Calculating how far you hit a particular shot, one time, on the golf course is fairly simple. You look at where your ball landed, find the nearest yardage marker to see how far out you are from the green and subtract that number from the total yardage of the hole, found on your scorecard. To calculate your true, average distance for a particular club, you'll need to visit the driving range and hit more than one ball.
Step 1
Visit a driving range with a variety of yardage makers. Bring the club or clubs for which you want to determine your distance. Select balls that are the similar compression for your test. Visit on a day when the weather conditions will not affect the flight or roll of your shots.
Step 2
Choose a spot on the range that will let you simulate the swing you will normally use on the course. If you can only find a spot on the far left side of the range, don't pick a target to the far right and attempt to hit it with a push or fade if you want to see how you hit your driver straight ahead.
Step 3
Swing the club and hit a variety of balls with different clubs to warm up. Don't worry about calculating distance at this point.
Step 4
Finish warming up, then tee the ball or place it on the turf, depending on the club you are testing and what situation you want to gauge, to begin your test.
Step 5
Hit 10 balls with the same club using your normal swing. Aim for a target or spot on the range, just as you would during a round of golf. Don't try to kill the ball for distance or relax for accuracy, if that's not what you do on the course. Write down the average distance you hit each shot, using the yardage markers as your guide. Do not include obvious mishits. Add the total yardage of the 10 balls.
Step 6
Divide the total yardage by 10 to get your average distance. Subtract the longest and shortest balls you hit if they are far off the distance of the rest of your shots.
Step 7
Repeat this process, changing clubs and lies for each shot as you would on a course. Play a simulated round, starting with your driver off a tee, moving to your second shot with a fairway wood or iron from the turf, then moving to pitching. Play 10 holes this way, keeping track of the yardage for each club. Calculate the average distance for each club to learn your average distance when you are not able to get into a rhythm or groove with several shots.
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