How To Find The Best Custom Clubfitters
With the advent of adjustable hosel drivers and special order fitting options from the big golf club companies, a growing number of golfers are becoming aware that custom clubfitting exists with claims that it is a way for them to improve their play. The problem with this type of awareness among golfers about custom fitting is that it becomes too easy for uneducated golfers to be fooled into going to be custom fit by people and businesses that cannot perform the type of custom fitting that can deliver visible game improvement. Using an adjustable hosel driver or simply ordering custom specs...
Read MoreUsing a Solid Set Makeup to Play SMART Golf?
Everyone who plays this game with even a speck of passion knows that to play your best, you have to play SMART golf. To most golfers, smart golf is all about course management; knowing when to “go for it” or when to hit the conservative shot. But playing smart golf isn’t always about studying each hole to know which club to hit when and where to aim it. It’s also about what complement of clubs you choose to play, something in the world of custom clubfitting which is called being custom fit with the right “Set Makeup.” Remember, the Rules of Golf say you can only carry 14...
Read MoreGolf Shaft Fitting – Selecting the Shaft so You Don’t “Get the Shaft”
Here’s a little fact of life the golf industry never talks about when the subject of custom Clubfitting comes up. There are no established standards within the golf equipment industry for shaft flex. The R flex from one company may have the same stiffness as the S flex from another company, or the A flex from yet some other company. The result is a lot of golfers walk away from their club buying experience without the right fit for the shafts in their new clubs. Accurate shaft fitting has to consist of four important steps: Measure the driver and middle-iron swing speeds of the...
Read MoreIron Fitting – Iron Out The Details
Since all golfers’ full complement of “irons” should include a mix of hybrids and irons, here are a number of other important elements of iron set fitting that can help ensure golfers are custom fit for the best overall iron set. Iron Lengths and Length Increments The starting length of the combined hybrid/iron set starts with a measurement of the golfer’s wrist to floor dimension. Final length is then a process of swing evaluation to determine the maximum length each golfer can control while still being able to address and swing at the ball with complete comfort. Once the starting...
Read MoreCustom Clubfitting is MORE Beneficial for Mid-High Handicap than Low Handicap Golfers
One of the most common misconceptions about custom clubfitting is that most middle and high handicap golfers believe they are “not good enough to be custom fit.” Here’s an absolute fact about custom fitting – the less skilled the golfer, the MORE they need to be accurately fit to play to the best of their ability. Because of their superior athletic and kinetic skills, low handicap golfers could play almost as well with quite a wide variety of different golf club specifications. Middle and high handicap golfers do not have the same level of athletic coordination or control over...
Read MorePutter Fitting – The Most Important Club to Custom Fit
Golfers use the putter more than any other club in the bag, yet it Putter fitting rarely gets the attention it deserves. 43% of the average golfer’s shots are struck with the putter. Yet how do most golfers buy a putter? By trial and error, with the emphasis put almost entirely on the “look” or the design features of the putter head, instead of the 4 critical putter fitting elements which, if properly fit, could strip strokes off your score. Granted, it’s a fact – if the golfer isn’t confident with the look of the putter behind the ball, they won’t have the confidence...
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