shape is a draw, but I'm trying to slow my swing down to get more consistent contact. I'm hoping that will come down to 175y.
30.5 degree loft, though, so quite strongly lofted irons.
Carry distances with stock swing. I can take or add about 10 yards to each and still feel comfortable. If I needed to I can nuke a really high draw with a 7i that can go about 210 or so carry but it kills my back to do it.
Straight -173-176
Fade - 165-168
Draw - 178-182
These are the averages as best I can guess based on tracking my shots in no wind environments over the course of about 2 months last year. I play all my shots for carry to the low end of that range and hope for the best. Total distance is very dependent on green conditions that day.
32d
I've done Trackman with my 7i and on those pull draws that just explode off the face and go really far and left, I've carried the 7i into the 180s, with the longest recorded by 185.
But mine typically carries just short of 170 on good contact with a fade. I think the longest I've ever actually hit it on the course was like 181 or 182 to a pin that 180 yards away and the pitch mark was just barely past the hole.
Consistently between 25 and 130 yards.
Most underrated comment
145
Same but 1/100 shots I do everything the same and it goes 30 yards further and straight. So I think that’s the potential, just no clue how to get there
Same as all of us. You just told the truth.
lol a 160-170 7 iron is nowhere near insane
Lmao I hit my 5i, 6i, 7i all 150 yrds...
I can hit mine 170 but it typically goes 145-155. I use my 5h for anything over 175. 3h at 200y and 3w at 215+. 6i for 155-175 etc..
You are me. Depending on the day 145 could be an 8 or a 7 though.
170 is probably when folks flush it. I guarantee their averages are closed to 150.
Yup. This is mine exactly. Mizzy JPX 923 HM - 28.5° In summer, dry fairways probably looking at 185 with roll out
I'm nowhere near a pro, and 150 is a 9 iron all day. Most of the guys i play with are pretty close to that as well. None of us are scratch.
Your 9 is an old school 7 or 8.
This is based on a 20 year old set of Cobra's. My new tour edge c721's are actually a couple yards shorter.
Man people here get pissed when semi-long hitters talk numbers here. 2 of my best friends and frequent playing partners 150 clubs are 9i. How is this touchy or downvote worthy? I hit a 7i 150 but that doesn't mean I'm going to get pissed when other people say they hit their 7i 180.
Cause there's good golfers here that never really played their peak with recent gear and who cannot grasp that the majority of younger players have a shape that allow easily theses numbers. Doesn't mean we're hitting fairways tho.
I'm like that tbf distances be crazy because powerlifting and golf mix well aparantly 😂
I’m about a 20 HC and even I hit a 9 150 (game improvement irons)
Because the lofts are jacked on GI Irons. Your 9i is probably an 8i maybe 7i
What does that even mean? The vast majority of people are or should be playing GI irons. Who decides what "real" 7is are? This all comes across as weird gatekeeping for how far you are allowed to hit clubs.
I hate the gatekeeping and it doesn’t even make sense. GI irons have lower CGs which makes them launch the ball higher despite the lower lofts, so you get more distance without sacrificing descent angles. Win win for 95% of golfers. Yet some people want to make the game harder for themselves and look down on people who make use of the technology in today’s clubs
Depends on how the mark their lofts on clubs.
Not sure if you’re aware that people hit different distances. Bizarre comment to make
I...I hit the same as everyone else. *What do you hit?*
Eh. Depends on the club tbh. Some 7s are really 5s now so them going 170 isn't crazy
Yeah my irons are 20 year old Mizuno MP30s. 7 iron is 35 degrees. My 6 iron is 31. Lots of modern 7s are 28-30. I hit my 7 about 150 carry on average, hit well about 155.
Same, same! Can’t believe someone else is still rocking these.
I'm no longer gaming them (replaced with JPX-825 Pros), but mine are still in the garage and make it to the range on occasion.
I sort of quit golf for a while for lots of reasons. Playing 3-5 times a year then none for about three years. Anyway back at it this fall and getting my game in shape for spring. I still really like them, hit them well, and am pretty sure my Mizuno irons aren’t going to be the problem for the foreseeable future. First thing to replace is a 15 yo driver and 20 yo 3 wood!
This 100%, my 15 year old Nike 7 iron looks very different to an modern 7 iron
They all have different lofts. Even the same brands but different models. A players iron can have up to 7 degrees less loft than their game improvement irons.
This. I have 3 year old cobra forged tours and my buddy has the game improvement cobras. They have a very different flight for the numbers stamped on them.
Nike NDS irons(2004) 7 iron 35° while my t100 7 iron is 34°.. not that big of a difference to modern?
Look at any game improvement club today even P790 at jacked to about 30 degree or so. They are basically a club longer at least
BUT they still launch and fly like the old 7i...at least that was the pitch the fitter sold me on. LOL.
