Pro driver swing speeds?
 

Surfed for a while and found these numbers from different sources:

• Michelle Wie and Annika Sörenstam were both on 103 a few years ago.
• In 2006 Wie had upped to 108 and Annika to 105.
• In 2003 one of the slowest on the PGA tour was Rocco Mediate at 106.
• Ernie Els has or had 115.
• The majority of the professionals are over 115.
• Tiger and Daly can go 130 and maybe past that.

Anyone else with an idea about pro numbers? They have obviously gone up a fraction over the last few years. I'd like to see the complete table of swing speeds measured on stock drives + maxed out drives.

Why? Well I need a carrot for gym training and I'd like to set a number to reach myself - for regular day-in-day-out stock drives, and I feel it'd be nice to pick a target number that is more or less what 90% of the pros would beat.

Would 110 be a good number?

You're at the wrong forum
 

Just go to BSG, FGA, GEA, or GO and join up. You be smackin' 'em 350 yards in no time.

LOL. Yes, isn't that amazing. They all average over 300 yards. It is also why I am not going there.

Rocco's swing speed
 

I would have thought that Rocco's swing speed whould be much higher than this:eh:

I have never seen him play in the flesh but watching him on tv he seems to strike the ball very well. If I had to guess I would have said that he had at least an average tour pro swing speed of something like 115mph.

The need for speed.
 

PGA Tour Average Swing Speed is 113mph. It is not just about Swing Speed; See 1-L-12.

What can you do in a gym to increase Clubhead Speed? Thanks.

swing speed is not the only way to hit it father.try to sustain the lag and you will get more yardage and also be able to find the ball.a ball hit solid at 70%will go farther than a ball mishit at 100%.hope this helps you.as far as thegym just work on your triceps

Thanks
 

Thanks a lot for the replies & concern for not getting lost in the swing speed dead end. Again, the sole reason for me to take interest in this is to find a good reason to work out at the gym. I am fully aware that scoring and swing speed are not even remotely correlated, to start with. Regarding the correlation between swing speed and drive length the display by Ted Fort in Destin was very clear. He was longer than anyone else, but not because his swing speed was that much higher.

Spoke to a former tour player today. His opinion on the statement "majority of the pros are above 115" was in line with drewit. He'd say 115 was the average - at most. Probably a tad lower.

In my case I need to work on a whole lot of basic things. I lack so much flexibility it makes the PT laugh really hard. But I'll certainly give the triceps a few extra reps - simply because a Recent Winner told me so! :salut:

Give me five!
 

The 113 mph came from Dick Rugge, Senior Technical Director of the USGA.

Interestingly enough, he also reports the average 5 iron shot played from the fairway is approximately 185 yards, but when played from the tee on a par three, the average distance moved to 197 yards.

60's and 70's
 

Here are some of the longest hitters I can think of from the 60's and 70's...

Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Weiskopf, Larry Ziegler, Jim Dent.

Sam Snead was very long during his prime... 40's and 50's, and was fairly long into the 60's. Mr. Snead could hit some 300 yarders with that old ball and wood/woods. His clubhead speed must have been way up there, along with a very fine swing technique.

I asked Bobby Cole who was the longest during his time... He said Mr. Nicklaus was very long at that time... longer than Mr. Weiskopf, who was very long when he wanted to be.