Distance and Ball Flight: Carry, Roll and Strike
Distance is three numbers, not one: how fast the ball leaves, how well you struck it, and how much of the flight was carry rather than roll. Golfers who buy clubs to fix distance almost always have a strike problem or a launch problem, and both are measurable before you spend anything.
Carry distance from your ball speed
Ball speed is the single number that predicts carry best. If you only ever get one figure off a launch monitor, get this one.
Every question in this section
- ball speed to carry distance
Ball Speed to Carry Distance: What You Should Be Hitting
The one query in the whole sample where Google declined to generate an AI Overview.
- carry distance vs total distance
Carry or Total? Which Number You Should Club Off
Most golfers know their total distance from watching, and their carry not at all.
- smash factor and what it tells you
Smash Factor: The Number That Explains Your Lost Distance
A strike-quality measurement wearing a physics name. It is worth more than a new driver.
- how far should i hit my 7 iron
How Far Should I Hit My 7-Iron?
The average is meaningless without the loft. A 7-iron is 28 degrees in one set and 34 in another.
The rest of the bag
Specifications do not work in isolation. A driver loft that suits your speed is the wrong loft if your attack angle is steeply negative, and a wedge ladder is only correct relative to the pitching wedge above it. Work through the full-bag tool on the homepage when you are ready to see all of them at once.
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Driver Specifications: Loft, Length and Launch
3 questions, each answered by a tool.
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Shaft Specifications: Flex and Weight
4 questions, each answered by a tool.
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Iron Specifications: Lofts, Lie, Distance and the Long Game
4 questions, each answered by a tool.
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Wedge Specifications: Lofts and Gapping
3 questions, each answered by a tool.
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Full Bag Fitting: Every Specification in Order
2 questions, each answered by a tool.