Club Distance Calculator
Enter a swing speed and a club. Carry and total, from the published tour table.
Tour average with this club is 113 mph.
Carry with the driver
226yards
Your whole bag at this speed
Every club scaled to the same share of tour speed as the one you entered.
| Club | Club speed | Ball speed | Carry | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 95 mph | 137 mph | 226 yards | |
| 3 wood | 90 mph | 130 mph | 200 yards | 26 yards |
| 5 wood | 87 mph | 125 mph | 189 yards | 11 yards |
| Hybrid | 84 mph | 120 mph | 185 yards | 4 yards |
| 3 iron | 82 mph | 117 mph | 174 yards | 11 yards |
| 4 iron | 81 mph | 113 mph | 167 yards | 7 yards |
| 5 iron | 79 mph | 109 mph | 160 yards | 7 yards |
| 6 iron | 77 mph | 105 mph | 151 yards | 9 yards |
| 7 iron | 76 mph | 99 mph | 141 yards | 9 yards |
| 8 iron | 73 mph | 95 mph | 132 yards | 10 yards |
| 9 iron | 71 mph | 90 mph | 122 yards | 10 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 70 mph | 84 mph | 112 yards | 10 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 68 mph | 78 mph | 102 yards | 10 yards |
The published anchor table
PGA Tour averages. Enter a club its own tour speed and the calculator returns its tour carry.
| Club | Club speed | Ball speed | Smash | Carry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 113 mph | 167 mph | 1.48 | 275 yards |
| 3 wood | 107 mph | 158 mph | 1.48 | 243 yards |
| 5 wood | 103 mph | 152 mph | 1.48 | 230 yards |
| Hybrid | 100 mph | 146 mph | 1.46 | 225 yards |
| 3 iron | 98 mph | 142 mph | 1.45 | 212 yards |
| 4 iron | 96 mph | 137 mph | 1.43 | 203 yards |
| 5 iron | 94 mph | 132 mph | 1.40 | 194 yards |
| 6 iron | 92 mph | 127 mph | 1.38 | 183 yards |
| 7 iron | 90 mph | 120 mph | 1.33 | 172 yards |
| 8 iron | 87 mph | 115 mph | 1.32 | 160 yards |
| 9 iron | 85 mph | 109 mph | 1.28 | 148 yards |
| Pitching wedge | 83 mph | 102 mph | 1.23 | 136 yards |
| Gap wedge (modeled) | 81 mph | 95 mph | 1.17 | 124 yards |
How this is worked out
Two lines of arithmetic, run on the published tour table at the bottom of the page:
ball speed = club speed x smash factor
carry = ball speed x yards per mph
Each club takes its smash factor and its yards per mph straight from its own tour row. The 7 iron row reads 90 mph of club speed, 120 mph of ball speed, and 172 yards, so its smash factor is 120 over 90 and its yards per mph is 172 over 120. Enter 90 and the calculator gives back 172, which is the check you can run on any club here.
Slower swings strike the ball a little less cleanly, so the smash factor drops by 0.01 for every 5 mph below the tour speed for that club. That single adjustment puts a 93 mph driver near 1.44 and a 75 mph 7 iron near 1.30, which are the published averages at those speeds. Roll is added as a share of carry: 8 percent for a driver, 6 for the woods and hybrid, 4 for irons, 2 for wedges.
Gaps beat distance
The bag table is the one to read. Even gaps mean every yardage has a club. A 30 yard hole between two clubs means every shot that lands in it becomes a half swing, and half swings are where the spread doubles.
Every club at once
The club distance table carries all thirteen clubs at every handicap, the gaps between them, and what those gaps are worth in strokes.
Frequently asked questions
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How far does a 100 mph swing speed carry a driver?
What is smash factor?
Is carry distance or total distance the number to use?
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