How Far Do Pro Golfers Hit Each Club? THE COMPLETE 2025 Tour Guide!

The incredible distances prof golfers hit each club can seem almost unreal when watching them on TV.
The drives of long hitters like Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Åberg always seem to always go miles and can appear superhuman.
But to really understand prof golf club distances in 2025 we need to look beyond just the PGA Tour pros who typically dominate these discussions.
The complete picture needs to include the experienced Champions Tour veterans as well as the highly skilled LPGA Tour pros.
And of course you can’t have a discussion about club distances in the pro game without mentioning LIV Tour star Bryson DeChambeau!
Each tour offers unique insights into how far the world’s best golfers hit each club.
And thanks to advanced tech like Trackman and Shotlink we now have precise data on club distances across every professional tour.
The numbers reveal fascinating patterns – both in terms of similarities and differences between tours – that offer valuable lessons for amateur golfers.
Golfing Focused Takeaways For Time Pressed Golfers
- PGA Tour pros average 300.2 yards (274 metres) total driving distance while LIV Tour players hit it slightly further at 305.5 yards or 279.3 metres.
- Champions Tour players maintain impressive 279.1-yard (255 meters) drives while LPGA pros average 259.8 yards or 238 metres.
- Iron distances show smaller gaps: PGA Tour pros hit 7-irons an average ‘carry’ distance 176 yards (161 metres) vs. Champions Tour 166 yards (152 metres) and LPGA 143 yards (131 metres)
- PGA Tour pros carry their pitching wedge 142 yards (130 metres) on average compared to the 134 yards (123 metres) average on the Champions Tour and LPGA Tour average of 111 yards or 101 metres
- Club lofts can vary significantly between players making direct club-to-club comparisons complex
- Distance control especially in irons and wedges matters more than raw distance – pros across all tours consistently hit their clubs within 2 to 4 yards of intended distance
How Far Do Pros Hit Their Driver? The Big Headline Numbers!
Driver distance naturally leads any discussion about how far pros hit their clubs.
And according to official Shotlink data, PGA Tour pros drive the ball an average ‘total’ distance of 300.2 yards (274 metres) with an average ‘carry’ distance of 286.6 yards or 262 metres.
Their LIV Tour counterparts hit it slightly further, averaging 305.5 yards or 279.3 metres total distance.
But pro golf isn’t of course just a young man’s game.
To cover this topic fully we need to include the best senior and women pros in the world and the numbers for those players.
- The average ‘total’ driving distance on the Champions Tour is 279.1 yards or 255 metres according to the latest Shotlink data, while
- On average LPGA Tour golfers drive a ‘total’ of 259.8 yards (238 metres) with a ‘carry’ distance of 223 yards or 204 meters.
For context, the average male amateur achieves a total driving distance of just 225 yards – and Golfing Focus goes into more detail on the driving distances, including the longest hitters, on all of the main Tours in the following posts:
- How Far Tour Pros Hit Driver And What It Means For Your Drives
- How Far Do They Drive On The Champions Tour?
- How Far Do Pro Women Golfers Drive The Ball? LPGA Vs LET
But beyond the headline driving distance numbers of the top pros, which lets face it 99.9% of amateurs can only dream of matching, there are lessons in them for all regular golfers.
And that is ‘how’ they are achieved.
There are a few factors that exactly determine driver distance and why the pros hit the ball so much further than regular amateurs but in short the single biggest factor in driving distance isn’t raw power – it’s skill.
And in practice on the golf course that means how well a player strikes the ball with their driver makes the single biggest difference to how far they hit the ball.
While pros do tend to swing faster than amateurs, what really sets them apart is their consistent, centre-face contact that transfers the energy of their swings to the ball.
And it is actually the top women pros in the world that provide the most compelling evidence of skill’s importance, more so than their PGA and LIV Tour colleagues.
Because despite having nearly identical driver swing speeds to the average male amateur (96mph vs. 93.4mph), LPGA pros average over 30 yards more driving distance.
How Far Pros Hit Their Woods And Hybrids? Now It Starts To Get Trickier
Unlike driver distances, analyzing how far pros hit fairway woods and hybrids is more complex.
While pros aim for maximum distance with driver 99% of the time, they use these clubs more strategically – sometimes for maximum distance off the tee, other times for controlled approach shots.
The most reliable comparison we have for these clubs is therefore ‘carry distance’ – the distance from impact point to where the ball first hits the ground.
