Golf club custom fitting has become increasingly popular and high-tech and is now seen as essential by many golfers when splashing out on new gear. But how do you go about getting a custom fitting? We summarise your options…
Golf club custom fitting has become ever more popular since the turn of the century, offering golfers the chance to personalise their specifications so their clubs work in unison with key factors like their height, swing speed, and technique.
While some brands like Ping have been championing the custom-fit cause for many decades, many others now offer comprehensive fitting options, and it’s not just a luxury for the professionals – anyone can benefit.
Below, we highlight five ways to go about getting a custom fitting…
Club pro
Your club professional
First, your club professional should be very experienced at golf club custom-fitting. Depending on the facilities at your club, this may involve just static measurements and hitting balls into a practice net to get an idea of how the club feels, but far more likely these days it will also involve hitting balls on a driving range or in a swing studio using a launch monitor to compare data between different models and shafts.
Many club pros have invested heavily in this area, and your local one will have the added benefit of potentially knowing how you typically swing the club, giving him or her a bit of a head-start in any fitting.
Most custom fittings will use launch monitor data to analyse performance, such as Trackman here
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Big retailer
The big golf retailers
You’ll get a very similar experience to the latter option if you go for a fitting with a professional or qualified fitter at the second option, the big golf retailer. Golf superstores like American Golf will have lots of models for you to try.
On the High Street, it’s highly likely that the fitting will be an indoor ‘virtual’ experience hitting balls into a net or simulator, with the ball flight calculated and displayed using a launch monitor such as Trackman.
Out-of-town retailers may also be…
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