How to Accurately Measure How Far You Hit Your Clubs

Do you know how far you hit each golf club in your bag? If the answer is no, you're probably missing out on a very simple way to shave a couple of strokes off of your score. Every player should know how to accuratley measure how far they hit each club. Let's check out a few methods to track your distances.

18Birdies is a great app that you can use on the golf course to get real results from on-course shots that you hit.

The app acts as a virtual caddy on the golf course, and the more you use it the better of a caddy it becomes. As you play more and record more statistics, such as where approach shots end up and how far your drives travel, the app can make club recommendations for you.

After your round, the 18Birdies app has a ton a great statistics for you to review, including greens in regulation, distances on every tracked shot, fairways hit, and much more. In addition to your club averages, the app also makes recommendations on which aspects of your golf game you should focus on improving to lower your scores the most.

If you want to leave the numbers to the machine, the 18 Birdies app is your best bet. You can try the app for free and there's a premium membership which gives you a multitude of other great features including strokes gained and a live weather map.

If you’re interested in measuring your distances with every club, and a whole lot more, without really doing any extra work, the Shot Scope X5 or V5 GPS golf watch just might be the best solution for you. In fact, we've been using both Shot Scope watches to track on-course performance for a couple years now, and Shot Scope gets our recommendation as the best on-course performance tracker in golf until further notice.

The two watches are nearly identical except that the V5 is slightly more luxurious and utlizes a touchscreen display, whereas the X5 is controlled by four buttons and checks in about $50 less than it's sibling.

Both watches come with sensors that connect to the grip of every club. While you play, the sensors and watch communicate to track the location and distance of every shot you hit. The Shot Scope app then gives you a performance average (an adjusted average), the true average, and the maximum distance you hit every club in your bag.

On top of that, Shot Scope gives you in-depth statistical insights into every facet of your game, all without using your phone on the course or requiring a subscription fee.

Arccos is another great way to accurately compile your club distances. Arccos Smart Sensors fit into the hole in the butt-end of each grip. They are virtually unnoticeable and provide precise data and measurements. There are several different packages to choose from, but all Arccos sensors pair with an app that tracks your progress around the golf course, you can also pair the sensors with your Apple Watch.

In addition to smart club distances, the Arccos Caddie app provides live caddie advice based on each shot as well as strokes gained analytics that you can track from round-to-round.

For better or for worse, Arccos Golf is dead-on accurate and gives you a fun experience that's well worth the investment.

If you prefer to log your distances manually, you'll still need a reliable way to measure all of your shots. The best way to do so is with a laser rangefinder.

There are plenty of great rangefinders out there today, and we recommend this one from Red Tiger because it has slope functionality, a magnetic mount built-in, and it’s a great value at a hair over $100.

Using the slope functionality, you can record your adjusted distances even when you’re hitting up or downhill. Plus, in addition to recording your yardages on the driving range, it can save you strokes on the course as well.

Measuring your distances with every club is just one of the many things you can do with the Rapsodo MLM2Pro Launch Monitor. Whether you’re indoors or out, you can capture carry and total distances with every club (plus a ton of other useful data points) on every swing.

You can also use the MLM2Pro to play virtual golf, practice on the virtual driving range, and test your skills and measure your progress in Rapsodo’s combine.

Rapsodo uses two cameras and radar to capture accurate data on every shot. It’s so accurate, in fact, that we use this unit to conduct a lot of our equipment testing. At $699, this unit is certainly an investment, but considering everything it does and its competition, it’s also a steal.

There’s one more great way to measure your distances, and that’s by using a handheld golf GPS. Our top pick in that category is the Blue Tees Ringer.

You can track the distance of any shot while you’re on the course using the Ringer, and check your stats in the Blue Tees app after your round.

On top of that, you’ll get GPS distances to all the important spots on the golf course, helping you navigate your round. The Ringer also tracks your score and other stats, and stashes those in the app for you to pour over later as well.