And the data shows interesting patterns across the Tours, especially on the PGA and LPGA Tours where Trackman provides the following numbers:
CLUB | PGA TOUR (Average CARRY distance) | LPGA TOUR (Average CARRY distance) |
3-wood | 249 (228 metres) | 200 (183 metres) |
5-wood | 236 (216 metres) | 189 (173 metres) |
Hybrid (15º to 18º) | 231 (211 metres) | 178 (163 metres) |
22% of the top 100 PGA Tour pros also take a 7-wood around with them on Tour again as part of a wider set of clubs, and some even use a 9-wood on occasion.
There is no comparable data unfortunately for how far Tour pros hit 7-wood but Chilean star Joaquin Niemann carries his 20.5º 7-wood a distance of 240 yards as an example.
While comprehensive Trackman data isn’t available for the Champions Tour, limited data Golfing Focus gathered on club distances on the senior tour shows:
- 3-wood carry: 259 yards
- 5-wood carry: 243 yards
- 3-hybrid carry: 226 yards
Given these distances are based on mainly the longest Champions Tour hitters, and indeed exceed even PGA Tour averages, it is highly doubtful that these yardages are replicated across the Champions Tour field.
But they do show however that a few senior pros maintain a lot of power as they pass the 50 year old mark!
When it comes to average pro distances for woods and lower lofted hybrids though remember we always have to factor in the wider variety of shots the top players play with these clubs compared to driver.
[Note – If you are interested in how many hybrids the top 100 PGA Tour, Champions Tour and LPGA Tour pros opt to put in their bags check out our in-depth analysis:
- Hybrid Power: The Most Used Hybrids On The PGA Tour
- Champions Hybrid Heroes. Most Used Hybrids By Champions Tour Pros
- Do LPGA Players Use Hybrids? They Have Many In Hand
How Far Do Pros Hit Their Irons? Remember to Take Stock
Modern tracking technology gives us detailed insight into professional iron distances, though the full picture requires some context.
And that is once again that pros will hit all manner of a variety of different shots with their irons, especially for their approach shots.
As such, they will hit the same iron a variety of different distances.
A look at Brooks Koepka’s yardage book below gives us a great insight into this and highlights how many types of shots pros can play with their irons.
For example for a 170 yard shot into the green a quick glance at his iron yardages shows he could decide to play either a three-quarter 8-iron or try to hit a 9-iron as far as he can – his ‘max’ distance for that club.
When you account for factors such as wind, elevation, ground conditions and also the context in which the shot is being played Koepka, like all the pros, has a number of options for each iron shot.
All of which makes the question of how far he hits each iron a bit more complex than at first you may think.
While pros can manipulate their iron distances significantly, they all however have ‘stock’ yardages – the typical distance they hit each iron with a normal full swing.
And when we compare these ‘stock yardages’ for irons between the pros we get a consistent view of yardage which we can accurately compare across the players.
CLUB | PGA TOUR (Average CARRY distance) | CHAMPIONS TOUR (Average CARRY distance) | LPGA TOUR (Average CARRY distance) |
3-iron | 218 yards (199 metres) | – | – |
4-iron | 209 yards (192 metres) | 202 yards (185 metres) | 175 yards (160 metres) |
5-iron | 199 yards (182 metres) | 190 yards (174 metres) | 166 yards (152 metres) |
6-iron | 188 yards (172 metres) | 178 yards (163 metres) | 155 yards (142 metres) |
7-iron | 176 yards (161 metres) | 166 yards (152 metres) | 143 yards (131 metres) |
8-iron | 164 yards (150 metres) | 155 yards (142 metres) | 133 yards (122 metres) |
9-iron | 152 yards (139 metres) | 144 yards (132 metres) | 123 yards (112 metres) |
Different pros however clearly hit different distances and our in-depth look at how far PGA Tour, LPGA Tour and Champions Tour hit their irons highlighted how much some of the top players, including Rory McIlroy, Nelly Korda and Padraig Harrington, are above average.
But as we explore in more detail in those posts, and just as when we looked at the topic of how far amateurs should hit their irons, it’s worth bearing certain things in mind.
And one is that direct iron-to-iron comparisons between pros can be misleading due to equipment differences.
Bryson DeChambeau’s yardages for his irons are particularly noteworth in this respect.
Looking at his ‘pitching wedge’ stock yardage of 170 yards would suggest for example that he hits it 20 yards further than Rory McIlroy with the same club.
But a closer look at Bryson’s irons shows he also carries a 45º wedge that goes 160 yards by comparison to McIlroy’s 46º 150 yard ‘pitching wedge’.
His ‘pitching wedge’ is in actual fact lofted at 40º which is the more likely loft of other pros 9-irons.
