The weather conditions, how well you hit the ball, your actual swing, and many other things can affect how far the ball goes with a specific club as well. This means you need to find your own individual distances with each club.
Sometimes you hit your five iron as far as someone else's seven iron or three iron. You don't want to trust the average distances from magazines and from websites because they may not fit you.
You also cannot trust the distances you hit on the range because most range balls are about 80% compared to the ball you play on the course. The best way to get an idea of your own distances with your clubs is to keep a journal.
However, you do need to know that you only want to keep track of the shots you hit solid. Don't worry if they don't go exactly where you want. Just figure out the distance and write it down. If you do this for about ten good rounds of golf, you can create a cheat sheet of your distance range with each club in your bag. This helps to take out some of the guesswork from each shot and you will be able to hit more greens because you know your distances. You also want to make sure you track the weather conditions, as this will affect your distance as well. Obviously, you will gain distance with the wind and lose distance into the wind.
Start doing this for your wedges and shorter irons first because they are the most important clubs in the bag. You want to know the approximate distance or the range you can hit the ball. For example, you want to know that you can hit your 8 iron between 125 yards and 130 yards, on average.
Just knowing your distances will give you some confidence and will allow you to feel comfortable with the shot you are trying to hit. If you are a bit more advanced, you may want to track things like knockdown shots, flop shots, half shots, three quarter shots, and any other specialty shots.
However, as a beginner you only want to worry about full and half shots for right now and work your way up to adding more to your game, as you get better. Knowing your golf club distances will make a huge difference and you will be more confident on the course when you know the distance you have to the hole.
You can use your cheat sheet to work off of and you will know that if it's windy you need to add or subtract distance to account for the wind. Of course, you are not always going to hit the ball the right distance, but that is just a part of golf
Trusting your cheat sheet and knowing how far you usually hit the ball will help, however. You won't hit every shot perfect, but just getting the distance right will make a big difference if you have a decent short game and can putt pretty well. I urge you to learn your distances and keep a notebook to help you do exactly this.
This knowledge will give you a significant edge over your playing partners and will help you enjoy the game better.
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