by Tom Wishon | Jul 17, 2013 | Shaft Fitting
What is meant by a “tip soft” shaft? A shaft can be designed with many variations in the distribution of its stiffness over its whole length. A tip soft shaft is one that is designed to be more flexible in the tip portion of the shaft which we define as the last 16”...
by Tom Wishon | Nov 14, 2012 | Clubfitting
Clubfitting is and always will be about tailoring the specifications of each golf club so they best match the various swing characteristics of each different golfer. To think that a golfer can play as well with clubs bought off the rack made to a series of standard...
by Tom Wishon | Aug 17, 2012 | Clubfitting, Tips
There are certain assumptions that golfers often make about their equipment. Associating height with club length is one such assumption that quite often is wrong. The reason is because many tall people have long arms and a lot of short people have normal to shorter...
by Tom Wishon | Jul 18, 2012 | Clubfitting, Driver Fitting, Hybrid Fitting, Iron Fitting
One of the very first technical points a golfer learns about his equipment is the letter + number designation which describes the SWINGWEIGHT of the clubs. C8, D1, D4 are examples of the letter/number designation which have been used to label the swingweight of golf...
by Tom Wishon | Jun 20, 2012 | Clubfitting
In a word? Playing with the right grip size is HUGELY important. If the grip is too small and the golfer has to wrap his hands too far around the grip, the muscles of the forearm almost always tighten up. When the forearm muscles get tighter, it becomes much more...
