Why Get Fit For Your Equipment

A Few Great Reasons to Be Professionally Fit for Your Next Club:

1. Your Game Will Be Better

• Better Ball Flight From Your Swing 
• Longer Drives
• Straighter Shots
• More Greens Hit
• More Putts Made

2. You Won't Waste Money

• Wrong Shaft Flex, Weight, or Tip
• Wrong Shaft Length
• Wrong Head Style
• Wrong Grip Size
• Wrong Lie Angle

3. Every Fitting Is A Lesson In Itself

4. Confidence In Your Equipment

Wedge Play

Are you playing with wedges that match your swing? If not, you may be getting a lot of thick divots, fliers, and balls that just don't spin well -all affect your score directly. Come in for an appointment to look at you wedges to make sure that you have the proper tools in your bag to get your game the best it can be. I will check the lie angle, grip size, your set up and angle of attack to see that you have the best type of wedge for your game today. I am a certified Titleist wedge fitter and have a good variety of wedges for  fitting you into the correct specs!

Are Your Grips the Right Size for Your Hands?

I had a young man come in this afternoon to change his grips that he got a "good deal" on. He allowed me to measure his grips on his clubs and determine the right size for him. He quickly saw that the grips he just got online were definitely too small for his hands and he asked what the difference be. Well, as I showed him by having him grip a club with a grip on it that was too small - the club rotated left (closed) a little when he applied his grip. Then he gripped a club with a grip size the fit him, and the club stayed right where he had it originally - in a square position. I see this more than a student with grips that are too large.

When giving a lesson or club fitting, I always look to see if the club fits the student in all ways, as I know that it will make a difference in performance. People come in many shapes and sizes, and their equipment should fit them. If your are wearing too small or too large a pair of shoes, you will certainly have a more difficult time walking than you would if they fit just right, so do the same for your golf game - get fit and stop making adjustments for improper equipment!

The young man built up his grips to fit - and I'm sure that he will hit the ball much better with grips that are the right size for his hands! 

Club Head Speed & Ball Speed

What is it and how is it measured? "Clubhead speed" is a measure, in miles per hour, of how fast the clubhead of a golf club is traveling prior to and at the point it impacts the golf ball. Clubhead speed can be recorded by a launch monitor like the Foresight Sports and Zelocity Pure Launch monitors that I use in my teaching and club fitting.
On the PGA Tour, a typical driver clubhead speed is 110-115 mph. On the LPGA Tour,a typical driver clubhead speed is 95-105 mph. Most "average" golfers don't approach those speeds, although some big hitters can exceed what the pros typically average. But a typical recreational male is probably swinging somewhere in the neighborhood of 85-95 mph for his driver, while a typical amateur female golfer is probably around 60-70 mph for her driver.

Ball Speed generally can be calculated by taking the club head speed and multiplying it by 1.5 IF the contact is in the center of the face and the energy transfer ration (smash factor or "I got all of that one" factor) is high. How fast the ball is traveling is really the measure of how far it can go given optimum spin and launch angle. Remember that just because you swing for the fences on one swing doesn't mean that you really did hit the ball the farthest you can. Most times, you can just swing your normal under control swing and transfer more of the power in your swing to the ball the best and THAT is the shot that goes the farthest. REALLY!!!