11% of new drivers have a fixed hosel
Fourteen drivers released since 2023 have a fixed hosel. They come from five makers, and Tour Edge has seven of them, six from its Hot Launch line.
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Ask Claude about golf club specs with the GolfAPI.dev connector
Add the GolfAPI.dev MCP server at mcp.golfapi.dev to claude.ai as a custom connector, or to any MCP client. A free key reads every 2025 and 2026 driver.
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56% of new 7-irons are 30° or stronger, up from 15%
The median 7-iron lost 2° of loft, from 32° in 2013 to 2017 to 30° in 2022 to 2026. Most model lines kept their loft; new, stronger sets moved the market.
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Keep a golf club database current with a nightly GET /changes job
Store the release header from your last full scan, ask GET /changes what each later release added, updated or removed, and refetch only those clubs.
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Read golf club launch prices (MSRP) with view=market
intro_price is a club's launch MSRP per market, in minor units. Read it with view=market, filter with msrp_min and msrp_max, and keep markets apart.
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60% of right-handed 5-woods have an 18° head
The exceptions run from 17.5° low-spin heads to 23° women's models, a higher loft than the median 7-wood. Compare fairway woods by loft_deg.
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Driver launch prices rose 30% between 2020 and 2026
Most of the rise came in one year: the median jumped 20% from 2023 drivers to 2024 drivers and has not fallen since. Not adjusted for inflation.
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Handle missing golf club specs in API responses
A missing field, a false value and a field you did not request are three different states. Keep them apart in code, in filters and in agent instructions.
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Build a driver comparison page with stable club IDs
Save the drivers a user picks by clb_ id, fetch them by id, compare variants instead of lofts_deg and hands, and keep a saved club that returns 404.
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Your first golf club API request with curl
Request one driver from GET /drivers with a test key, read the record and its headers, then narrow the response with fields= and a manufacturer filter.
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