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Golf Club Distance Calculator

Type how far one club carries. Get a number for the other 13 and see exactly where your bag has gaps.

A club you know

Its carry (yards)

Carry on a normal full swing, not your best one.

14 clubs in the bag

2 gap problems

Club	Carry (yd)	Gap
Driver		25 ydhole
3 wood		11 yd
5 wood		5 ydoverlap
Hybrid		14 yd
4 iron		8 yd
5 iron		10 yd
6 iron		11 yd
7 iron		11 yd
8 iron		11 yd
9 iron		12 yd
PW		11 yd
GW		12 yd
SW		13 yd
LW

Green numbers are estimates. Type your real carry over any of them and the gaps update. Untick clubs you leave at home.

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How the Calculator Works

It starts from two real data sets: TrackMan's average carry by club for PGA Tour players (7 iron 172 yards) and LPGA Tour players (7 iron 141 yards). Those two bags are not just scaled copies of each other. The LPGA bag is more compressed at the top, because slower speed gets less out of low loft.

The calculator places your known club between those two profiles and blends the ratios to match. Faster than tour average and it extends the tour pattern; slower than LPGA average and it compresses further. That is why a 110 yard 7 iron does not produce a 180 yard driver: the long clubs bunch up the way they really do for slower players.

The gap column then compares each club with the next one you carry. Under 7 yards is flagged as an overlap, over 18 yards as a hole. Type your real carry into any row and the gaps recalculate from your numbers instead of the estimates.

A Worked Example: 150 Yard 7 Iron

A 150 yard 7 iron is roughly a 98 mph driver swing, a little faster than the average male amateur. Here is what the calculator returns for the full bag:

Club	Estimated carry	Gap to next
Driver	234 yd	25 yd
3 wood	209 yd	11 yd
5 wood	198 yd	5 yd
Hybrid	193 yd	14 yd
4 iron	179 yd	8 yd
5 iron	171 yd	10 yd
6 iron	161 yd	11 yd
7 iron	150 yd	11 yd
8 iron	139 yd	12 yd
9 iron	127 yd	12 yd
PW	115 yd	10 yd
GW	105 yd	12 yd
SW	93 yd	13 yd
LW	80 yd

A few things jump out. The 5 wood and the hybrid sit only 5 yards apart, so most players at this speed should carry one or the other, not both, and use the free slot where a gap hurts more. The driver to 3 wood gap is the biggest in the bag at 25 yards, which is normal: nobody needs a club for a 220 yard approach very often. The irons step about 10 yards at a time, which is what you want.

Estimates Are a Start

No formula knows your strike. The honest way to use this page is to fill in the clubs you have measured and let the estimates cover the rest. If you want averages by skill level instead of your own numbers, the golf club distance chart has them for men and women. If your gaps look wrong at the top of the bag, check the shaft before buying another club with the shaft flex calculator.

Sources

TrackMan tour averages: PGA Tour and LPGA Tour carry distance by club. Wedges beyond PW are extrapolated at the same loft step.
Rules of Golf, Rule 4.1b: limit of 14 clubs

Frequently Asked Questions

How far should I hit each golf club?

It depends on your speed, which is why a single chart is not much use. If your 7 iron carries 150 yards, expect roughly 234 with the driver and 115 with the pitching wedge. Enter your own 7 iron, or any club you know, and the calculator scales the rest.

Why are my long irons so close together?

Slower swing speeds cannot launch low-lofted clubs high enough to use their extra loft difference, so the gaps at the top of the bag shrink. Tour players see about 9 to 11 yards between long irons; many amateurs see 5. That is the main reason hybrids replaced long irons.

What is a good gap between clubs?

Around 10 to 15 yards through the irons. Under 7 yards and two clubs are doing the same job, so one of them is a wasted slot. Over 18 yards and you will keep facing in-between shots. The calculator flags both.

Should I use carry or total distance?

Carry. Roll changes with firmness, slope and weather, while carry is what you choose a club by when there is a bunker or water in front of the green. Every number here is carry.

How many clubs can I carry?

Fourteen, under Rule 4.1b of the Rules of Golf. Untick the clubs you leave at home and the calculator measures the gaps against the next club you actually carry.