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Custom Fitting Golf Clubs
from: Phyllis WassermanCustom Golf Club: Custom fitting golf clubs
Every golfer's physical capability and swing is distinctive.
Many of today's best golf clubs can be custom fit for lie angle,
shaft type and length, grip type and size. Custom fitting golf
clubs involves several easy measurements and a quick
self-assessment of your game. This custom golf club has become
more than a fad that even not so professional golfers test its
waters.
Custom fitting is the process for tailoring a golf club to suit
your personal swing.
Whatever your level, with a custom golf club the aim is to
ensure that if you do make a good swing, the club will be square
at impact and should produce a straight shot.
Custom Golf Club How To's:
To custom fit your golf clubs, you need to know: your gender
(male or female); your height in your stockings or socks; the
distance from your wrist (where it bends) to the floor with your
shoes off; your age; your handicap or skill level; how fast you
swing a golf club; what club you use at the 150 yard marker.
Gender is used to put you into the correct fitting scale for
custom golf clubs. The golf industry uses different definitions
of "standard length" for men and women.
Your height and the distance in inches from your wrist to the
floor are used together to determine the length of a custom golf
club that is appropriate for you. The starting point for club
length can vary up to 3 ½-inch ranging from ladies to men plus 1
½-inch. A tall person with long arms can very easily require
shorter clubs than an average height person with short arms.
About 80 percent of golfers are standard length.
Your age, handicap (if you happen to have one), self-assessed
skill level, estimated golf swing speed and club you use at the
150 yard marker are all combined to determined the custom golf
club's shaft flex that is appropriate for you.
Custom fitting can fix your slice. If you slice the ball it
means that the toe of the club is leading into the ball which
opens the face of the club. That may be down to a swing fault,
but it could be because the club is too flat. So as part of the
custom fitting process you can make the custom golf club more
upright to help with this. This will mean that the toe of the
club will be slightly off the ground at address to compensate.
There are different methods of fitting according to custom golf
club manufacturers but ultimately they are all trying to improve
your game. To begin with simple measurements such as
wrist-to-floor, height and hand size are taken and will point
you to the right size club and at what angle it should be to the
ground. Then you will take a club and hit some balls. One method
is to place impact tape on the bottom of the custom golf club
and an impact board on the floor.
As you hit the ball the board will leave a mark on the tape
showing whether the heel or the toe of the custom golf club is
striking the floor first. The resulting mark will show whether
the club face needs to be flatter or more upright. Then things
get a bit more advanced. Analysis equipment can measure
everything from your club speed to the side spin of the ball so
that you can get maximum distance from your shot. You can also
measure the launch angle of the ball, how much backspin you
generate and impact efficiency - all which affect distance. The
angle in which the custom golf club approaches the ball and the
sidespin of it can help fix your game too.
Rather than bringing down your old clubs, it might be better to
start from scratch. It's a big misconception that custom fitting
is only for good golfers. Anyone can benefit. That said, if you
plan to upgrade a new set of clubs with the same manufacturer
they may be able to adjust your old set to become custom golf
clubs.
Custom fitting won't cure all your bad shots. Coaching will sort
that out. But if you do make a good swing, then the custom golf
club will arrive correctly at impact and should produce a
straight shot at your target. That alone will save shots during
a round.
Lastly, custom fitting is often free of charge. But it is
usually on the condition that you buy some clubs once you've
been fitted. So it really depends on what your budget is. If
you're prepared to buy a new set of clubs it's definitely worth
getting fitted.
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