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Old 12-04-2004, 02:36 PM
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Driver distance?

I wonder if I can get some input? I have some idea of what the answer is but I'd like to get some 'outside agency' advice too.

I have a student who really plays SO well with irons and fairway woods but just can't get any distance from his driver and it's proventing him to scoring to his true ability. Really, this guy is a potential scracth player but his inability to get drives out there another 20/30m is stopping him. From 150m in, he's as good as anybody!

I've put his swing on V1 software and everything looks great, good turn, nice hold on the release and good through the ball. But, his driver only goes 210m or so - as far as his 3-wood.

My quesiton is: given he hits PW 110m and a 6-iron 155m, 3-wood 200/210, what do you think his driver distance could / should be?

His swing speed is around 88-95mph and his average swing path is a around 1 degree inside with square/1-degree closed club face.
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