Golf Club Distance Chart
PGA Tour players carry a driver 282 yards, a 7-iron 176 and a pitching wedge 142; LPGA Tour players 223, 143 and 111 (TrackMan, 2023 season). Amateur men average 225 yards off the tee on the course, women 178.1 (Arccos, 2023).
By the Golfonaut team · Updated
Average carry distance by club
Carry is where the ball lands, before it rolls. These are TrackMan’s tour averages from competition and range shots across a season, with the club speed that produced them.
| Club | PGA Tour carry | LPGA Tour carry |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | 282 yd (115 mph) | 223 yd (96 mph) |
| 3-wood | 249 yd (110 mph) | 200 yd (92 mph) |
| 5-wood | 236 yd (106 mph) | 189 yd (90 mph) |
| Hybrid (15° to 18°) | 231 yd (102 mph) | 178 yd (87 mph) |
| 3-iron | 218 yd (100 mph) | not published |
| 4-iron | 209 yd (98 mph) | 175 yd (82 mph) |
| 5-iron | 199 yd (96 mph) | 166 yd (81 mph) |
| 6-iron | 188 yd (94 mph) | 155 yd (80 mph) |
| 7-iron | 176 yd (92 mph) | 143 yd (78 mph) |
| 8-iron | 164 yd (89 mph) | 133 yd (76 mph) |
| 9-iron | 152 yd (87 mph) | 123 yd (74 mph) |
| Pitching wedge | 142 yd (84 mph) | 111 yd (72 mph) |
Estimate your distance for every club
Know one club and you can sketch the rest. Enter your 7-iron carry and the chart above is scaled to it, using the club-to-club ratios of the tour whose 7-iron is nearer yours. Long clubs usually fall short of this estimate at slower speeds, which is why hybrids replace long irons.
Enter your 7-iron carry to see roughly where every other club should land.
Average driving distance by handicap and age
A man in his 40s with a 10 to 14.9 handicap averages 228 yards off the tee; at the same handicap he averages 207 yards in his 60s. These are Arccos’s 2023 on-course drives on par 4s and 5s, including roll.
| Handicap | 15-19 | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s | 60s | 70s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus handicap | 269 | 271 | 269 | 259 | 250 | 234 | 213 |
| 0 to 4.9 | 259 | 265 | 262 | 253 | 241 | 227 | 209 |
| 5 to 9.9 | 244 | 254 | 251 | 242 | 230 | 217 | 201 |
| 10 to 14.9 | 236 | 241 | 239 | 228 | 219 | 207 | 191 |
| 15 to 19.9 | 220 | 229 | 227 | 218 | 209 | 196 | 181 |
| 20 to 24.9 | 211 | 219 | 216 | 207 | 200 | 186 | 168 |
| 25 to 29.9 | 205 | 210 | 208 | 200 | 190 | 178 | 165 |
| 30 or more | 192 | 200 | 196 | 189 | 181 | 166 | 155 |
| Handicap | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 4.9 | 246 | 238 | 231 | 203 |
| 5 to 9.9 | 226 | 231 | 214 | 194 |
| 10 to 14.9 | 217 | 209 | 194 | 181 |
| 15 to 19.9 | 189 | 192 | 185 | 170 |
| 20 to 24.9 | 193 | 176 | 165 | 157 |
| 25 to 29.9 | 169 | 164 | 154 | 146 |
| 30 or more | 167 | 151 | 146 | 135 |
Amateur driver carry by skill and age
Shot Scope’s LM1 launch monitor measures carry rather than total. Its averages strip the best and worst shots, so they read higher than a plain average.
| Golfers | Carry | Ball speed |
|---|---|---|
| All LM1 driver shots | 228 yd | 133.8 mph |
| Scratch golfers | 258.1 yd | 147.1 mph |
| 20+ handicap | 211.4 yd | 126 mph |
| Age 30 to 39 | 245.6 yd | 140.9 mph |
| Age 60+ | 194.6 yd | 121.1 mph |
Want the carry for your own swing speed? The swing speed to distance calculator turns club speed into carry and back.
Common questions about club distances
How far does the average golfer hit a 7-iron?
PGA Tour players average 176 yards of carry with a 7-iron and LPGA Tour players 143 yards (TrackMan, 2023 season). Amateurs swing slower: at TrackMan’s average amateur driver speed of 93.4 mph, the tour ratio of 7-iron to driver speed puts the 7-iron at about 75 mph, which carries roughly 135 to 145 yards.
How far does the average amateur hit a driver?
Arccos measured 225 yards for men and 178 yards for women in 2023, on the course and including roll. TrackMan’s average male amateur carries it 204 yards. A 10 to 14.9 handicap man in his 40s averages 228 yards in Arccos’s data.
What is the distance gap between irons?
On the PGA Tour the step from one iron to the next is 9 to 12 yards of carry (7-iron 176, 8-iron 164, 9-iron 152); on the LPGA Tour it is 9 to 12 yards. Wider or uneven steps in your own bag are what the bag gapping calculator finds.
How do I find my real carry distances?
Take the typical carry of several good strikes per club on a launch monitor, or your on-course shots over a few rounds, not your best one. Then put them in the bag gapping calculator to see the gaps, and check lofts against the golf club loft chart if two clubs fly the same distance.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is read from the publisher’s own page or release on 29 October 2026. Tour carries are TrackMan’s 2023 season averages (men: 40+ events and 200+ players; women: 30+ events and 150+ players). Arccos figures are read from the charts in its 2023 driver distance report. Carry and total are never mixed in one table. The 7-iron estimate in the FAQ uses the tour ratio of 7-iron to driver club speed (0.80) and 1.83 to 1.91 yards of carry per mph.
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