Golf club distance chart

The short answer

Each iron goes roughly 10 yards farther than the next shorter one, so one carry you trust, usually your 7 iron, lets you estimate the rest.

Distances differ by player, so the chart below lists every club with the gap between them, and the tool turns your own carry into a ladder you can print.

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Golf distance club chart: every club, driver to lob wedge

This golf distance club chart lists every club in a full bag in order, and shows the one step we can support with a source: irons are commonly quoted as about 10 yards apart. We print no yardage for a club unless it is sourced and dated; lofts and lengths are on their own pages, where each manufacturer is credited.

Clubs in a full bag · carry falls by about 10 yd per row down the iron rows (rule of thumb), in yards · Updated 2026-11-09
Club	Type	Carry difference to next row
Driver	Wood	No sourced step
3 wood	Wood	No sourced step
5 wood	Wood	No sourced step
Hybrid	Hybrid	No sourced step
4 iron	Iron	About 10 yd
5 iron	Iron	About 10 yd
6 iron	Iron	About 10 yd
7 iron	Iron	About 10 yd
8 iron	Iron	About 10 yd
9 iron	Iron	About 10 yd
Pitching wedge	Wedge	Measure separately
Gap wedge	Wedge	Measure separately
Sand wedge	Wedge	Measure separately
Lob wedge	Wedge	Measure separately

Rule of thumb applies only from one iron row to the next, 4 iron down to the pitching wedge; carry decreases down the rows. For the three wedges after it, see the wedge distance chart. Rule of thumb: about 10 yd per iron. Sources and the derivation are on golf club gapping. Loft by club: golf club loft chart. Standard lengths: golf club length chart. Not every bag has every club, and woods and hybrids have no confirmed step here.

Carry means the distance to first landing and total means carry plus roll. Every distance on this site says which it is. Carry vs total distance explained.

How far should I hit each club?

There is no single right number: carry depends on swing speed, strike and loft. Absolute yardages by gender, age and handicap, each with its source and date, are on average golf club distances. Tour figures are a different thing and are never shown here as an average golfer’s numbers. For the driver, the swing speed chart turns your mph into a distance range. For wedges, see the wedge distance chart. Grip sizes are on the grip size chart.

How far should a man hit a 7 iron?

It varies a lot with swing speed and skill, so this site does not print one number here. Use the sourced range on average golf club distances, or measure your own carry and enter it in My club distances.

4 hybrid vs 7 wood: which goes farther?

Compare lofts first, since clubs with similar loft tend to fly similar distances; a hybrid is built to replace a long iron, while a 7 wood has a longer shaft. The loft comparison is in hybrids and woods on the loft chart.

Your numbers, printed

Know one carry? My club distances turns your 7 iron carry into low, mid and high estimates for the 4 iron through the pitching wedge, with a printable pocket card.

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Tools

My club distancesOne carry in, an iron ladder estimate out, and a printable card.
Golf swing speed chartDriver swing speed in, a rough driver distance range out.

Guides and charts

Average distancesWhat published data says amateurs drive the ball, split by women, men, age and handicap, with the source and sample shown on every table.
Wedge distance chartWhere each wedge loft from 50 to 60 degrees sits in a set, how to space them, and a blank chart to fill in with your own carry distances.
Golf club loft chartPing loft in degrees from driver to lob wedge, with a stronger-lofted iron set beside a weaker one, plus hybrids, woods and wedges.
Golf grip size chartHow to measure your lead hand, Golf Pride's hand-length ranges for each grip size, and how to fine-tune with tape.
Standard vs midsize gripsWhat standard and midsize golf grips mean, who is usually pointed toward midsize, and a neutral way to test both before you regrip.
Golf club length chartStandard club lengths from driver to wedge for men and women, how to measure wrist to floor, where fitting charts differ, and when a fitter is worth seeing.
Carry vs total distanceCarry is where the ball first lands; total is where it stops. Why charts blur the two, when each one matters, and how to measure your own carry.
Golf club gappingHow to measure your carries, find holes and overlaps in your bag, and fix them, plus the Ping iron-gap rule of thumb reported by Golf.com.
Golf shaft flex chartTwo published swing-speed-to-flex charts side by side, where they disagree, why the same label differs between brands, and how to pick a flex to test.

Method and sources

Last updated November 9, 2026. By clubdistancechart.com. Every figure on the site is either sourced and dated, or labelled an estimate or rule of thumb. Where a source has not been verified, we publish the method and a link, never a number. Read how we source figures.