Golf club distances, every club
Golf club distances run from a driver carry of 275 yards at the tour speed of 113 mph to a gap wedge near 124 yards; a 15 handicap carries a driver about 217 yards and a 7 iron 136 yards on the model. Every club below has its own page, and a page at each handicap, swing speed and age.
Every club at tour speed
The published tour anchors: club head speed, ball speed, smash factor and carry for each club, with the roll the model adds on a fairway landing. Every other number in this family is these rows scaled by speed.
The tour anchor table
| Club | Club head speed | Ball speed | Smash factor | Carry | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 113 mph | 167 mph | 1.48 | 275 yards | 297 yards |
| 3 wood | 107 mph | 158 mph | 1.48 | 243 yards | 258 yards |
| 5 wood | 103 mph | 152 mph | 1.48 | 230 yards | 244 yards |
| Hybrid | 100 mph | 146 mph | 1.46 | 225 yards | 239 yards |
| 3 iron | 98 mph | 142 mph | 1.45 | 212 yards | 220 yards |
| 4 iron | 96 mph | 137 mph | 1.43 | 203 yards | 211 yards |
| 5 iron | 94 mph | 132 mph | 1.40 | 194 yards | 202 yards |
| 6 iron | 92 mph | 127 mph | 1.38 | 183 yards | 190 yards |
| 7 iron | 90 mph | 120 mph | 1.33 | 172 yards | 179 yards |
| 8 iron | 87 mph | 115 mph | 1.32 | 160 yards | 166 yards |
| 9 iron | 85 mph | 109 mph | 1.28 | 148 yards | 154 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 83 mph | 102 mph | 1.23 | 136 yards | 139 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 81 mph | 95 mph | 1.17 | 124 yards | 126 yards |
Carry by handicap
Three handicaps across the bag on the handicap model, which puts a scratch driver at 106 mph and takes 0.95 mph off per stroke of handicap.
Carry for scratch, 10 and 20 handicaps
| Club | Scratch | 10 handicap | 20 handicap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 256 yards | 230 yards | 204 yards |
| 3 wood | 226 yards | 203 yards | 181 yards |
| 5 wood | 214 yards | 192 yards | 171 yards |
| Hybrid | 209 yards | 188 yards | 168 yards |
| 3 iron | 197 yards | 177 yards | 158 yards |
| 4 iron | 189 yards | 170 yards | 151 yards |
| 5 iron | 180 yards | 162 yards | 145 yards |
| 6 iron | 170 yards | 153 yards | 137 yards |
| 7 iron | 160 yards | 144 yards | 128 yards |
| 8 iron | 149 yards | 134 yards | 119 yards |
| 9 iron | 138 yards | 124 yards | 110 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 127 yards | 114 yards | 101 yards |
| Gap wedge | 115 yards | 104 yards | 92 yards |
One page per club
Each club by swing speed, handicap and age, with the clubs either side and what the yards are worth in strokes.
Two clubs compared
The pairs golfers weigh against each other, with the gap at every handicap and driver speed.
In PinFlag
PinFlag replaces every table on this page with your own: import a launch monitor session and each club becomes a Measured pattern of real carries, drawn on the hole you are playing by Shot Cloud and standing behind the strokes gained of every target you consider. Log rounds and the patterns keep growing from real shots.
Frequently asked questions
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Related
Sources
- PGA TOUR statistics
- Golf simulator and launch monitor, Wikipedia
- How PinFlag calculates strokes gained
Every figure on this page is computed from the published baselines, the same ones PinFlag prices your shots with. The scope of the figures: Every figure is the published tour anchor table scaled by club head speed, with the handicap and age models stated on each page; a launch monitor session replaces the model with your own carries.
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