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Last post I talked some about fitting one’s golf club length using a clubfitting ruler.  Most people in golf know that changes in club length can cause discernible differences in ball travel, but fewer may be aware that changes in length can also be responsible for altering one’s golf swing, due to both the club length itself and/or other golf club characteristics that become different as a result of any length modifications.  Choosing club length is an instrumental part of fitting, but using a clubfitting ruler to select length is another issue, as the method does not address (more…)

Another indirect method for fitting certain golf club specifications is by way of using a “clubfitting ruler” for determining one’s golf club length.  This common gadget measures the distance between the ground and a part of your hand when standing erect with arms hanging at your sides.  The measurement used to be figured to the fingertips or maybe the knuckles, but now many may do it to one’s wrist.  One’s “optimal golf club length” is read off the ruler.  Whereas with many other golf club parameters I have learned and evolved tremendously from being a beginner until now, I can honestly say that my verdict on the clubfitting ruler (more…)

After the two major and direct ways of fitting golf clubs to golfers, there are a number of instructed, “indirect” concepts whose merits rate from suitable to worthless.  A few may be considered fair supplemental ways to help achieve the two primary goals of golf club fitting, if properly utilized.  But because they are often “roundabout” in nature, they can be very problematic, especially in inexperienced hands.  One such method is (more…)

Last post I discussed how golf swing performance and desired golf ball travel are all too often not coupled to each other.  In addition to the multitude of times I have personally experienced this phenomenon in the past, I went through this again extensively just this year.  I began the year putting the (more…)

The second direct means of fitting golf clubs to golfers is just about as transparent as fitting by ball travel that I discussed in my previous post.  This is the fitting of golf clubs to (more…)

There are two and only two fundamental ways to directly analyze and fit golf clubs to golfers.  The first is a no-brainer, rather obvious to even the most inexperienced of players (and clubfitters) after being involved in the game for only a very short period of time.  This is, of course, by (more…)

Welcome to golf Clubfitting 101, where I will now begin to reveal theories and practices that will guide the future of golf club fitting (and swinging) and turn around decades of ineffective methods that have likely contributed to the game’s decline in recent years.  In certain areas details will be added or explained better to help supplement what is already available, some of which is good, but in other areas (more…)

I will be blunt.  There are several things about golf I have grown to dislike, and under the right conditions I would leave the game behind in a heartbeat.  Even before I say the following I regret it, but I say it anyhow because there is just so much truth to it.  If golf were in essence one of the (more…)

Before beginning what I will label “Clubfitting 101″ after a couple more posts, I want to reemphasize here how critically important the proper fitting of golf equipment is in order to get the best, most consistent results out of anyone’s golf swing and playing performance.  At the same time, however, I must also sadly restate (more…)

Besides club fitting services for golfers offered by independent operators, ranging from individuals to major club manufacturers, organizations exist that have been founded specifically to help teach and promote golf-related occupations, including the custom clubfitting trade.  From these bodies, one might obtain (more…)