Bag builder
Build a forgiving bag, or check the one you carry
One forgiving club for each place in your bag, chosen for your miss, hand, flex and budget, and the total. Or check the loft gaps in the bag you carry.
$2,446.97 for 6 clubs
6 clubs chosen for your miss; the irons are one set.
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Driver
Cobra OPTM MAX-K
Cobra's most forgiving head, with the weight fixed low and back.
$399 at Cobra
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Fairway wood
Cobra OPTM MAX
Moveable weights: back for neutral, heel for the most draw.
$269 at Cobra
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Hybrid
Cobra OPTM
A slightly larger hybrid with the weight fixed low and back for a higher launch, in 18° to 28°.
$249 at Cobra
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Irons
PING G740
A wider sole and 4.8 mm of offset: the most help on thin and heavy strikes.
$1,299.99 at PGA TOUR Superstore
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Wedge
Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D
Tour Edge's wedge for maximum forgiveness: an ultra-wide cambered sole with progressive bounce, a deep cavity and grooves across the whole face, as a 52° gap, a 56° sand and a 60° lob wedge, left- or right-handed.
$89.99 at Tour Edge
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Putter
Wilson Infinite Buckingham
Wilson's large Infinite mallet with three alignment lines, in either hand.
$139.99 at Wilson
See it at Wilson
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Change my missPrices are the latest we checked, with the seller and date on each club page. The irons are a set of about seven clubs; a second wedge or a hybrid in place of the long irons is a common next step. A complete boxed set costs less: see the beginner sets.
Your lofts, longest to shortest
Each mark is a club at its loft. A loft gap is not a distance gap: two clubs four degrees apart usually fly 10 to 15 yards apart, and your carries are what decide it.
10.5°
15°
24°
27°
31°
35°
40°
45°
Add your carry distances, if you know them
The lofts show where each club should sit; your carries show where it does. Type how far each club carries for you, in yards, from a launch monitor, a range session or the course.
| Club | Loft | Carry (yards) | Step to the next club |
|---|---|---|---|
| Driver | 10.5° | ||
| 3-wood | 15° | ||
| 5-iron | 24° | ||
| 6-iron | 27° | ||
| 7-iron | 31° | ||
| 8-iron | 35° | ||
| 9-iron | 40° | ||
| PW | 45° | ||
| 56° wedge | 56° |
- Type the carry of two or more clubs, in yards, to see the distance between them.
What to change first
- 3-wood (15°) to 5-iron (24°) is a 9° loft step. Measure their carries before adding a club.
- PW (45°) to 56° wedge (56°) is an 11° loft step. Measure their carries before adding a club.
- Nothing sits between your 3-wood (15°) and 5-iron (24°). A hybrid there is the easiest long club to hit.
Check first: a 52° wedge. One wedge to compare is the Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D ($89.99 at Tour Edge, checked 2 Nov). Compare your carries before adding a club. See the forgiving wedges and the lofts each is sold in.
Your set beside another
Buying the new club used? Check it before you pay
Print this card and take it to the shop, or keep it open beside an online listing.
Club and year: ____________________ Price: __________ Seller: ____________________
- The model and year on the head and the shaft band match the listing; sellers sometimes reuse one page for two generations.
- The hand, the shaft model and its flex, as printed on the shaft, are the ones you asked for.
- The length and the lie: ask whether the shaft was cut or extended or the head bent, and have a fitter measure both.
- The face: the grooves in the middle still have sharp edges. A worn patch where the ball strikes means less spin.
- The shaft: no dents, cracks or rust, no splintering at the top of a graphite shaft, and the ferrule sits tight against the head.
- The grip: worn, slick or cracked grips need replacing, so add that to the price.
- For a set: which clubs come with it, and that every one is the same model, shaft and flex.
- The return window, who pays the return postage, and whether a refund is cash or store credit.
The used forgiving clubs guide lists the used prices we checked.
How the bag is chosen
Each place in the bag takes the club that best answers your miss on our forgiveness score (the most draw help for a slice, a wide sole for heavy strikes, loft and softer shafts for height), sold in your hand and flex; on a tie, the club more golfers can buy, then the cheaper one. The irons are chosen exactly as on the irons page. With a budget, it swaps one club at a time for a cheaper one that still answers your miss, each time giving up the least help for the money saved, until the bag fits; if nothing that answers your miss fits, it tells you which club to untick. "Same help for less" names a cheaper club only when it gives at least the same help for your miss. The full rule is on the methodology page.
The bag holds clubs only. For the balls, the golf ball guide says which kind suits a slower or less steady swing, and what each maker's costs a dozen.