Golf Club Length Chart: Standard Lengths and How to Measure

Standard golf club length chart

These are the component-industry standards, the lengths a club builder uses when a customer asks for "standard". Graphite sets run 1/2" longer than steel because a lighter shaft lowers swing weight, and the extra length brings the feel back. Women's standard is 1" shorter than men's across the board. OEM stock lengths drift from this chart by a quarter inch either way, and a few brands run their 7-iron at 37.25", so measure your own clubs before you assume.

Drivers, fairway woods and hybrids

Source: Hireko standard length chart. Hybrid length follows head weight: a 235 g 3-hybrid weighs what a 2-iron does and takes 2-iron length.

Irons and wedges

Source: Hireko standard length chart. A 1-iron, where anyone still carries one, is 40.5" graphite and 40" steel.

Putters

Source: Hireko standard length chart. The USGA equipment FAQ sets the legal range: every club must be at least 18" and, except for putters, no more than 48". Under the Model Local Rule G-10 that tours and many events adopt, the cap drops to 46" for everything but the putter.

Length by height and wrist to floor

Height alone is a rough guide. Two players the same height can have arms that differ by 3", so the number fitters use is wrist to floor: stand in street shoes on a hard floor, arms hanging relaxed at your sides, and measure from the crease of the wrist to the floor. Then read across.

Source: Hireko fitting guide. The adjustment applies to the whole set, driver through wedges. Putter length is set separately by posture.

How to measure a golf club

Three different measurements get called "length", and ordering the wrong one is the usual reason an assembled shaft comes back for a recut.

What half an inch does

Length moves three other things at once, which is why "just make it longer" rarely ends well.

Swing weight figures are the rules of thumb our swing weight calculator runs on: about 2 to 3 points per half inch of length, about 2 g at the head per point.

A note on lie angle

Lie angle and length travel together. Lengthen an iron and the toe sits higher at address, which sends the face left for a right-hander; shorten it and the toe drops, sending it right. A 1/2" change is worth about 1 degree of lie, so a fitter who adds length will usually flatten the lie by a degree to keep the sole level at impact. If you are only changing length by 1/4", leave the lie alone and watch your divots: a divot deeper at the toe means the club is too flat for the new length, deeper at the heel means too upright.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us your height, your wrist-to-floor number and the clubs you are building, and we will give you a length to order. Text (408) 475-7570. Every assembled driver and fairway shaft we sell is cut to your length before it ships, and the raw shafts come with the trimming instructions you need to do it yourself.