How Does Age Affect Average Driving Distance For Amateurs? According to Shot Scope, golfers aged between 30 and 39 drive the golf ball around 256 yards on average.

The Arccos numbers present a picture that not only is driving distance for recreational golfers stagnant, it gets worse as they age, as well as when handicaps are lower.

Arccos also broke down the average driving distance data based on age and handicap. As you would expect, the younger golfers are and the lower their handicap, the further they tend to hit it.

Now, we’ve just entered a new age in golf—the Speed-Plus era—and we’re getting a glimpse of it during this week’s U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine National. Among the leaders of this new era ...

Aldrich Potgieter, a 20-year-old PGA Tour rookie, leads in driving distance. His powerful drives ... he’s precocious and ferocious. At age 17, he won the 2022 British Amateur Championship, becoming ...

The National Golf Foundation reports that the largest group of on-course players might be surprising for many long-established golfers.