Table 1.

Typical values of downswing phase duration for the driver and the irons, given in seconds. h means golf handicap. The value source is given in brackets.

Club	Gender	Recreational Golfers (h > 5) (s)	Highly Skilled Amateurs (h < 5) (s)	Professional Golfers (s)
Driver	Male	0.25 ± 0.02 [30]	0.31 ± 0.04 [31]	0.31 ± 0.04 [32]
	Female		0.39 ± 0.08 [31]
Iron	Male		0.31 ± 0.03 [33]	0.28 ± 0.03 [33]
	Female		0.36 ± 0.06 [33]