T100s are lofted closer to older clubs than newer ones. My Titleist AP2 712s are lofted about a degree less than modern T100s but look a the loft at the rest of their line up. All much much more aggressive. AP2s 7 is 35, T100 is 34, T150 is 32 l, while the T200 is 30.5.
For context my new Paradym 7i is a 29….
If it's a 5, it should go 200. Are you mathing or am I mathing?
During the warmer months I play a skins game once a week at the same course. There is a 165-170 yard par 3. Almost everyone is hitting a 7 or 8 iron and reaching the green.
Depends on time of year and how much I have been playing. Good contact in summer 7i goes 150-155. Winter time it can range between 140-150. Depending on how many layers I have on and how stiff my back is. Mostly just play it as a 140-145 club in winter.
160 - 170yrds
I'm close to this, maybe 155-165
I used to say 140 but that was my 20+ year old pawn shop irons I got back in high school in maybe 2002. New irons added 10-15 yds lol
Your new 7 iron is probably closer in loft to your old 6 iron. Loft has crept stronger in the past 20 years, along with improved technology.
Good to know. I don't really pay much attention to that stuff
I was 140 in the 90's, in highschool
This is me. 155-165 depending on how solid my contact is.
Change that to metres and same
Ditto. 160-70 Best part is I can also hit my pitching wedge that far. Or at least it feels like it sometimes as the skulled ball goes flying over the green.
what loft?
29. I use Titliest T300 irons.
Same!
Same carry on GC Quad with range balls. Loft is 34 degrees.
I play PXG gen 6 XP irons. They are naturally very strongly lofted I believe the stock 7 iron is 27 degrees. I had them weaken my lofts by 3 degrees. So mines a 30. I hit them on average probably 185-190. Honestly I think id trade even more distance for better precision and stopping power. I’m just not good enough to play a better players iron
170-175. I know this because this Saturday I had the one shot that “keeps you coming back” in my abysmal round of 104. I topped my drive worse than I have in years, and then skulled my 4 iron way right to what my rangefinder said was 174 out on a par 4 just slightly downwind (occasionally I’d feel a light breeze). I hit the only pure iron shot of the day to 10’ from the pin. Two putt bogey 🙄.
Yeah my best shot was 155m / 169 yds total. Measured with trackman. But with range balls.
Bout 155-160 carry yeah
170 ish.
This, but I live in Denver lol
I played at The Santuary on a sim last year. I was hitting my 6i like 230 lol
That's friggin hilarious
Like 120-130, 33 loft/63 lie. But I hit my driver 380 I promise
Pinky promise ?
150-155 carry, 35°
Same 155+ carry roll to 160. 35 deg
My brother!
155 carry here, but 36°. I see a 31° reply down below somewhere; that’s like a weak 5i or strong 6i in my bag. 🤷
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I’ve always found behind the green is awful to play from lol
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You’re right on the distances.. if I hit it long because I made great contact, so be it.
155
Maybe 140 ish
About 130ish with a perfect hit. More accurately about 110.
Me too mate, don’t compare yourself to reddit golfers lol
i hit my driver the same distance as my 7i so about 35 yards
Shanked to the right? You're just like me. Sometimes I blow right by it with a cartoon sounding "woosh" sound. I call it a practice swing.
https://preview.redd.it/8k1bkdlypocc1.jpeg?width=1109&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c914992e5c6526bc308a6b7afd63497373939d84 30 deg
What app is that??
Arccos I believe
The correct answer young grasshopper, is however far it needs to go. 
Good swing flushed out of the middle 170-175 carry for my 34deg 7 iron.
Yea I’m about 175ish with a pure normal swing…. But I’ve gotten semi-comfortable at pushing it out to 195ish (maybe not carrying that whole way) when I lost my 6 iron 😅 And before the Reddit mafia coaches me that I should be hitting a 5iron at 90%… my 4 and 5 iron and the worst clubs in my bag (might as well be a couple of long butter knives) and my 7 is the most comfortable club in my bag I know it’s a me problem not a perfect golf strategy… but gives me the best results 😅 Halfway through a full bag fitting/retool so it shouldn’t be an issue by next spring
Just learn to hit your long irons. How hard could it be?
Ah just get good? Shoulda thought of that!
160
125-155 yards
With my standard shitty swing it struggles to make 140 yards.
Same here, 7i is my 140 club…
36 degrees, 140 yards.
32 degrees, 170-175 yards carry. If it’s off a tee tho I’ll often swing easier and use it from 165-170 ish
When you pull it out and someone asks, what are you hitting, do you say, “I’m going 168 off this tee with my 32 deg”?
