Driver Accuracy vs. Distance

scotts33 · 2023-04-01T18:11:45+00:00

Say your fairways are on average 35 yards wide that's a normal fairway average around here but not ultra narrow. What's more important accuracy hitting that...

Eguller

DonM

Not surprising, but there are lots of variables.

Par4QC

DonM Players that GAINED at least 10 yards with driver:
81% scoring improved

Players that LOST at least 10 yards with driver:
65%: scoring got worse

I'd be more interested in knowing about the 29% ......did they get worse?....& the 35% did they get better?
How many were in the group??

Screwy data without both findings. jmo

Can't even get the salt shaker to work. 😉

DonM

Par4QC They probably were close to even.

Par4QC

DonM Never know though. What would it say if that 35% all scored better?

scotts33

I must be an outlier. It doesn't matter to me if I hit the driver 200 or 210. I score better when I hit good pitches, chips and putt. If I hit it 210 and can't pitch, chip or putt well my scores go up. If I hit it 200 and pitch, chip and putt well my scores go down. 10 yards difference in driving at 85 - 90 mph much appreciable gains are not going to happen. Best thing I can do is drive it straighter or play a fade or draw when needed and have a great short game. That's where I'd spend my money and practice time on the short shots. That's just me from years of experience.

sdandrea1

scotts33 I must be an outlier. It doesn't matter to me if I hit the driver 200 or 210

Not an outlier, but a realist. This is the truth for most players, but their quest for distance (fueled by the marketing) keeps them in denial. Remember when a driver was called a "play club"? It was to get the ball in position to score, not hit rockets to somewhere over the rainbow. It's a scoring game, not a distance contest.

mulegolf

I'd like to hit it long and in the fairway, but usually settle for neither.

Typhoon

Putt for dough… that’s the difference maker.

azgreg

Typhoon Putt for dough… that’s the difference maker.

If you don't drive for show you don't get the opportunity to putt for dough.

Typhoon

azgreg 😂😂…. Putting makes up for a lot of flaws. You can boom a drive, hit the green and 3 putt for bogey or you can dink one out there 210, hit a fw somewhere near the green , chip on to 10 feet and make the putt for par

garyt1957

Typhoon you can dink one out there 210,

I believe you mean "you can BUST one out there 210" read the room , man

DonM

garyt1957
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