Distances

March 25th, 2025

It’s time you know your real iron distances – 4 ways to find out

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January 24th, 2025

The clever strategy pros actually use to calculate distances

Judging distances ultimately comes down to five pieces of information that pros try to fit together to uncover the perfect number.

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WM Phoenix Open - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Chris Gotterup	-8	F	1
2	Matt Fitzpatrick	-6	F	1
T3	Michael Thorbjornsen	-5	F	1
T3	Nicolai Højgaard	-5	F	1
T3	Pi Coody	-5	F	1
T6	Kevin Roy	-4	F	1
T6	Max McGreevy	-4	F	1
T6	Daniel Berger	-4	F	1
T6	Jake Knapp	-4	F	1
T6	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-4	17	1
T6	Keith Mitchell	-4	16	1
T6	Sam Stevens	-4	16*	1
T6	John Parry	-4	10*	1
T14	Rasmus Højgaard	-3	F	1
T14	Mackenzie Hughes	-3	F	1
T14	Ryo Hisatsune	-3	F	1
T14	John VanDerLaan	-3	F	1
T14	Kensei Hirata	-3	F	1
T14	Hideki Matsuyama	-3	15	1
T14	Akshay Bhatia	-3	15*	1
T14	Johnny Keefer	-3	12*	1
T14	Zach Bauchou	-3	12	1
T14	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-3	11	1
T14	Austin Smotherman	-3	10*	1
T14	Christo Lamprecht	-3	10*	1
T26	Mark Hubbard	-2	F	1
T26	Chris Kirk	-2	F	1
T26	Ryan Fox	-2	F	1
T26	Davis Thompson	-2	F	1
T26	Kurt Kitayama	-2	F	1
T26	Gary Woodland	-2	F	1
T26	A.J. Ewart	-2	F	1
T26	Chandler Phillips	-2	18	1
T26	Max Homa	-2	16	1
T26	Brian Campbell	-2	14*	1
T26	Sami Valimaki	-2	13*	1
T37	Bud Cauley	-1	F	1
T37	Sahith Theegala	-1	F	1
T37	Harris English	-1	F	1
T37	Jordan Spieth	-1	F	1
T37	Joe Highsmith	-1	F	1
T37	Michael Brennan	-1	F	1
T37	Rafael Campos	-1	18	1
T37	Emiliano Grillo	-1	18*	1
T37	S.H. Kim	-1	17*	1
T37	Kristoffer Reitan	-1	17*	1
T37	Chad Ramey	-1	17*	1
T37	Stephan Jaeger	-1	16*	1
T37	Cam Young	-1	14	1
T37	Haotong Li	-1	11	1
T37	Adrien Saddier	-1	10*	1
T52	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	E	F	1
T52	Max Greyserman	E	F	1
T52	Michael Kim	E	F	1
T52	Sepp Straka	E	F	1
T52	Nick Taylor	E	F	1
T52	Ben Griffin	E	F	1
T52	Jacob Bridgeman	E	F	1
T52	Tom Hoge	E	F	1
T52	Marco Penge	E	F	1
T52	S.T. Lee	E	F	1
T52	Rico Hoey	E	18*	1
T52	Takumi Kanaya	E	18*	1
T52	Mac Meissner	E	17*	1
T52	Joel Dahmen	E	16	1
T52	Viktor Hovland	E	15	1
T52	Min Woo Lee	E	14	1
T52	Rickie Fowler	E	14	1
T52	Cam Davis	E	14*	1
T52	Maverick McNealy	E	13	1
T52	Erik van Rooyen	E	12*	1
T52	Hank Lebioda	E	12*	1
T52	Jordan Smith	E	11*	1
T52	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	E	11*	1
T52	Pontus Nyholm	E	11*	1
T52	Neal Shipley	E	11	1
T52	Jeffrey Kang	E	9*	1
T78	Patton Kizzire	+1	F	1
T78	Vince Whaley	+1	F	1
T78	Webb Simpson	+1	F	1
T78	Sam Burns	+1	F	1
T78	Patrick Rodgers	+1	F	1
T78	Eric Cole	+1	F	1
T78	Zecheng Dou	+1	F	1
T78	Keita Nakajima	+1	F	1
T78	Corey Conners	+1	18	1
T78	Thorbjørn Olesen	+1	17	1
T78	Collin Morikawa	+1	15	1
T78	Xander Schauffele	+1	14	1
T78	Alejandro Tosti	+1	9*	1
T91	Danny Walker	+2	F	1
T91	Marcelo Rozo	+2	F	1
T91	Wyndham Clark	+2	F	1
T91	Scottie Scheffler	+2	F	1
T91	Karl Vilips	+2	F	1
T91	Tony Finau	+2	F	1
T91	Adam Schenk	+2	F	1
T91	Peter Malnati	+2	F	1
T91	Dan Brown	+2	F	1
T91	Tom Kim	+2	17	1
T91	Davis Riley	+2	16*	1
T91	Harry Hall	+2	15*	1
T91	S.W. Kim	+2	14	1
T91	Aldrich Potgieter	+2	14*	1
T91	Nico Echavarria	+2	13*	1
T91	Austin Eckroat	+2	12	1
T91	Emilio Gonzalez	+2	12	1
T108	Brice Garnett	+3	F	1
T108	Brian Harman	+3	F	1
T108	Alex Smalley	+3	F	1
T108	Davis Chatfield	+3	F	1
T108	Matthieu Pavon	+3	16*	1
T108	J.T. Poston	+3	16*	1
T108	Brooks Koepka	+3	14	1
T108	Garrick Higgo	+3	13*	1
T108	Charley Hoffman	+3	12	1
T117	Andrew Novak	+4	15*	1
T117	Matt McCarty	+4	13	1
T117	Billy Horschel	+4	14	1
T117	Chandler Blanchet	+4	12	1
121	William Mouw	+5	F	1
122	Matti Schmid	+6	12	1
123	Thomas Avant	+11	F	1

