Golf Business News – Arccos publishes latest Driver Distance Report

Golf performance data tracking company Arccos has released the 2025 edition of its Annual Driving Distance Report, revealing key trends across genders, skill levels and age groups.  

Now in its seventh year, the 32-page report is Arccos’ most comprehensive to date – drawing on more than four million rounds played by Arccos users worldwide in 2024 to offer a data-rich look at real-world amateur driving performance.

The report focuses exclusively on driver tee shots hit on par 4s and par 5s, automatically captured and verified through the Arccos platform. It analyses total driving yardages (carry plus rollout) based on a random sample of 25,000 Arccos users and 6.5 million shots.

Among the key findings gathered is that average driving distance for men has gone down by 0.3 yards compared to 2023’s figures, to an average of 224.7. Broken down into age groups, those aged 15-19 were the longest off the tee, averaging 241.6 yards, while those over 70 years old were the shortest, at 190 yards.

Women golfers using Arccos saw their average drive drop by 1.9 yards, from an average of 178.1 in 2023 to 176.2 in 2024. The longest drivers were women in their 20s, who averaged 201.1 yards, while those in their 60s averaged 160 yards.

Interestingly, the data showed that players tend to hit the ball straighter as they grow older, with men in their 70s being the most accurate, hitting 56% of fairways off the tee, while those in their 20s found the short stuff just 39% of the time. The driving accuracy figures for women is similarly skewed in favour of older players, with women in their 60s finding the fairway 62% of the time, while those in their 20s managed 45%.

As expected, those with the lowest handicaps (0-4) were both the longest and straightest, with low single figure male golfers averaging 250 yards off the tee and finding the short grass 49% of the time. Those with handicaps of 30+ averaged 184 yards with a driver in hand and hit 40% of fairways in regulation. These differentials were mirrored for female golfers. 

“Arccos’ mission is to help golfers and the golf industry harness the power of data to enable smarter decisions,” said Sal Syed, Arccos CEO and co-founder. “We have now recorded over 1.2 billion shots from 22 million rounds played by Arccos members. Our belief is that this data can play a very valuable role as key golf industry stakeholders continue to discuss the implications of distance-related trends.”

The full 32-page 2025 Edition of the Arccos Annual Driving Distance Report, including data visualizations and analysis by age, gender, and handicap, is available for free at www.arccosgolf.com/pages/annual-driving-distance-report