DeChambeau’s ‘9-iron’ meanwhile is lofted at 35º, his ‘8-iron at 30º, 7-iron at 25º, 6-iron at 21º and his ‘5-iron’ at an astonishing 17º which is a stronger loft than the Mizuno 2-iron I carry in my own bag!
So while Bryson is still probably the longest hitter in the men’s game its clear he stamps his irons with a club number that is lower his competitors!
[Editor’s note – to see how the iron distances of many of the longest hitters, including Brooks Koepka, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas match up against each other you can check them out here.]
There Is ‘Lofts’ To Consider When Looking At How Far Pros Hit Their Wedges
While tracking technology again gives us clear data on pro wedge ‘stock yardages’ distances, the reality is once more nuanced.
And that’s because wedges are the most versatile clubs in any pro’s golf bag, as exemplified by Brooks Koepka’s yardage book showing 5 different distances per wedge!
Once again also when it comes to comparing the distances that the pros hit their wedges, the differing lofts each of them often carry for seemingly the same club, adds a complication.
For example while one pro’s ‘gap wedge’ may be 50º another may choose 53 or even 54º for that same ‘gap wedge’ club.
Trackman does provide ‘average’ pitching wedge yardages for the PGA Tour (142 yards or 130 metres) and the LPGA Tour (111 yards or 101 metres) but Golfing Focus’s deep dives into each Tour unearthed the following ‘stock yardages for the shortest clubs in the bag.
CLUB | PGA / LIV TOUR (Average CARRY distance) | CHAMPIONS TOUR (Average CARRY distance) | LPGA TOUR (Average CARRY distance) |
Pitching Wedge | 142 yards (130 metres) | 129 yards (117 metres) | 111 yards (101 metres) |
50º Gap Wedge | 131 yards (120 metres) | 124 yards (113 metres) | 106 yards (97 metres) |
52º Gap Wedge | 127 yards (116 metres) | 119 yards (109 metres) | – |
54º Gap Wedge | 122 yards (112 metres) | 113 yards (103 metres) | 100 yards (91 metres) |
56º Sand Wedge | 116 yards (106 metres) | 107 yards (98 metres) | – |
58º Sand Wedge | 111 yards (101 metres) | 99 yards (91 metres) | 90 yards (82 metres) |
60º Lob Wedge | 101 yards (92 metres) | 94 yards (86 metres) | 75 yards (69 metres) |
62º Lob Wedge | – | 80 yards (73 metres) | – |
While these yardages give a great guide as to how far pros hit their wedges it is important to remember how particular all the pros are about these clubs especially.
It is vital for them to know exactly how far they hit their wedges with a variety of different types of shots as our focused in-depth look at how far wedge distances on the PGA and LIV Tours initially highlighted.
And that’s because feel is so important from those short distances, especially at the top level of the game, where a yard or two can make the difference between winning or losing a tournament or tens of thousands of dollars.
That is why you will find some pros’ wedges measured up to 0.5º or even 0.25º when listed.
And it is this precision and attention to detail with the shortest clubs in the bag that neatly brings together the key lessons that amateurs can learn from how far pros hit each club!
Why How Far Pros Hit Each Club Does NOT Matter … And Why it Does!
Knowing how far pros hit each club doesn’t really matter.
The huge distances, particularly the top male pros, hit the ball are on the whole unattainable for regular golfers no matter what you read or watch on social media!
As such the yardage data is of little value in itself.
But knowing ‘how’ the top players generate the distances they do undoubtedly is and why they are so precise with their distances can unquestionably help you with your own game.
So if you take anything from the topic of how far pros hit the ball it should be the following rather than the yardages themselves:
- Knowing your own yardages is incredibly beneficial when it comes to course selection out on the course
- Consistent yardage gaps matter more than raw distance. Pros maintain consistent gaps between ‘stock’ yardages to ensure no clubs are doing the same job.
- Consistent strike quality is key. The consistent center-face contact pros hit their clubs with has the biggest material impact on distance.
Before you go …
Looking at far pros hit the ball is always fun but if you’d rather compare your club distances to your peers check out these posts!
- Driver: How Far Should You Hit a Driver? FULL GUIDE By Age, Handicap etc.
- Fairway woods: How Far Does a 3 Wood vs 5 Wood Go? Tee and Approach Shots!
- Hybrids: How Far Should I Hit My Hybrids? 2 vs 3 vs 4 Hybrid Distances
- Irons: How Far Should I Hit My Irons? By Handicap, Age & Swingspeed
- Wedges: How Far Should You Hit Your Wedges? Be Sure to Fill the Gaps!
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