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PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
T1	Talor Gooch	-10	18	2
T1	Peter Uihlein	-10	18	2
T1	Thomas Detry	-10	18	2
T4	Jon Rahm	-9	18	2
T4	Sebastian Muñoz	-9	18	2
T4	Jason Kokrak	-9	18	2
T4	Elvis Smylie	-9	18	2
T8	Sergio Garcia	-8	18	2
T8	David Puig	-8	18	2
T10	Byeong Hun An	-7	18	2
T10	Yosuke Asaji	-7	18	2
T10	Abraham Ancer	-7	18	2
T10	Joaquin Niemann	-7	18	2
T14	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	18	2
T14	Marc Leishman	-6	18	2
T14	Thomas Pieters	-6	18	2
T14	Scott Vincent	-6	18	2
T14	Caleb Surratt	-6	18	2
T14	Adrian Meronk	-6	18	2
T14	Graeme McDowell	-6	18	2
T21	Tyrrell Hatton	-5	18	2
T21	Harold Varner III	-5	18	2
T21	Sam Horsfield	-5	18	2
T21	Bryson DeChambeau	-5	18	2
T21	Anirban Lahiri	-5	18	2
T21	Ben Campbell	-5	18	2
T21	Richard T. Lee	-5	18	2
T21	Dustin Johnson	-5	18	2
T29	Carlos Ortiz	-4	18	2
T29	Charl Schwartzel	-4	18	2
T29	Danny Lee	-4	18	2
T29	Cameron Smith	-4	18	2
T29	Paul Casey	-4	18	2
T29	Anthony Kim	-4	18	2
T29	Branden Grace	-4	18	2
36	Charles Howell III	-3	18	2
T37	Cameron Tringale	-2	18	2
T37	Miguel Tabuena	-2	18	2
T37	Lucas Herbert	-2	18	2
T37	Ian Poulter	-2	18	2
T37	Younghan Song	-2	18	2
T37	Tom McKibbin	-2	18	2
T37	Laurie Canter	-2	18	2
T37	Brendan Steele	-2	18	2
T37	Michael La Sasso	-2	18	2
T37	Bjorn Hellgren	-2	18	2
T47	Richard Bland	-1	18	2
T47	Dean Burmester	-1	18	2
T47	Ollie Schniederjans	-1	18	2
T47	Victor Perez	-1	18	2
T51	Ben Schmidt	E	18	2
T51	Luis Masaveu	E	18	2
T51	Josele Ballester	E	18	2
T54	Minkyu Kim	+2	18	2
T54	Martin Kaymer	+2	18	2
56	Bubba Watson	+3	18	2
57	Matthew Wolff	+4	18	2

Distances

It’s time you know your real iron distances – 4 ways to find out

The clever strategy pros actually use to calculate distances

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Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	SMASH GC	-30	18	2
2	TORQUE GC	-27	18	2
3	4ACES GC	-23	18	2
4	LEGION XIII	-22	18	2
5	RIPPER GC	-21	18	2
6	CRUSHERS GC	-17	18	2
7	FIREBALLS GC	-16	18	2
8	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-15	18	2
9	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-11	18	2
10	MAJESTICKS GC	-9	18	2
11	RANGEGOATS GC	-8	18	2
12	HYFLYERS GC	-7	18	2
13	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-6	18	2

Distances

It’s time you know your *real* iron distances – 4 ways to find out

The clever strategy pros actually use to calculate distances

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It’s time you know your real iron distances – 4 ways to find out