Golf club distance chart

Tour averages (PGA & LPGA)

These are the numbers everyone quotes. They’re from TrackMan’s 2024 Tour data — the fastest, most consistent swings on earth. Useful as a ceiling, not a target: a PGA Tour player carries a 7-iron 172 yards because they swing it about 90 mph. Most of us don’t.

Men’s distances by skill level

Closer to home. This is a carry-distance chart for male golfers by ability — from a genuine beginner to an excellent, near-scratch player — built from swing-speed research. Find the column that’s honestly you, not the one you wish were you.

Women’s distances

The LPGA column in the tour table above is the best-published women’s reference: an LPGA pro carries the driver about 218 yards and a 7-iron about 139. A typical female amateur lands well below that — Shot Scope’s amateur data puts a mid-handicap woman’s driver carry around 150–175 yards and her 7-iron around 100–120. We’re holding a dedicated women’s chart until we can source a full club-by-club amateur table we’d actually stand behind, rather than pad this one with estimates.

Reference: LPGA figures in the tour table (TrackMan 2024); amateur ranges from Shot Scope amateur data.

Iron distances by age

Distance fades with age, mostly because swing speed does. This is amateur iron data (total distance) split by decade, so you can see the drift and pick a realistic column. If you’re 55 and still clubbing off the 20–29 row, that’s a lot of short approaches.