You can’t really even compare tournament courses with 90% of country clubs around the US. Tournament courses are designed in such a way that hitting ACCURATE tee shots far outweighs extra length. Country Club courses are rather easy by comparison with much wider fairways and less danger in hitting bombs. Of course there are exceptions to every rule. The RTJ courses are set up similar to a tournament level course. Most par 4s have the best angle into the green at roughly 150 yards. That means hitting a 310 yard drive on some and 250 or less on others. The course I play regularly is wide open where “luck favors the bold” and 300+ off the tee helps create scoring opportunities.
“Averaging 300” is what I was referencing, and again, I meant no offense by it. I’m sure you hit it a mile, like a lot of guys I play with.
Just from a math standpoint, for every one you “only hit 280” you need to hit one 320 to maintain a 300 average drive. Very difficult to do
You might do it, like you said, what course you play has a lot to do with it.
