{
  "id": "golf-club-length",
  "version": "90dd570f4d84",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Golf Club Length Calculator",
  "question": "What golf club length do I need?",
  "summary": "Gives a starting golf club length from your wrist-to-floor measurement or height: how much longer or shorter than standard, and the length of each club for men’s or women’s, steel or graphite sets.",
  "category": "sports",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/sports/golf-club-length-calculator",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/sports/golf-club-length-calculator.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "change = chart band of the wrist-to-floor (or height) measurement, −1 to +1.5 in; each club = standard length for the set and shaft + change; putter = standard.",
  "assumptions": [
    "This is a starting point. A fitter also looks at your swing, tempo and how well you strike the ball; driver length in particular is often fitted shorter for control.",
    "Below the chart’s lowest band the change stays −1 in, and from its top band up it is +1.5 in.",
    "Standard lengths differ by maker; these are Pinemeadow Golf’s. Women’s clubs are 1 in shorter than men’s.",
    "A measurement is read exactly in the unit typed, so 30 in (76.2 cm) is compared with the 76 cm band edge exactly."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "by": {
        "title": "Fit by",
        "description": "Your wrist-to-floor measurement (better), or your height only.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "wrist",
          "height"
        ]
      },
      "wtf": {
        "title": "Wrist to floor",
        "description": "Standing straight in flat shoes, arms hanging relaxed: from the crease of your wrist to the floor.",
        "type": [
          "number",
          "string"
        ],
        "x-quantity": "length",
        "minimum": 0.508,
        "maximum": 1.27
      },
      "ht": {
        "title": "Height",
        "description": "Your height in socks.",
        "type": [
          "number",
          "string"
        ],
        "x-quantity": "length",
        "minimum": 0.9144,
        "maximum": 2.4383999999999997
      },
      "set": {
        "title": "Clubs",
        "description": "Men’s standard lengths, or women’s, which are 1 inch shorter.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "men",
          "women"
        ]
      },
      "shaft": {
        "title": "Shafts",
        "description": "Graphite shafts are made longer than steel: 1 inch in the woods, ½ inch in the irons.",
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "graphite",
          "steel"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "fit": {
      "label": "Length change",
      "description": "How much longer (+) or shorter (−) than standard your clubs should be, as a starting point.",
      "format": "text"
    },
    "change": {
      "label": "Change in inches",
      "description": "The length change as a number of inches.",
      "format": "number"
    },
    "driver": {
      "label": "Driver",
      "description": "The driver length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "wood3": {
      "label": "3-wood",
      "description": "The 3-wood length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "wood5": {
      "label": "5-wood",
      "description": "The 5-wood length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "iron4": {
      "label": "4-iron",
      "description": "The 4-iron length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "iron5": {
      "label": "5-iron",
      "description": "The 5-iron length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "iron6": {
      "label": "6-iron",
      "description": "The 6-iron length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "iron7": {
      "label": "7-iron",
      "description": "The 7-iron length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "iron8": {
      "label": "8-iron",
      "description": "The 8-iron length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "iron9": {
      "label": "9-iron",
      "description": "The 9-iron length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "wedge": {
      "label": "Pitching wedge",
      "description": "The pitching wedge length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "sand": {
      "label": "Sand wedge",
      "description": "The sand wedge length: standard plus your change.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    },
    "putter": {
      "label": "Putter",
      "description": "Putters are fitted by posture; this is the standard length (34 in men’s, 33 in women’s), not changed.",
      "format": "quantity",
      "unit": "in"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "by": "wrist",
      "wtf": "35 in",
      "ht": "5 ft 10 in",
      "set": "men",
      "shaft": "graphite"
    },
    "outputs": {
      "fit": "standard length",
      "change": 0,
      "driver": 1.143,
      "wood3": 1.0922,
      "wood5": 1.0668,
      "iron4": 0.98425,
      "iron5": 0.97155,
      "iron6": 0.95885,
      "iron7": 0.94615,
      "iron8": 0.93345,
      "iron9": 0.92075,
      "wedge": 0.92075,
      "sand": 0.92075,
      "putter": 0.8636
    },
    "text": "Your clubs: standard length, a 37.25 in 7-iron and a 45 in driver."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "by": "wrist",
        "wtf": 0.889,
        "set": "men",
        "shaft": "graphite"
      },
      "expect": {