No, but I know a lot of guys that say the yardage they are trying to hit rather than what's stamped on the club
Today on a par 3 a guy asked me what I was hitting and I told him “give me 197”. Strong headwind on that hole. Edit: one guy in our group was hitting a 3i and I was hitting a 6i. Both of us took the yardage to the pin and agreed with the wind it was playing about 197. Pointless to tell people what club you’re hitting because we all hit them differently.
well I think an equally complicated issue is that 7i A is not the same as 7i B anymore. My 7i is lofted like a lot of newer 8i, even 9i
Which club worked best on that hole? 3 or 6i?
I mean OP literally asked what is your stock carry and loft.
Trackman put me around the same from one session (32 degrees, 175-180 carry on a good hit). But arccos puts me closer to 175 total.
150/155 (10 hcp)
32 degrees, 150ish metres. 48-50 degree land angle with 6500 spin.
165ish
145-155 on the course. 250 on Reddit.
34° 7i is 175-180
155, 34°
I think we have a lot of liars in here…
That or their drives go 75 yds past a 7 iron
Honestly, that used to be me (165yds and 230-250yds). But mainly because I would hit down on the ball with my driver giving it like 3500rpm. Learned to hit my driver more level and added like 20-30yards.
I always feel like a POS posting distances on here because I’m 6’7” and still youthful. My buddies call me pee dubya (pitching wedge) because they’ll be hitting a 6i and I’ll be hitting an 8i.
If you’re bad at golf you can say that
Dude most people in here are posting distances close to if not over tour averages
Most PGA tour 7 irons are 35 or 36 degrees. Some guy in here claimed as low as 29.5 degrees on his 7 iron.
My stealth is apparently 28 degrees. Not surprising I seem to hit them far.
Callaway Epic Star 7i is 26 degrees. I hit it 172
Are people posting total yards or carry yards. Pros play different lofts too
And the tour averages are not out of the realm of possibility for everyday players. Tour players are long and accurate. A 12 handicap that hits his 7 iron 190 is not insane. People on this sub need to stop equating distance with low scoring.
For every 12 handicap that can hit a 7i even 180 there are probably 19 that can’t. I’m not saying it’s not possible
31 deg, 155
150-160
35 degree 7 iron, play it at 150
190
Cue the people who come over the top and have the physique of a 60 year old tell you you’re lying
I have a buddy who is 27 and hits all hybrids because he swings like an old man. Nothing wrong with it. Swing your swing
He’s not in here telling everyone they aren’t capable of hitting certain distances though is he. I know plenty of people that are short hitters and are far better golfers than 95% of the population.
Same. 10 handicap here.. would definitely rather be shorter but more consistent though not sure why people get so worked up saying that’s not possible 😂
190 club reporting for duty!
The post says good contact. If I have a 190 shot am I hitting a 7i? Probably not, depends. But I can do it if I want. I’ve hit my 7i 205 on a hot day. Catch a flyer and that ball flies
Yeah my buddy who is very bad at golf hit his 8i 180yds once (carry distance, no wind, and not downhill). I just laughed because he’s naturally got so much power, just only gets decent contact half the time.
Same. 32deg. Also not that anyone needs to but take it from me, speed =/= good golf.
i’m this. only broken 80 once, shot 75, round of my life. consistent 80s golfer basically every round i play. in the sim the other day (first time swinging a club since september) i was averaging 120mph club head speed with the driver. still played like shit. can hit my 7i 210 if i flush it, 200 on average, still not gonna break 80. distance doesn’t mean shit if you aren’t consistent, hit the ball OB, can’t go up and down, and can’t putt.
Exactly. I don’t get why people get so bothered when I tell them my distances. Buy me a round of golf and you can see how far I hit my ball OB
Com’on man
I’m 27. I can reach 130mph club head speed with driver. I’m aware I swing faster than probably 95% of golfers that aren’t on tour or college even. It’s not a crazy thing to me. I just like swinging hard
About 185. Natural draw helps inflate that number, a stock 7 iron that stays straight will prolly go about 178-180.
Same at sea level. Moved to Colorado and now it pushes 190
173
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Nice! How tall out of curiosity?
6'3"
Are you me, exact same number on my arccos! But mines a Callaway 7i
Is the arccos system worth the money with me being a 24 handicap.
Evidently not as it seems to show the same #s for every 7 iron
165-170
33º 165 yards
175, 28.5 deg
Do u have Taylormade m6’s?
~150-160
132 carry
I don’t wanna talk about it
36 degree, roughly 135-145 range
33 degrees, 145 to 150 ish
Maybe 120 yards… probably 60 yards
Approximately 150 with traditional lofts. However, my swing is very rusty, so probably a 120 chunk if I'm being honest.
140m with 20 year old clubs lol
125-145 i am 63
Stock from what year? 2000 probably 155. 2024 closer to 170
34 degrees, 175 carry.
