Average distances for women.

[Flowergirl]

After making a few swing changes and going to the gym I have noticed that I am hitting the ball a lot further than I ever did. Previously mentioned that I was dubbed "gorilla girl" by one of my playing partners.:mrgreen:

I know that the guys have posted their averages but hadn't looked up womens before. I got this chart from Womens Golf Victoria website and I'm amazed how low they are.

1 wood160 metres
3 wood 140 metres
5 wood 120 metres
7 wood100 metres
3 iron120 metres
4 iron110 metres
5 iron100 metres
6 iron 90 metres
7 iron80 metres
8 iron70 metres
9 iron 60 metres
Pitching Wedge (PW)50 metres
Sand Wedge (SW)40 metres

I hit my 5 wood 150 +, 7 iron 120m and 9 iron 100m.
I think that the chart must be for very high handicappers. I can't believe that at my age and playing for relatively a short time that I am that much longer. Shazza - I know that you are a big hitter. What are your stats?

I know that I am longer off the tee than most women of a similar handicap - for example during pennant. But of course I have no idea what they use around the course and you can't ask.

Of course it doesn't mean a lot - who cares what you use as long as you hit the green but of course a 7 iron into a green is a lot easier to hit than a 3 iron.

So does that mean that I really should be scoring a lot better than I am if I have that advantage of extra length?

[Courty]

I hit my 5 wood 150 +, 7 iron 120m and 9 iron 100m.

Phwoar! You are a gorilla, girl!

:p

[shazza_rs]

I'm not really sure what my distances are as they seem to change week in week out.

I go off the following:

Driver - averages 180-190
5 wood - 150+
8 iron - 100

I lose a bit of distance with my irons because they are too stiff.... but i went for the too stiff option to minimise dispersion of approach shots.

In all honesty, unless the course is short i'm rarely hitting my irons anyway. I think i could probably count on one hand the amount of times i need to hit an iron (mostly par 3's). Maybe thats why my par 3 stats are soooooo shite :)

[amanda]

Reenie - that sounds about right to me - if you look at the distribution of handicaps - I think the avg WGA handicap is around 25-30.

I hit driver about 150-170, 5i 115m, 7i 95m. Don't really have a f/w wood distance as I hit my 5w really badly!

[welshy]

Apologies in advance but I hear anything more than 9 inches is a struggle :shock:

[Jarro]

Apologies in advance but I hear anything more than 9 inches is a struggle :shock:

What the hell does that refer too ??

[v205]

IIRC, Michelle Wie hits her driver 250m+?

[Flowergirl]

IIRC, Michelle Wie hits her driver 250m+?
Note thread title - AVERAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you compare yourself to Tiger????
Average ditances for a skirt;) ( I don't forget these things you know)

[Dazza]

My wife gets her driver up around 150mt FYI.

[kev]

Note thread title - AVERAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you compare yourself to Tiger????
Average ditances for a skirt;) ( I don't forget these things you know)

Hate to be pedantic... thread title is Average distances for women, not Distances for average women.

Michelle Wie is a woman and her average distance is 250m

Thank you, I'm here all week, try the veal.

(and yes I do compare myself to Tiger - badly of course... :lol: )

[BrisVegas]

I've caddied for some of the A-Game and QAS girls and they're typically in the low-200's. Most of them hit a draw with plenty of roll so I would say they'd be carrying it 180-190m but mostly they were finishing up around the 220-230m mark.

With their irons, they were typically only one club shorter than me, ie.

PW-100
9 - 110
8 - 120
7 - 130
6 - 140
5 - 150+

[Scottt]

What's all this about 200+?

I've seen 167m win bronze at a long drive champs! Those girls are good! :lol:

[dc68]

Better than Oz's worst 9 marker anyway!

[Scottt]

Yeah you got me there! 10,000 comedians out of work and you're trying to be one :lol:

[welshy]

What the hell does that refer too ??

Who removed my response to this? I would appreciate it if you removed my response then you would remove the previous post too

[AndyP]

Are you sure you posted it?

[welshy]

Yup - at least I thought I did

[amanda]

I've caddied for some of the A-Game and QAS girls and they're typically in the low-200's. Most of them hit a draw with plenty of roll so I would say they'd be carrying it 180-190m but mostly they were finishing up around the 220-230m mark.

Which isn't really what FG was comparing to! Yes we can argue on semantics but she meant club distances for the average female handicap.

[Flowergirl]

Hate to be pedantic... thread title is Average distances for women, not Distances for average women.

Michelle Wie is a woman and her average distance is 250m

Thank you, I'm here all week, try the veal.

(and yes I do compare myself to Tiger - badly of course... :lol: )

Smart arse:mrgreen: You are right you know but you'll never get me to admit that.

What I should have said was "what are the distances that the average feamale - no I mean - what distances does the feamle on an average - no I mean - :shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock::shock:

And thanks Dion - those distances give me something to aspire to.:mrgreen:

[goughy]

Heck Vegas, those distances give me something to aspire too too!!

[BrisVegas]

Which isn't really what FG was comparing to! Yes we can argue on semantics but she meant club distances for the average female handicap.

ok, just trying to help out with some more numbers. I wont bother next time. :roll: