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People who actually drive it over 250 are actually pretty rare, and people who legitimately drive it over 275 are really rare, and people who drive it over 300 are incredibly rare.
Every single source you read that has studied it has shown that the vast majority of golfers overestimate their distances and that the average scratch golfer is usually in the 250-275 range.
For example, on one day at Torrey Pines, they tracked 87 male golfers that came through. Their average handicap was 12, which is actually lower than you would find at most courses. 33 of the golfers were single digit handicaps, and those golfers averaged just 232 yards on 66 measured drives. And those were the best golfers. On one of the holes, the longest amateur all day (out of 87) drove it 280. The other hole saw a long drive of 290. So out of 174 measured drives in a given day, not a single one went over 290.
http://www.popeofslope.com/downloads/therealdifference.pdf
Watty...re-read the quote what I bolded above...then read it again.
If the baseline for your comments measure against the average golfer, sure, you have a valid point.
However, the longest hitters in each club push it out there well past 280 yards. Again, not Average Joe Weekender...the longest hitters in each club. I'm using a very different baseline.
Also, the comment above relative to scratch golfers being in the 250-275 range is irrelevant.
A scratch golfer, playing from the Senior tees because he/she can only push it out there 225 yards off the box, is still a scratch golfer.
Again, not in the baseline of being the longest hitters in club play.