Okay nerds let’s look at the numbers part 2: Distances

How far do you I actually hit the ball?

Last year for my birthday I gave myself a little gift, a Rhapsodo launch monitor. When you combine that with my Garmin watch I should have some level of detail on how far I actually hit my clubs. So, I wanted to play a game, name the club and guess what I think I hit it. Then see what the data says.

Also doing this exercise allows me to set a baseline because I do want to increase my length.

I’ll do this exercise and see where I am at when we are done.

Club: Driver

What I think I hit: 245 yards

Rhapsodo: 205 yards

Garmin: 228 yards

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Club: 3 Wood

What I think I hit: 240 yards

Rhapsodo: NA (no idea what is going on here)

Garmin: 191 yards

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Club: 3 Hybrid

What I think I hit: 225 yards

Rhapsodo: 172 yards

Garmin: 178 yards

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Club: 4 Iron (no longer in my bag, replaced by a driving iron)

What I think I hit: 210 yards

Rhapsodo: 165 yards

Garmin: 195 yards

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Club: 5 Iron

What I think I hit: 200 yards

Rhapsodo: 141 yards

Garmin: 148 yards (I use this a lot to pitch low under things skewing the stats)

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Club: 6 Iron

What I think I hit: 190 yards

Rhapsodo: NA (no idea what’s going on here)

Garmin: 173 yards

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Club: 7 Iron

What I think I hit: 170 yards

Rhapsodo: 142 yards

Garmin: 162 yards

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Club: 8 Iron

What I think I hit: 160 yards

Rhapsodo: 146 yards

Garmin: 146 yards

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Club: 9 Iron

What I think I hit: 150 yards

Rhapsodo: 134 yards

Garmin: 139 yards

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Club: PW

What I think I hit: 140 yards

Rhapsodo: 122 yards

Garmin: 136 yards

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Club: UW

What I think I hit: 120 yards

Rhapsodo: 105 yards

Garmin: 117 yards

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Club: 54 Degree Wedge

What I think I hit: 100 yards

Rhapsodo: 97 yards

Garmin: 73 yards

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Club: 58 Degree Wedge

What I think I hit: 80 yards

Rhapsodo: 85 yards

Garmin: 47 yards

I think my Rhapsodo is WAY off. The driving range I usually hit on has a big drop-off after about 60 yards, which may be impacting how it tracks. I’m not sure. Maybe I need to recalibrate and investigate how I use this.

One thing for sure is even if the data isn’t 100% correct is that I overestimate how far I hit the ball. This is also backed up by the previous post about stats where I come up short 44% of the time.