The Fitter’s Corner

I had an interesting discussion with one of the fitters on my fitting team earlier this week. He asked “If adjusting Loft is such a bad idea, why does Callaway offer it as a part of the new fitting system?” GREAT question. If you don’t have the new fitting system, you can skip this one.…

With the new Callaway fitting system starting to show up, this discussion is worthy of a refresh. Don’t have a Callaway fitting cart? It’s still worth a read. The new iron fitting system will do lie AND loft. Great… I say with sarcasm. In my opinion, changing loft is the dumbest thing you can do…

It’s going to happen. Sooner or later, someone is going to find out that you are a Golf Professional, or a Master Fitter or somehow involved in the golf world, and they’re going to come up to you and say “What shaft should I get in my driver?”, or “How come I slice the ball?”,…

Ideas for this post can come from anywhere. I had a decent idea for Monday, but, as my partner yesterday said “The couch got in the way”, and I just couldn’t get it done. I got a better idea yesterday. I played in a Pro-Pro yesterday with a Callaway Staff Professional. This means we were…

It was a very well kept secret. Very few (if any) tour players will play this club, so there were no pictures out there. I didn’t even get showable samples until a couple weeks ago. “IT” being the new Apex Ai200. If you read the Callaway Newsletter, you saw the review. But how do they…

How many times have we talked about wedge fitting? A lot, right? This just got a whole lot easier for you. Don’t know where to start? Don’t know what grinds to use? Don’t know what lofts to go with? Well, we do. Do you have a launch monitor? You are golden!! We have a new…

The last two weeks ago we talked about lie – how to bend and iron, and WHY to bend an iron. This week, let’s talk about length. It’s equally as important as lie, and it can not be overlooked in the fitting process. Contrary to lie, I fit for length first. Wherever possible, I like…

Last week, we talked about all things lie angles. Well almost all things… This week, let’s talk about the ramifications of making a lie angle adjustment, why we do it, and what a player can expect. First things first. There is no standard lie angle in an iron for any company. if a player is…

If your eyes and brain are bleeding from the metallurgy class in the Callaway newsletter, you’re in luck. This Fitters Corner will expand on that – but, only slightly. Haha. I had a macho chat with a fellow fitter a few weeks ago. We were saying “Remember how easy it was to bend an iron…

You have a player who wants a new wedge. What is the best way to fit this player? To me, step one is to examine the players Iron set. What are the lofts of the clubs he is keeping? How many wedges will he be adding in? Step two? Examine the players current wedges. What…