For a 5-wood, the number on the sole is a fair guide to loft. That is less true further down the bag, where a 21° head can be a 7-wood or a 4-hybrid.
89% of right-handed 5-wood models stay between 17° and 19° (235 of 263).
Median right-handed loft: 3-wood 15°, 4-wood 17°, 5-wood 18°, 7-wood 21°, 9-wood 24°.
Median loft of right-handed heads with a published loft and head label. Source: GolfAPI.dev catalog.
Data as of .
Data table
| Head number | Median loft |
|---|---|
| 3 | 15° |
| 4 | 17° |
| 5 | 18° |
| 7 | 21° |
| 9 | 24° |
Reproduce this chart
The request needs a Hobby or Pro key. A test key returns only the fixture.
curl 'https://api.golfapi.dev/fairway-woods?fields=id,name,variants&limit=100' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOLFDEV_API_KEY"
# Repeat with &cursor=<page.next> until page.has_more is false.
The 17.5° heads are the AEROJET LS, DARKSPEED LS and DS-ADAPT LS fairways. The 23° heads are PING's G Le4 and Cobra's Women's AIR-X.
The number on the sole is the maker's call, so the API keeps it exactly as printed (5, 5W, #5) in head_label. A head without one is Not published, as handling missing specifications explains. To find 5-woods by what they actually are, filter on loft:
curl 'https://api.golfapi.dev/fairway-woods?loft=18&hand=rh&fields=id,name,manufacturer,lofts_deg&limit=20' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $GOLFDEV_API_KEY"
Run export GOLFDEV_API_KEY='sk_live_…' with a Hobby or Pro key first and leave $GOLFDEV_API_KEY as written. How to set your key
Through the MCP server, the prompt "List right-handed fairway woods with an 18° head and give each one's head label" needs a Hobby key, since the free sample holds two fairway woods.
Next up: the 21° head that is sold as three different clubs.
