Bag Gapping Map

The bag is a coverage system, not a set of numbers on a spec sheet

Gapping is the practice of looking at your bag as a whole rather than one club at a time. Two clubs that are individually fine can still leave you without a good option at a common yardage if their carries are too close together, or leave an awkward stretch where nothing in your bag comfortably reaches. This tool sorts whatever carries you enter, computes the gap between each adjacent pair, and flags anything unusually large or unusually small against thresholds you set yourself.

Reading gaps and overlaps

A gap is the yardage between two adjacent clubs once sorted by carry. A large gap, above the target spacing you choose, means there is a yardage window where you would have to take a partial swing with the longer club or a full swing with the shorter one, neither of which is as repeatable as a full, comfortable swing. An overlap, at or below your overlap threshold, means two clubs cover nearly the same distance, which is not automatically bad. It can be deliberate, for example carrying two wedges with different bounce for different lies, but it is worth knowing about rather than discovering by accident.

Setting your own thresholds instead of using a fixed rule

There is no single correct gap size for every golfer; it depends on your shot-making variety, how comfortable you are taking a partial swing, and how the course you play most often is set up. This tool defaults to a 15-yard target and a 5-yard overlap threshold as a reasonable starting point, but you can adjust both to match your own game rather than a generic number.

From map to decision

Once you can see your gaps clearly, the natural next questions are whether your wedges cover the scoring zone well with the Wedge Distance Matrix, and whether the Round Ready brief should include this bag summary for your next round. Read the bag gapping guide for a fuller walk-through of coverage, overlap, and common mistakes golfers make when chasing a "perfect" gap.