Hi there,

There are a couple of different answers here...................

If you practice off mats with range balls then forget it.


If you practice off grass with your regular balls then pace out 10 shots with the same club and take the shortest good shot as your distance, this alows for pressure on the course which will affect your distance, also with lies you get on the course, wind etc all affect distance.


Unfortunatley it is a slow learning process, for example: Par three 150yds


7 iron off a par three tee 155
7 iron off par three uphill 145
7 iron par three downhill 165
7 iron par three uphill wind behind 155
7 iron par three uphill wind head on take 6 iron.......


Getting the drift.


Hope this helps


Ian.

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