30 million shots, every club in the bag, every age band. Find your row.
Ask a golfer how far they hit their 7-iron and the next thing they want to know is how that compares. It’s something we’ve learned over and over: golfers love measuring themselves against other golfers. A number on its own doesn’t mean much until you know what’s normal.
Age isn’t the only way to sort golfers and it doesn’t decide how far you hit the ball. But it does play into the physical side of the swing. Swing speed tends to drop as we get older and so do flexibility and strength. Less speed means less distance and you can see it in the numbers.
Working with Arccos, we looked at how far 73,794 men and women golfers hit every club in the bag from the driver down to the lob wedge, using more than 30 million shots from August 2025 to August 2026. All distances are total distance (carry plus roll). Find your age and read down the column.
Distance chart by age
There are a few things to keep in mind as you use this chart. Fairway woods and hybrids are measured on approach shots into the green, not off the tee. And because every average includes mishits, these numbers will read shorter than what you’d see on a range or launch monitor.
How far golfers your age hit every club
Pick your age to see how far golfers like you hit the driver, the 7-iron and the rest of the bag. Every number is average total yards, carry plus roll, from 30 million tracked shots.
Men: club distance by age
Read down your age column. Each club’s average comes from the golfers who carry that club.
| Club | 15–19 | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s | 60s | 70s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 240 | 236 | 236 | 232 | 221 | 208 | 191 |
| 3-wood | 167 | 164 | 165 | 164 | 159 | 151 | 139 |
| 5-wood | 168 | 163 | 162 | 160 | 154 | 146 | 135 |
| 7-wood | 167 | 159 | 160 | 158 | 154 | 146 | 133 |
| 2-hybrid | – | 164 | 167 | 165 | 158 | 147 | 135 |
| 3-hybrid | 161 | 161 | 161 | 159 | 154 | 146 | 133 |
| 4-hybrid | 157 | 152 | 154 | 152 | 149 | 143 | 131 |
| 5-hybrid | 146 | 144 | 147 | 146 | 144 | 139 | 126 |
| 6-hybrid | – | – | 141 | 141 | 137 | 132 | 122 |
| 2-iron | – | 173 | 172 | 170 | 160 | 153 | – |
| 3-iron | – | 160 | 164 | 162 | 154 | 139 | 132 |
| 4-iron | 163 | 160 | 160 | 157 | 153 | 143 | 131 |
| 5-iron | 156 | 152 | 152 | 150 | 145 | 138 | 127 |
| 6-iron | 151 | 146 | 146 | 144 | 140 | 133 | 123 |
| 7-iron | 143 | 139 | 139 | 136 | 132 | 126 | 115 |
| 8-iron | 136 | 133 | 132 | 130 | 125 | 118 | 108 |
| 9-iron | 127 | 125 | 123 | 121 | 116 | 109 | 99 |
| Pitching wedge | 113 | 110 | 108 | 106 | 101 | 95 | 86 |
| Approach wedge (A) | 101 | 96 | 94 | 92 | 90 | 84 | 78 |
| Gap wedge (G) | 102 | 97 | 96 | 94 | 90 | 85 | 77 |
| 50° wedge | 101 | 99 | 96 | 94 | 90 | 84 | 77 |
| 52° wedge | 93 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 82 | 78 | 71 |
| Sand wedge (S) | 75 | 75 | 75 | 74 | 72 | 69 | 64 |
| 54° wedge | 85 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 66 |
| 56° wedge | 74 | 74 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 67 | 62 |
| Lob wedge (L) | – | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 59 |
| 58° wedge | 66 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 62 | 59 |
| 60° wedge | 63 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 58 |
A dash means fewer than 300 shots or 50 golfers. Fairway woods and hybrids are measured on approach shots into the green, not off the tee, and every average includes mishits, so these read shorter than a range or launch-monitor number.
Golfers per age band (driver): 15–19: 1,000 · 20s: 7,033 · 30s: 20,157 · 40s: 19,177 · 50s: 14,368 · 60s: 8,877 · 70s: 2,773.
