The Fitter’s Corner

“Outfitting” your members in the Fitters Corner I heard the ugly word last night. Yup. Possible Wintry Mix on Wednesday. Yuck-o-rama. Nothing brings play to a screeching halt like snow. As we focused all year long on what goes in the bag and how we optimize that set up for each player, it seems appropriate to discuss what goes ON…

Rules Scenarios I had a couple of interesting rules scenarios that came up this week, and as a PGA Professional, Golf retailer, Golf instructor, club fitter, or just someone who works in golf, we all are passionate about the game. I remember working as an Assistant Pro back in the 90’s. I had to assist with rulings…

Lets talk launch monitors. This will be a two part “corner”. This week we can look at the value of owning one. Next week, we can talk about the differences between them. When I started fitting clubs 30+ years ago technology (of really any kind) didn’t exist. We fit by feel and we looked at…

Lets keep talking launch monitors. This is the second part of a two part “Corner”. Last week we looked at the value of owning one. This week, we can talk about the differences between them. Big picture… what’s the difference between trackman or a GC Quad and an old fashioned one (like a GC2)? Off…

The white coats are coming!! The white coats are coming!! OK. It was the Red Coats and that was almost 250 years ago. The white coats are the engineers and with new products coming you will be inundated by and overwhelmed with specs and stats. It’s going to make your head spin. So, over the…

I had some questions this week that I thought I’d answer. Next week we can get back to the boring specs. First question. YES!! I write these every week. This is not some company scripted deal that they send me and I copy and paste. I write what comes to mind or what people ask…

In light of the rapidly approaching holiday week, I’ll take it easy on you this week.  Let’s chat about Center of gravity and Sweet Spot.  Lot’s to talk about here…  Center of Gravity (also called center of mass) is a fixed point inside a body where mass is evenly distributed in every direction. Up vs down,…

You spent 2022 fitting Rogue and doing a nice job with it. You were comfortable with it. Perhaps you felt like you could fit anyone into it. Yes, it’s still around, but your members are seeing Paradym all over the place. They want you to fit them for that. It’s an uncomfortable kind of feeling,…

I wanted to do a quick follow up on last weeks Fitters Corner. I mentioned that I always start with the same Iron model unless there are some different circumstances. This created some stir and some responses. The most common response was “I know my members that I’m fitting, while you don’t know the people…

As promised, the “pre-fit” interview is essentially where the fitting starts. Often, the success of the fitting hinges on the success of this portion of it – more so than hitting balls. How can you fit someone if you don’t know what they are looking for or anything else about them?? Step number one. Forget…