Enter your height and wrist-to-floor measurement — get the club length you should be playing, for every club in the bag.
| Your whole set at these measurements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 45½″ | 3-Wood | 43½″ |
| 3-Hybrid | 41½″ | 3-Iron | 39½″ |
| 4-Iron | 39″ | 5-Iron | 38½″ |
| 6-Iron | 38″ | 7-Iron | 37½″ |
| 8-Iron | 37″ | 9-Iron | 36½″ |
| Pitching Wedge | 36″ | Sand Wedge | 35¾″ |
Two measurements, not one. Your height sets the starting point; your wrist-to-floor corrects it — because what actually matters is how far your hands hang from the ground at address. Long arms play shorter clubs, short arms play longer ones, which is why two golfers of identical height can walk away with different lengths.
Each club has a standard length, published by the clubmaking suppliers. Your fitting produces one adjustment — say +½″ — and the whole set moves together, keeping the half-inch steps between irons the set was designed around. When your height and your wrist-to-floor point to different rows of the chart, fitters trust the wrist-to-floor row: it already accounts for your arm length. Every tool on this site works the same way, from the driver length calculator to the full iron set.
| Wrist-to-floor | Adjustment vs standard | What it does to a 45″ driver |
|---|---|---|
| Over 42″ | +2″ | 47″ |
| 41 to under 42″ | +1½″ | 46½″ |
| 40 to under 41″ | +1″ | 46″ |
| 38½ to under 40″ | +½″ | 45½″ |
| 37 to under 38½″ | +¼″ | 45¼″ |
| 34 to under 37″ | Standard | 45″ |
| 32 to under 34″ | −¼″ (−½″ if under 5′4″) | 44¾″ (44½″) |
| 29 to under 32″ | −½″ | 44½″ |
| 27 to under 29″ | −1″ | 44″ |
| 25 to under 27″ | −1½″ | 43½″ |
| Under 25″ | −2″ | 43″ |
The panel above. Height and tape agree on this one — the 38½-to-under-40″ band is worth half an inch over standard, applied to every club in the bag.
His height row alone would add a full inch. But his arms hang proportionally long — the tape puts him at 37″ — the first step of the +¼″ band, where the standard band ends — and the tape wins.
Height suggests −¼″ on the women's standards. A 28″ wrist-to-floor lands two rows lower — a full inch under is the honest fit.
The lengths below are the clubmaker standards published by The GolfWorks and Hireko — the two component suppliers club builders work from. They agree with each other on every iron. One honest complication: a standard driver is 45″ on both charts, but most drivers sold today ship at 45½–45¾″ from the factory. Neither is wrong — they are different baselines, and the golf club length chart shows both, brand by brand. This calculator fits you against the clubmaker standard; if you are comparing against a new stock driver, that difference is the first thing to account for.
Graphite iron shafts play ½″ longer than steel at the same standard. Women's standards run exactly 1″ shorter than men's in every row of both charts.
| Club | Men's standard | Women's standard |
|---|---|---|
| Driver | 45″ | 44″ |
| 3-Wood | 43″ | 42″ |
| 5-Iron | 38″ | 37″ |
| 7-Iron | 37″ | 36″ |
| Pitching Wedge | 35½″ | 34½″ |
Wrist-to-floor is measured in golf shoes. Bare feet steal half an inch, and the fitting with it.
His arms aren't your arms. Same height, different arm length, different fitting.
The single-number charts skip the wrist-to-floor correction that actually decides the length.
A club is measured at address, to the top of the grip on the 60° plane — not along the bend of the shaft. The measure guide shows the official way.
Every ½″ of length changes the effective lie by a degree. Fit them together — there's a calculator for the pair.
Standard is built for the middle of the bell curve. One measurement tells you whether you're the middle.
Every result on this page comes from the published fitting data described above — the clubmaker standard lengths and the height + wrist-to-floor chart — credited below. Found a number that looks wrong? Use Report an Error — every report is read.
Stand in golf shoes against a wall, arms hanging relaxed. Measure from your wrist crease straight down to the floor. That number — not your height — is the one that moves the fitting.
Half an inch changes your posture at address, where the club strikes the ground, and the effective lie angle by a full degree. Fittings work in quarter-inch steps for a reason.
The standards run about an inch shorter across the set, but the fitting itself is identical — the same two measurements. Plenty of women fit men's standard lengths and plenty of men fit the women's table. The women's calculator runs the women's standards with your own adjustment.
If you tend to miss toward the heel, start with the shorter option; if you want help launching the ball, the longer. A range session settles what the tape can't.
Yes. The measurements, standards and adjustments are identical — only the clubhead is mirrored.
No. Junior fitting runs on height alone, in bands — because proportions change as kids grow. The junior calculator uses the published junior systems instead.
The longest club in the bag, fitted on its own page.
Every iron and wedge in the set from your two measurements.
Raw shaft to the trim that makes your playing length.
Fitted by height and arm hang — not the set adjustment.
Women's standards plus your own adjustment.
The height-band systems, sized as kids grow.
The pair that has to be fitted together — ½″ equals 1°.
Every club, men's and women's, plus the full fitting table.
The official way to measure a club — and yourself.