Every golfer has a gap somewhere in the bag, a stretch of yardage where two clubs either overlap and do the same job, or leave a hole neither one covers. Most players never find it because they're guessing at their own numbers instead of testing them.

Below is a free interactive gapping tool. Tick the clubs you carry, enter your own distances (or start from an average preset and edit from there), and it will map your whole bag on a single scale, flag every overlap and gap, and point you toward the type of club that typically closes it.

The ToolMap Your Own Gaps

Preset distances are average, on-course tracking figures by handicap, sourced from MyGolfSpy's 2026 distance-chart series (driver, fairway wood, iron and wedge data drawn from Shot Scope tracking; hybrid data from MyGolfSpy's hybrid distance chart). Mini Driver / 2-Wood has no reliable published average and is left blank on purpose. Meters are converted at 1 yard = 0.9144m and rounded to the nearest whole number.

How To Read ItWhat Each Colour Means

Ideal (black), 8 to 20 yards. This is the range most fitters aim for between consecutive clubs. Enough separation to matter on the course, not so much that you're left guessing between two clubs.

Overlap (gold), 7 yards or less. Two clubs doing almost the same job. Not dangerous, but it usually means one of them is a wasted slot in a 14-club bag, especially if it's costing you room for a wedge or hybrid you actually need.

Wide (rust), 21 to 30 yards. Workable for a lot of golfers, but worth watching. If it shows up between your longest iron and shortest wood, it's the first place to look.

Yardage gap (red), 30 yards or more. A distance neither club in your bag actually covers. This is the one that costs strokes, because it forces a hard decision between "too much club" and "not enough club" on an approach shot.

Common CulpritsWhere Bags Usually Gap

Driver to 3-wood. A modern low-spin driver paired with an older, higher-spinning 3-wood often leaves 40-plus yards between them. A mini driver or a stronger-lofted fairway wood usually closes it.

Longest iron to fairway wood or hybrid. This is the most common gap in the average bag. If your 4-iron and your 5-wood are more than 25 yards apart, a hybrid sitting between them is almost always the fix.

Pitching wedge to sand wedge. A standard PW to SW jump can be 20 to 25 yards depending on lofts. A gap wedge splits that in half and turns a "hope" shot into a full swing.

If you're not sure whether a fix should be a hybrid, a fairway wood or a wedge, our Find My Fit tool can help narrow it down based on your swing rather than guesswork.

FAQCommon Questions

What's a good yardage gap between clubs? Most fitters aim for 8 to 15 yards between short irons and wedges, and 15 to 20 yards between longer irons and woods. Anything past 25 to 30 yards is worth addressing.

Is it bad to have overlapping clubs? Not dangerous, just inefficient. With only 14 slots allowed, an overlap usually means you're carrying a club that isn't earning its place.

Should I use my range distances or my on-course distances? On-course, every time. Range balls, flat lies and no pressure all add yards that don't show up on the scorecard.

My biggest gap is between my irons and my woods, what fixes that? A hybrid is the most common fix, since it's built to bridge exactly that stretch of yardage. Our Hybrids & Utilities range is a good place to start.

Can I trust the preset numbers as my own distances? No, treat them as a rough starting point only. Your own on-course numbers, even a rough estimate from memory of recent rounds, will always be more useful than an average.