The Fitter’s Corner

I ended last weeks Fitter’s Corner with this: 25 yards… take it with a grain of salt. I had a little chuckle at a recent event. Had a good player want to get fit with a driver. We started to chat. I asked him to tell me about himself. “I’m a 4 handicap, my driver…

If you fit golf clubs, rarely will a session go by where someone doesn’t ask “What’s my club head speed?”, or “How far should I hit a 7-iron?”, or something else along those lines. We know how to answer these questions, but it still makes me chuckle when I think that someone would ask “How…

Every Once in a while this comes up. I thought it might be a good idea for a refresher. Iron shafts come in two types – Parallel tip and taper tip. In essence, they are exactly as they sound – one tip is parallel, the other is tapered. These shafts are not used interchangeably. A…

Last week, we did the math for a tour player. We tried to relate that to an average player – specifically how hard a player swings when they play golf or go to a club fitting. We said maybe it’s our job to help coax them into a more controlled swing by what data, how…

I can get long winded, I know. That makes these Monday emails long. Starting today, the Fitters Corner will get it’s own separate email. Also on Mondays, now you can choose the content you want from me. The Newsletter will still be all things Callaway, but only that. You can get your updates in a…

Is club fitting Smoke and Mirrors? A dog and pony show? Last week, we said it’s a good rock band, and maybe with me and my stuff, more than you. What about something that doesn’t have a lot of tech? Like putters?? Unless you have a SAM Putt lab or something along those lines, you…

How important is a ball fitting? I had a player who was fit for a driver by someone else. He wanted it when he walked in, liked it, and bought it. He had second thoughts, and ended up in front of me. We chatted. He thought a Callaway driver was right for him, but wasn’t…

Head first, got it. A few weeks ago, I was doing a fitter training. I asked the question, “Which is more important, head or shaft?” The fitter said “I know you’re going to say head, so Head.” I said let’s try and experiment. I hit a couple shots with an Apex head on an AMT…

The last few weeks, we spent some time on driver fittings. We said first things first – you have to find a head that compliments the players ball flight – in English, get him a head he can hit straight. If he doesn’t hit it straight (enough), none of the other specs matter. Fit the…

Let’s do a quick recap from last week: Bottom line – Use the Head to dial in optimal performance and to optimize directional control, use the shaft to optimize feel and fine tune directional control. I got some questions on this, so I’ll simplify. You KNOW what the head is going to do. It’s predictable.…