---
title: "11% of new drivers have a fixed hosel"
description: "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."
summary: "GolfAPI.dev adjustable and fixed hosels on drivers by release period. adjustable_hosel (Core) is true, false, or absent (Not published); absent never means fixed. Request: GET https://api.golfapi.dev/drivers?adjustable_hosel=false&release_year_after=2023&fields=id,name,manufacturer,release_year. A filter matches published values only. Auth: Bearer API key. Figures as of 12 November 2026."
url: "https://golfapi.dev/blog/driver-adjustable-hosels/"
published: "2026-11-09"
updated: "2026-11-13"
tags: ["Data","Drivers"]
---

# 11% of new drivers have a fixed hosel

Of the drivers released since 2023, 11% have a fixed hosel. The share has moved between 11% and 20% in every period since 2009, and it is now at its lowest.

**11%** of drivers released 2023 to 2026 have a fixed hosel, down from 20% in 2019 to 2022.

**Drivers with a fixed hosel, by release period.** The fixed share fell from 20% in 2019–2022 to 11% in 2023–2026, its lowest since 2009.

| Release years | Fixed |
| --- | --- |
| 2009–2013 | 20% |
| 2014–2018 | 12% |
| 2019–2022 | 20% |
| 2023–2026 | 11% |

Data as of 12 Nov 2026.

```sh
curl -G https://api.golfapi.dev/drivers \
  --data-urlencode 'fields=id,name,release_year,adjustable_hosel' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=100' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOLFDEV_API_KEY"
# Then add --data-urlencode 'cursor=<page.next>' until page.has_more is false.
```

The early years are thin. Of the 50 drivers from 2005 to 2008, 47 have no published hosel type, so that period is left out. A missing hosel type is not a fixed one; [handling missing specifications](https://golfapi.dev/blog/missing-specifications/) shows how to keep the two apart in code. The 14 fixed-hosel drivers since 2023 come from five makers, and Tour Edge has seven. To list them:

```sh
curl -G https://api.golfapi.dev/drivers \
  --data-urlencode 'adjustable_hosel=false' \
  --data-urlencode 'release_year_after=2023' \
  --data-urlencode 'fields=id,name,manufacturer,release_year' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=100' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GOLFDEV_API_KEY"
```

Through the [MCP server](https://golfapi.dev/mcp), the prompt "List drivers released since 2023 with a fixed hosel" gives the same list on a Hobby key, and its 2025 and 2026 drivers on a free key.

> **Method:** We counted each driver model once, however many lofts it comes in. A driver counts as fixed when its published hosel type is fixed; drivers with no published hosel type are left out, and shares are rounded to whole numbers. Numbers as of 12 November 2026.

Next: Half of new fixed-hosel drivers are Tour Edge.