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Golf club distance calculator

Enter your driver swing speed and get an estimated carry for every club from driver to pitching wedge. The estimate comes from TrackMan's measured tour averages, and the method is explained below.

Your swing speed

Driver club speed (mph) From a launch monitor or a speed radar. Not sure? 94 mph is TrackMan's average for a 14.5-handicap man.

Club	Club speed	Estimated carry
Driver	94 mph	217 yd
3-wood	90 mph	195 yd
5-wood	88 mph	184 yd
Hybrid (15-18°)	85 mph	172 yd
4-iron	80 mph	171 yd
5-iron	79 mph	163 yd
6-iron	79 mph	152 yd
7-iron	77 mph	140 yd
8-iron	75 mph	130 yd
9-iron	73 mph	120 yd
Pitching wedge	71 mph	108 yd

94 mph is outside the 96–115 mph range the two tour averages cover, so these numbers extend the line beyond the measured data. Treat them as rougher.

How the estimate works

TrackMan publishes the average club speed and carry for every club from driver to pitching wedge on two tours: the LPGA Tour (driver: 96 mph, 223 yards) and the PGA Tour (115 mph, 282 yards). The calculator draws a straight line between the two. Your driver speed sets how far along that line you sit, and every other club is read off at the same point.

Between the two tours, the driver line climbs 3.1 yards for each mph, close to TrackMan's own rule of thumb of up to 3 yards per mph. Below 96 mph or above 115 mph the line is extended past the measured data, so the calculator flags those results as rougher.

The 3-iron is left out because TrackMan publishes no LPGA 3-iron, and the calculator stops at the pitching wedge because the tour averages do.

Source: TrackMan tour averages, 2023 season, published 2 May 2024.

Checked against TrackMan's own numbers

At 93 mph the line gives a 214-yard driver carry. TrackMan's optimizer, for a centred strike at 93 mph, gives 214 yards at a -1.5° attack angle and up to 232 at +7.5°.
TrackMan's measured average male amateur swung 93.4 mph and carried 204 yards. The line gives 215 at that speed: 11 yards more, because the average amateur launches the ball with more spin (3,275 rpm) than a tour player.

So treat the results as what a solid, well-launched shot can carry at your speed. Your on-course average will be shorter, because it includes mishits.

Source: TrackMan, gaining distance without swinging faster, 7 Jul 2017.

Typical swing speeds

TrackMan Combine averages for driver club speed: scratch men 110 mph, 10-handicap men 95, bogey golfers 92; scratch women 90 mph and 15-handicap women 79. More on the driver distance page.

Source: TrackMan on club speed, 23 Sep 2024 (TrackMan Combine averages).

From estimate to your own yardages

Use the estimate to sanity-check your bag, then replace it with measured numbers: how to measure them and the printable club distance card. Enter them in AI Caddy and it picks the club for each shot from your own numbers.