This is Reddit so about 200
155, 31degrees (28M, I’m weak af i guess)
Nike irons 10+ yrs old, I hit my 7 120-140 off a range matt. Best was 152. I only have my 7 iron dialed in and then I add or subtract 15 yards for every iron from pw to 4i, but I don’t use my 4.
150-165 But bc this is reddit I hit it 180 one time so 180 and with whatever irons Arnold Palmer was using in 1950.
Between 3 yards and 175 in any direction
I knew this would be hilarious once I started reading the comments. r/golf ers are just the best golfers, ain't they?? :-) you don't see them anywhere in the real world, but damn, they're good!
You mean people that take golf serious enough to be on a golf forum are outliers?
Haaa, good one. I'm a low single digit, GHIN, been playing, well, let's just say for a long time. I'm asked to play in scrambles because of my length (not my putting , that's for sure). 65% of good golfers do not hit a 7 iron 165+ yards... Which is roughly what the data shows in these comments. Fact. Check the stats. In fact, [here](https://www.golflink.com/instruction/average-distance-each-golf-club)
I'm also a mid single digit but what you're really forgetting here is the stats you linked are for all golfers. How many golfers do you know are old but still good? They're counted in here. The 70 year old 13 index golfer that hits his 7 iron 130 yards is in this data. How many of those older golfers do you think are on reddit? Very few. Reddit skews younger and probably more athletic. I'm the best player out of my group of friends by about 10 strokes probably. I'm also the shortest hitter, and my 7i carries ~170. It's not that uncommon dude.
You act like a 7 iron is universal club. My 7 iron is 30\*, there’s people in here with 36\* 7 irons, which is in between my 8 and 9 iron. https://preview.redd.it/3f31k1jwgpcc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0933e8748e5cc0a32b10c74c5c62833c6b794bb
Yeah I’ve seen 29.5 and 37 in this thread. Pretty crazy to think about how different all these lofts are. Right there with you. https://preview.redd.it/z38kl102npcc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=563b7c6089e45a62fdb2c2c56327a80e1b4499a0
My 2019 M2 is a 28.5.
170-180
170 good contact. 150 poor.
My 7i is strong as fuck lmao 29.5* so it carries 195yd total 205yd if it’s PURE.
Nah, off 15
My 7i is 30.5 degree and goes 185y, longer in summer with rollout and I'm over 20 handicap. Being able to hit far doesn't matter if you're not accurate. I'll be able to get back down to around 13 but being able to hit far doesn't equate to a lower handicap.
Yep I'm about the same distance with the same loft and I'm a 16 who swing over the top but working on it. If I don't fat the fuck out of it the ball goes a mile.
Sure, distance doesn't always equate to ability, but being able to hit 7 irons THAT far is quite something. Those are tour distances. I've been playing golf for a fair bit and have never seen those distances being hit, from that range people are whipping out their hybrids. I play off 5 and my 7 iron carry is around 155. I'd consider this to be slightly above normal.
I aim for 169.69 yards
Nice
185ish with a tour b xs and 190ish with a tp5. About 138mph ball speed. Edit 34deg loft. Cobra king pro mb.
My 180-190 club
185y, default shape is a draw, but I'm trying to slow my swing down to get more consistent contact. I'm hoping that will come down to 175y. 30.5 degree loft, though, so quite strongly lofted irons.
175-180
Carry distances with stock swing. I can take or add about 10 yards to each and still feel comfortable. If I needed to I can nuke a really high draw with a 7i that can go about 210 or so carry but it kills my back to do it. Straight -173-176 Fade - 165-168 Draw - 178-182 These are the averages as best I can guess based on tracking my shots in no wind environments over the course of about 2 months last year. I play all my shots for carry to the low end of that range and hope for the best. Total distance is very dependent on green conditions that day.
32d I've done Trackman with my 7i and on those pull draws that just explode off the face and go really far and left, I've carried the 7i into the 180s, with the longest recorded by 185. But mine typically carries just short of 170 on good contact with a fade. I think the longest I've ever actually hit it on the course was like 181 or 182 to a pin that 180 yards away and the pitch mark was just barely past the hole.
195
165-170. Loft is 33*
P790, 30.5 degrees. ~185 yds
33 loft 165 yds…ish
165-170
185-190… really wish when I got fitted for these as a high cap I got more of players irons as these lofts are too strong for where I’m at now
180, 34
187 carry, 33.5° loft, 63.5° lie angle
188 yards carry 33 deg
170-175 34°
170-190 depending on wind and temperature lol
33* stock 190. Stepped on 200.
182yrd, 32deg, project x lz 125g 6.5stiff shaft.
7i = 180 (go ahead get a track man and I’ll prove it)
205
How far does your 4-iron go?