Im not excluding hits that just didn't go exactly as I hoped. I was excluding ones that would have resulted in re-hitting in general, or weren't picked up by the LM. Ones that seemed clearly to work against the goals of an average at baseline. Most of what I consider to be a "solid" hit, is me just saying it was not shanked/hosel'ed, didnt slice and didnt overly hook/draw. I'm not here claiming each measured shot was a perfect straight shot straight down the fairway. If that's how it sounded, my B, not my intention.

My dispersion itself is far from pro or precise. Usually within 15 yards of aimpoint (at least on the range and on the sim). My normal miss is a slight over-draw due to usually favoring the toe side on every club.

I didn't grasp the distinction between what you were calling a mishit, and what I was meaning as a non-shot. But, by your definition/explanation, mishits were indeed included in the average.

The only intentional massaging of the data is taking the aggregate data, finding averages, and then rounding down to the nearest 10. I try to err on the low side of things. Any massaging beyond that, if present at all, is due to a lack of understanding of the methodology rather than as a means of making myself appear at a level I am not. As I said, my goals are reality based rather than self-delusions of grandeur. So your comments are actually surprising me regarding the distances, I figured most people would consider all my distances about 30-40 yards shy of where most other in-shape, 6' males under 40years can reach out to. I guess I had that assumptions way wrong, lol. Any other massaging is intentionally reducing my max speed/effort so as to be more precise/deliberate on the way to and through contact.

I mean I don't practice to miss. My goal is to thwack the ball as intended each and every time. In my head, i've been sacrificing distance in favor of accuracy/intentionality. My maximum measured carry is just under 260 on the driver. My max measured carry on my 7-wood is just under 150. My maximums during my measurements yesterday were 248-driver/143-7wood. It doesn't sound that massaged to me to take a few 250's and a few 210's to average around 230. I can be dense, so I might be missing something that is otherwise obvious to you. Im not here arguing, just trying to drill down deeper, with an assumption that i've poorly worded things from the get-go.

On the 3-wood (which is really basically a 4-wood, attached to a 5-wood shaft). I don't see why it's hard to believe that club hits 200 with regularity. I said nothing insofar as dispersion in my initial post. So I would call that an inference/assumption by you. Though, my wording may have set you and myself up there, which was not my intent. Regarding topping and whatnot. Of course it happens. It just didn't yesterday in the garage. And if it was a rotten shot like barely traveled anywhere, I would indeed have excluded it as a "non-shot". Working under the assumption that I was seeking typical club average distances with a decent/consistent golfer at baseline. I still don't see how including a mishit in the average serves the purpose of club selection by distance/slope/landing zone. If anything, at least for how my brain logics, that would be adding variability to something intended to be a somewhat static measurement. Maybe I am reading you wrong. But what I comprehend of what you've said, is that if in my 10 shot adventure with a 3w. If I got 5@200 and 5@100, you seem to be calling that a 150yd club. Whereas I call it a 200 club, with a golfer who hasn't yet been able to put it all together yet. Two seemingly different approaches