Women: club distance by age
The same chart for women, from their 20s through their 60s.
| Club | 20s | 30s | 40s | 50s | 60s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 212 | 195 | 186 | 174 | 166 |
| 3-wood | 126 | 128 | 119 | 118 | 112 |
| 5-wood | 128 | 122 | 116 | 113 | 110 |
| 7-wood | – | 121 | 116 | 114 | 109 |
| 4-hybrid | 127 | 119 | 117 | 114 | 105 |
| 5-hybrid | – | 110 | 106 | 104 | 101 |
| 6-iron | 123 | 121 | 113 | 107 | 104 |
| 7-iron | 119 | 110 | 104 | 98 | 94 |
| 8-iron | 116 | 108 | 101 | 95 | 89 |
| 9-iron | 108 | 100 | 94 | 88 | 82 |
| Pitching wedge | 95 | 87 | 83 | 76 | 72 |
| Gap wedge (G) | – | 80 | 77 | 74 | 69 |
| Sand wedge (S) | 68 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 58 |
| 56° wedge | 67 | 65 | 62 | 60 | 58 |
| 60° wedge | 60 | 61 | 60 | 58 | 57 |
A dash means fewer than 300 shots or 50 golfers. The 3-hybrid and 5-iron are left out because few women carry them and their averages sit out of order with the clubs next to them. The 20s column is the smallest sample, so read it with care.
Golfers per age band (driver): 20s: 192 · 30s: 740 · 40s: 850 · 50s: 1,083 · 60s: 865.
Source: Arccos Golf shot-tracking data, Aug. 20, 2025 to Aug. 19, 2026. Driver distances are tee shots on par 4s and 5s; every other club is approach shots from the fairway, lay-ups excluded. Part of the Smarter Golf series with Arccos.
Distance holds steady until your 50s, then drops fast
The men’s driver barely changes through the first four decades of golf. Golfers in their 20s and 30s average 236 yards and the 40-somethings are close behind at 232. Then the steps start: 221 yards in the 50s, 208 in the 60s and 191 in the 70s.
The 7-iron tells the same story. It’s 139 yards in the 20s and 30s, 136 in the 40s, 132 in the 50s and 126 in the 60s. A man in his 70s hits his 7-iron 24 yards shorter than a man in his 20s and only five yards farther than a man in his 20s hits his pitching wedge.
Wedges are the exception. The pitching wedge loses the same 24 yards as the 7-iron but the highest-lofted wedges barely move. The 60-degree goes from 64 yards in the 20s to 58 in the 70s and the lob wedge from 66 to 59. Golfers tend to hit these clubs to a number rather than at full power which keeps the averages close together.
What handicap adds on top of age
Age is only one lens. For the 7-iron, Arccos was able to split men by handicap index as well and it shows how much skill adds to the picture.
A man in his 60s with an index under 5 averages 143 yards with his 7-iron. That’s farther than a 15.0 to 19.9 handicap at any age.
From the 20s to the 60s, the 7-iron loses 17 to 18 yards in every handicap band that has enough data. Age and skill don’t cancel each other out. They stack. If you want the same age-and-handicap view for the driver, that’s in our August chart.
The top of the bag gets crowded
Look at the 60s column and the longer clubs bunch together. The 3-wood averages 151 yards. The 5-wood, 7-wood and 3-hybrid all land at 146 and the 4-hybrid and 4-iron both sit at 143.
It’s a good reminder to check your gapping. If you’re carrying several clubs that go about the same distance, one of them may be doing a job another club already does.
Why your number may not match the chart
Your swing, your equipment, the conditions in which you play and the quality of your delivery all affect how far the ball goes. Total distance includes roll so firm fairways, wind, temperature and elevation matter, too. Every age band here also mixes golfers of every skill level which is why handicap adds so much when it’s available.
The chart can tell you what golfers your age hit. It can’t tell you what you hit.
The only way to know your real yardages
The best way to know how far you hit your clubs is to track your game. When you do, you can see which clubs are helping you, which ones are hurting you and where changing one club could make a big improvement. It’s also the only way to compare yourself fairly because you’re comparing real shots from real rounds instead of the one 7-iron you caught perfectly last weekend.
Tracking your game with Arccos is easy and accurate. Arccos Air does it for you while you just play your game. You’ll understand more about why and how you score and find the areas of your game that need the most work.
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