Is a 200 yd drive for a 9 year old unusual?

[storm]

Better have the kid tested for PED

[parbreaker]

I wouldn't say that a 200 yard drive is unusual for that age bracket, a lot has to do with physical development at that age. His background in hockey is probably helping him. I'd say what was more unusual would be that there were no 14 or 15 year olds at the camp that couldn't out drive him? No offense to your son of course. 14 and 15 year olds boys should have gone through a fairly significant growth spurt or developmental change thanks to puberty. So they should be physically taller and "stronger" at that point. Having said all that, good for your son to kicking their a**es

http://www.drivechipandputt.com/finals/leaderboard

As posted above, the winner of the 9 year old age division in the biggest junior golf "skills competition" in North America hit it 183, so I would say 200 is fairly unusual for a 9 year old, regardless of hockey experience.

[Geeve1008]

Was he swinging a PXG?

Do you hate on all brands you can’t afford as hard? Seems to me like you take every chance you get to take a dig at pxgs, I think deep down you want a set but you don’t have the coin lol

pretty happy with mine, broke par for the first time a couple of days ago hitting 15/18 greens in reg, can’t say I regret the purchase one bit

[spinaltap]

http://www.drivechipandputt.com/finals/leaderboard

As posted above, the winner of the 9 year old age division in the biggest junior golf "skills competition" in North America hit it 183, so I would say 200 is fairly unusual for a 9 year old, regardless of hockey experience.

What I meant by my comment was that it was more unusual that he beat out the 14 and 15 year olds too. The fact that he hit it 200 yards has too many variables that I'm not taken account for. Such as wind direction? Was it on a range or a down hill hole at a course? What was the temp like? You can compare it to drive chip and putt but what was the wind doing that day? Was it playing into the kids faces at the masters? So you can't just straight up compare those two based on age alone.

Is it normal for a 9 year old to hit it 200, no, it's fantastic. I'm not diminishing the OPs sons accomplishment I'm simply stating that on the scale of it be unusual I'd say beating out kids 6 years older is pretty "unusual"

[ManFromMoffat]

Do you hate on all brands you can’t afford as hard? Seems to me like you take every chance you get to take a dig at pxgs, I think deep down you want a set but you don’t have the coin lol

pretty happy with mine, broke par for the first time a couple of days ago hitting 15/18 greens in reg, can’t say I regret the purchase one bit

[Bern]

200 yards at that age is huge, top 1% I would guess.

[Bern]

Do you hate on all brands you can’t afford as hard? Seems to me like you take every chance you get to take a dig at pxgs, I think deep down you want a set but you don’t have the coin lol

pretty happy with mine, broke par for the first time a couple of days ago hitting 15/18 greens in reg, can’t say I regret the purchase one bit

Where did that come from?

Congrats on the sub par round.

[51Phantom]

Just let him have fun in golf and hockey. Don't push it. He is not going pro in either.

[Killer21]

My 9 year old daughter hits her driver avg about 135 but can get it out there 150 -170 depending on conditions. She was measured at 162 in the Drive Chip and Putt qualifier in Buffalo and wasn't the longest.

[spas1]

My son hit a drive 202 yesterday- he just turned 12 a couple of months ago. We have had him the PGA’s Drive Chip Putt competition since he was 9. Some of those kids could hit it long....

[Pingeye2_fan]

Sorry just saw this, he must use PXG as a search term in case anyone is disparaging the company. Too Funny.

Being dead serious, for the OP how far does your son hit his 7 iron?
Does he have decent gaps between clubs or is the driver distance an anomaly?

[Teofila]

Heck there are some days when I am happy to carry 200 yards with my driver. And according to what the broadcasters reported, I still lift it more than Rory, or Brooks Koepka. So how in the heck does that work?

[BigTut]

Was he swinging a PXG?

If he was using PXG then it would have been his 7 iron that was going 200 yards. Unless he had Gen2's, then the 7 would carry 225.

[sunshiNee]

You guys forgot, “kabooom baby”

[QuentinJJ]

Heck there are some days when I am happy to carry 200 yards with my driver. And according to what the broadcasters reported, I still lift it more than Rory, or Brooks Koepka. So how in the heck does that work?

What are you selling? You aren't no Arthur Dailey!