Golf Club Lie Angle Chart by Club and Maker

Standard lie angles climb as the club gets shorter. On the makers' own spec pages the 4-iron lists between 60.5° and 61.5°, the 7-iron between 62.0° and 63.0°, and the pitching wedge between 64.0° and 64.5°. Find your club and your maker below, then read the notes on what a lie that does not fit your swing does to the ball.

The ChartIron lie angles by club and maker

The numbers are copied as each maker prints them, including the extra decimals. Callaway lists its lies in eighths of a degree, PING prints 62.8° for the 8-iron, and Titleist prints whole and half degrees. Wedges are listed in the order each maker lists them, with the maker's own name and loft in brackets, because the four sets do not use the same wedge names or lofts.

Two notes from the pages themselves. PING states that its lie angle is based on the Black Color Code at standard length, and that these are design specifications that may vary due to manufacturing tolerances. Titleist prints a single lie row under its T-Series iron lofts, so the T100 numbers above are the same row you see for the other T-Series irons in that table.

WoodsDriver, fairway wood and hybrid lie angles (PING G440)

Woods sit much flatter than irons. PING lists the lie of a wood or hybrid as an average of the five adjustable loft positions marked on the hosel, so the number is the middle of a range, not one fixed setting.

The basicsWhat lie angle does to the shot

Lie angle describes how upright or flat the shaft sits against the sole of the club. A higher number is a more upright club, which is why the charts above rise toward the wedges. The number that matters on the course is where the sole ends up at impact, not where it sits when you set up.

Titleist's Learning Lab says the sole should be level with the horizon at impact. For a right-handed golfer, if the toe is higher than the heel, the upright lie sends the shot left. If the heel is higher than the toe, the flat lie sends it right. Titleist lists lie as one ingredient of a good shot, next to club path, the low point of the swing arc, strike location and clubface alignment. TaylorMade puts it more broadly: lie angle affects start direction, curvature and strike, and changing it changes how the club meets the turf and where the face points at impact.

So a steady miss to one side is a reason to have the lie looked at. It is not proof that the lie is the cause.

FittingHow fitters check your lie

PING's fitting starts from two measurements, your height and your wrist-to-floor distance. Plotting them on the PING color code chart gives a starting color code, which is a lie angle, plus a recommended length. PING says the code and the shaft length both influence shot direction and consistency, and that your fitter may adjust from the chart based on what they see. There are 10 color codes, ranging from 5° upright to 4° flat.

TaylorMade says that matching the right clubhead with the right lie angle tightens dispersion, and that a fitter can use a lie board together with launch monitor data to find your ideal lie.

The iron fitting chart compares what each maker's fitting chart asks for and what it returns. For how loft numbers line up across sets, see the golf club loft chart.

Custom orders usually let you move off standard. Cobra's KING Irons order page offers lie in steps from 4° Flat through Standard to 4° Up.

Using itHow to use this chart

Find your club in the left column, then read across to the maker you play. That is the standard lie the maker lists for it. If your set is custom or has been bent, your numbers differ, and a fitter or club builder can measure them.

When you compare two sets, compare the same club. A 7-iron is 62.0° in the PING list and 63.0° in the TaylorMade list, and that gap says nothing about which set fits you. It only shows where each maker starts.

Watch forCommon mix-ups

Standard is a starting point, not a fit. Every number here is a design specification, and PING notes it can vary with manufacturing tolerances. Your own lie comes from your build and your swing.

Wedge names do not line up. PING says UW, Callaway says AW, TaylorMade says AW, Titleist says W, and the lofts differ. Match by loft or by the order in the set.

A woods lie is an average. PING's wood and hybrid numbers average five loft positions, so the printed figure is not one fixed angle.

Blaming the lie for every miss. Path, face and strike all steer the ball too. See the list from Titleist above.

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