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Enter your clubs and carries. See every gap, flag the ones you care about, and find the lofts that fill them.

How it works

What this answers

Which gaps between your clubs’ carries are too wide, too narrow or overlapping?

  1. Pick a tour example, or press Start my bag and type each club’s carry.
  2. Read the ladder: each gap is one carry minus the next, outlined and labeled when it falls outside your band.
  3. Set the band you want flagged, then open Fill a gap to see clubs with a loft in between.

Reopen it any time with ? Guide

ModelLab estimate, carries for a 13–20 handicap golfer

Bars: estimated carries. Gaps: Model

Carry, longest club at the top
Carry ladder: 10 clubs from Dr at 195 yards to PW at 114 yards. Flagged: 3W to 5W, 6 yd · under your band; 5W to Hy, 4 yd · under your band; 5i to 6i, 6 yd · under your band.050100150200250ydDr1953W1815W175Hy1715i1616i1557i1448i1349i124PW11414 yd6 yd · under your band4 yd · under your band10 yd6 yd · under your band11 yd10 yd10 yd10 yd
Carry ladder: 10 clubs from Dr at 195 yards to PW at 114 yards. Flagged: 3W to 5W, 6 yd · under your band; 5W to Hy, 4 yd · under your band; 5i to 6i, 6 yd · under your band.0100200ydDr1953W1815W175Hy1715i1616i1557i1448i1349i124PW11414 yd6 yd · under4 yd · under10 yd6 yd · under11 yd10 yd10 yd10 yd
Loft, lowest at the top
Loft ladder: none of the 10 clubs has a loft recorded.102030405060° loftDrloft not recorded3Wloft not recorded5Wloft not recordedHyloft not recorded5iloft not recorded6iloft not recorded7iloft not recorded8iloft not recorded9iloft not recordedPWloft not recorded
Loft ladder: none of the 10 clubs has a loft recorded.102030405060° loftDrloft not recorded3Wloft not recorded5Wloft not recordedHyloft not recorded5iloft not recorded6iloft not recorded7iloft not recorded8iloft not recorded9iloft not recordedPWloft not recorded

TrackMan’s tour averages publish no lofts. Start your bag and add yours, or pick each model to use the maker’s.

ClubsClubsEvery club in the bag, including any without a carry yet, counted against the limit in Rule 4.1b of the Rules of Golf.
10of 14Rule 4.1b allows 14
Model
Largest gapLargest gapThe widest step between two neighboring clubs on the carry ladder. The two clubs are named below it.
14ydDr to 3W
Model
Smallest gapSmallest gapThe narrowest step between two neighboring clubs on the carry ladder. Zero means two clubs carry the same distance.
4yd5W to Hy
Model
Gaps flaggedGaps flaggedGaps outside your band, plus overlaps. An overlap is two clubs with the same carry, or a club with less loft carrying shorter than one with more.
33 outside 7–15 yd · 0 overlaps
Model
Show the bag as a table
ClubCarryCarry fromGap to nextLoftLoft from
Dr195 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 202314 yd—Not published
3W181 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 20236 yd · under your band—Not published
5W175 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 20234 yd · under your band—Not published
Hy171 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 202310 yd—Not published
5i161 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 20236 yd · under your band—Not published
6i155 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 202311 yd—Not published
7i144 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 202310 yd—Not published
8i134 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 202310 yd—Not published
9i124 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 202310 yd—Not published
PW114 ydTrackMan, PGA Tour 2023——Not published

Example carries: estimated as in Club Distances; the tour examples are from TrackMan Tour averages (2023 data), published May 2024. Gaps are flagged against a band of 7 to 15 yards.

For your gear

Filling a gap

  • Below the pitching wedge

    Wedges are sold by loft, and the 21 wedges in our data list lofts from 42° to 64°. Start from your pitching wedge’s loft, pick the gap, and the Wedge Finder checks the bounce each maker sells at the lofts you need.

    Wedge FinderAll wedges

  • Between the woods and the irons

    A fairway wood or a hybrid can sit at a loft between your longest iron and your shortest wood. Our data holds 28 fairway woods (13° to 27°) and 22 hybrids (16° to 34°) with published lofts. The guides compare them on loft, not on the number stamped on the club.

    Hybrid or long ironFairway wood or hybridAll hybrids

  • Irons with stronger or weaker lofts

    Makers set iron lofts differently: the 7-iron lofts in our data run from 27.5° to 34°. A new set can change the loft of every iron, so check the gaps after you switch. For 32 of 34 sets we hold every club’s loft; for the rest, only the 7-iron’s.

    Iron Finder

Method

How it is calculated

There is no physics here. The clubs are sorted by your carry, and each gap is one carry minus the next, rounded to the yard. A gap is flagged when it is narrower or wider than your band, which starts at 7 to 15 yards for you to change. Two clubs overlap when they carry the same distance, or when the club with less loft carries shorter.

Lofts are yours, or the maker’s from our product records when you pick the model. “Fill this gap” lists every fairway wood, hybrid and wedge with a published loft between the two lofts, by brand; it never says what a loft will carry for you. The 14-club limit is Rule 4.1b of the Rules of Golf. The example bag is TrackMan Tour averages (2023 data).

The full method is on the Golf Lab methods page.