How Far Female Golfers Hit Their Drives... Revealed!

Most golfers have a fairly good idea of how far the best female players in the world hit their drives, especially those who watch a lot of live golf.

Watching the best in the business work their magic around the greens is fascinating, but we all like to see a big drive - and you can't watch a tournament these days without constantly being told how long the pros are.

We get it - they're super long.

Last year on the LPGA Tour, Thailand's Natthakritta Vongtaveelap averaged a whopping 290.61 yards off the tee, which no one came close to.

Even World No.1 Nelly Korda, who is certainly not short off the tee, was 20 yards shorter on average.

The LPGA Tour average was somewhere in the region of 260 yards - but how does this compare to female golfers at club level?

We put this question to our data partner, Shot Scope, and the numbers are shown in the table below.

The 'Performance Average' has been displayed, because this removes outliers and gives a true representation of the distance a well struck golf shot travels.

Whether or not these numbers come as a surprise might depend on whether you track your golf shots.

At first glance, it's actually the numbers on the right relating to accuracy and the percentage of fairways hit that might seem surprising.

As the handicap increases, the trend appears to be that accuracy improves, albeit only slightly.

One possible explanation might be that as the handicap goes up, the average distance decreases, therefore shorter players manage to keep the ball on the fairway.

It's an educated guess, one that appears to make the most sense.

Returning to the subject of distance, if these figures are worrying you, we offer plenty of top tips and drills to help you hit a longer ball off the tee.

And if you feel that you could benefit from new equipment, you might want to see what the best golf drivers for women can offer you by way off a distance boost.