        "fit": "standard length",
        "change": 0,
        "driver": 1.143,
        "iron7": 0.9461499999999999
      },
      "source": "My Golf Barn, Find My Fit (golf club length chart: wrist-to-floor 71–76 cm 1 inch shorter, 76–81 cm ½ inch shorter, 81–91 cm standard, 91–97 cm ½ inch longer, 97–102 cm 1 inch longer, 102 cm and above 1.5 inch longer; heights 152–160, 160–168, 168–183, 183–191, 191–198, 198 cm and above), https://mygolfbarn.com/pages/find-my-fit (retrieved 2026-10-02); Hireko Golf, What Length Golf Clubs Do You Need? (5′7″–6′0″ with a 34″–36″ wrist-to-floor is standard length; 6′0″–6′4″ with 36″–38″ is ½″ longer), https://www.hirekogolf.com/what-length-golf-clubs-do-you-need (retrieved 2026-10-02); Pinemeadow Golf, Golf Clubs 101, Lesson 3: Custom Fitting Golf Clubs (standard lengths: men’s graphite driver 45″, steel 44″; men’s steel 5-iron 37.75″; ladies 1″ shorter; putter 34″ men, 33″ ladies), https://secure.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-clubs-101/3_custom-fitting.html (retrieved 2026-10-02)"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "by": "wrist",
        "wtf": 0.95,
        "set": "men",
        "shaft": "steel"
      },
      "expect": {
        "fit": "+0.5 in",
        "change": 0.5,
        "driver": 1.1302999999999999,
        "iron5": 0.9715499999999999
      },
      "source": "My Golf Barn, Find My Fit (golf club length chart: wrist-to-floor 71–76 cm 1 inch shorter, 76–81 cm ½ inch shorter, 81–91 cm standard, 91–97 cm ½ inch longer, 97–102 cm 1 inch longer, 102 cm and above 1.5 inch longer; heights 152–160, 160–168, 168–183, 183–191, 191–198, 198 cm and above), https://mygolfbarn.com/pages/find-my-fit (retrieved 2026-10-02): 91–97 cm is ½ inch longer; Pinemeadow Golf, Golf Clubs 101, Lesson 3: Custom Fitting Golf Clubs (standard lengths: men’s graphite driver 45″, steel 44″; men’s steel 5-iron 37.75″; ladies 1″ shorter; putter 34″ men, 33″ ladies), https://secure.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-clubs-101/3_custom-fitting.html (retrieved 2026-10-02): steel driver 44″, steel 5-iron 37.75″"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "by": "wrist",
        "wtf": 0.762,
        "set": "women",
        "shaft": "graphite"
      },
      "expect": {
        "fit": "−0.5 in",
        "change": -0.5,
        "driver": 1.1049,
        "iron7": 0.9080499999999999,
        "putter": 0.8382
      },
      "source": "My Golf Barn, Find My Fit (golf club length chart: wrist-to-floor 71–76 cm 1 inch shorter, 76–81 cm ½ inch shorter, 81–91 cm standard, 91–97 cm ½ inch longer, 97–102 cm 1 inch longer, 102 cm and above 1.5 inch longer; heights 152–160, 160–168, 168–183, 183–191, 191–198, 198 cm and above), https://mygolfbarn.com/pages/find-my-fit (retrieved 2026-10-02): 76–81 cm is ½ inch shorter; Pinemeadow Golf, Golf Clubs 101, Lesson 3: Custom Fitting Golf Clubs (standard lengths: men’s graphite driver 45″, steel 44″; men’s steel 5-iron 37.75″; ladies 1″ shorter; putter 34″ men, 33″ ladies), https://secure.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-clubs-101/3_custom-fitting.html (retrieved 2026-10-02): ladies graphite driver 44″, 7-iron 36.25″"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "by": "height",
        "ht": 1.9304,
        "set": "men",
        "shaft": "graphite"
      },
      "expect": {
        "fit": "+1 in",
        "change": 1
      },
      "source": "My Golf Barn, Find My Fit (golf club length chart: wrist-to-floor 71–76 cm 1 inch shorter, 76–81 cm ½ inch shorter, 81–91 cm standard, 91–97 cm ½ inch longer, 97–102 cm 1 inch longer, 102 cm and above 1.5 inch longer; heights 152–160, 160–168, 168–183, 183–191, 191–198, 198 cm and above), https://mygolfbarn.com/pages/find-my-fit (retrieved 2026-10-02): 191–198 cm is 1 inch longer; Hireko Golf, What Length Golf Clubs Do You Need? (5′7″–6′0″ with a 34″–36″ wrist-to-floor is standard length; 6′0″–6′4″ with 36″–38″ is ½″ longer), https://www.hirekogolf.com/what-length-golf-clubs-do-you-need (retrieved 2026-10-02): over 6′4″ +1″"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "by": "wrist",
        "wtf": 0.76,
        "set": "men",
        "shaft": "graphite"
      },
      "expect": {
        "change": -0.5
      },
      "source": "My Golf Barn, Find My Fit (golf club length chart: wrist-to-floor 71–76 cm 1 inch shorter, 76–81 cm ½ inch shorter, 81–91 cm standard, 91–97 cm ½ inch longer, 97–102 cm 1 inch longer, 102 cm and above 1.5 inch longer; heights 152–160, 160–168, 168–183, 183–191, 191–198, 198 cm and above), https://mygolfbarn.com/pages/find-my-fit (retrieved 2026-10-02); band edges belong to the band they start, as in content.mdx"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    "My Golf Barn, Find My Fit (golf club length chart by height and wrist-to-floor in centimeters, in men’s lengths). https://mygolfbarn.com/pages/find-my-fit (retrieved 2026-10-02)",
    "Hireko Golf, What Length Golf Clubs Do You Need? (height and wrist-to-floor length chart; standard lengths by club). https://www.hirekogolf.com/what-length-golf-clubs-do-you-need (retrieved 2026-10-02)",
    "Pinemeadow Golf, Golf Clubs 101, Lesson 3: Custom Fitting Golf Clubs (men’s and ladies’ standard lengths for graphite and steel shafts). https://secure.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-clubs-101/3_custom-fitting.html (retrieved 2026-10-02)"
  ],
  "related": [
    "golf-handicap",
    "height-comparison"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}