How about a quick informational publish?
Here's a chart from Golf Digest's Fitness Friday post on velocity-based training. If you've ever wondered how much distance you gain with a speed increase and an center-face hit with your driver -- and yes, that center-face hit is important for this to be correct -- it looks like every 2mph of swing speed you can generate will give you around 7 extra yards off the tee.
So -- I'm extrapolating a piece right here --a 105mph swing with an on-center hit could convey around 274 yards, 110mph could deliver round 319 yards, and 115mph would convey around 354 yards. That's how this chart makes it appearance.
BUT that's now not the way it works, is it? At least, those numbers do not appear to suit up with how a long way Tour pros hit it. For instance, I checked Dustin Johnson's clubhead speed at this PGATOUR.Com stat page. DJ ranks only 17th to date this year, at 120.54mph. (Poor DJ, only 17th.) But his driving distance, which is 6th on Tour, is 313 yards. (Here's the Driving Distance stat page I used.)
For evaluation, Tony Finau, #1 in clubhead velocity thus far this year, averages one hundred twenty five.35mph and hits it -- anticipate it -- 318 yards, that is 3rd on Tour.
And the longest hitter is Gary Woodland at just beneath 320 yards with a clubhead velocity of simply barely over 125mph, he is 3rd in that class.
Bear in mind that those numbers are general distance, which includes both convey AND roll-out. Yet the distinction among terrible vintage DJ and Gary Woodland is 5mph but nevertheless simplest 7 yards. That doesn't sound almost so spectacular, does it?
So I'd be careful about obsessing over swing velocity numbers. It appears there may be A LOT more worried than just how fast you swing the membership, and not even the Tour pros have it found out.
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