Re: Club Fitting

Whatever type of fitting you have done, if the process does not include hitting the fitted clubs off of real grass, then you might want to look some where else for your fitting. I know that there are some clubfitters that will actually take the time to go play a few holes with their customer to see how the finished product plays. Your club fitter should also use a lie board to help with finding your specific lie angle. Also use a few quality golf balls, not just range balls when hitting off the real turf. Nothing tells you how well your clubs are fitted to your swing than seeing the actual ball flight your fitted clubs produce for you. Also, make sure you are properly warmed up before your fitting process starts.

I recently went through a club fitting for my irons since it had been quite a few years since my last one, and I wanted to see if my specs had changed. I went to 3 different clubfitters, and all three came up with the same club specs. Now I am not saying you should go to multiple club fitters, that is just how I went about the process. After that, I had my irons checked, and found I needed a couple of them adjusted to bring them back into my swing specs. GJS

Re: Club Fitting

Hi Jamesh,

I take it you are looking for high tech testing equipment then? I gather the simulators, where you hit into the screen are limited. It may help to know where you are located, for some one to advise of club fitters.

Regarding GT, there are several Golf Towns located within 20 miles of me. As you say, some of them have the newest equipment. There are also varying degrees of expertise with the staff, although many I understand have CPGA accreditations at some level. The one in Hamilton, Ontario, I believe, or it could be Mississauga, got some kudos for repairing clubs for the pros at the Canadian Open and the senior event at Ancaster in previous years.

For Callaway, this is what you are ideally after, but it depends on your location.:
http://www.mycallaway.ca/performance...ce_centre.jspx

I know LowPost42 keeps himself aware of his fellow clubfitters and makers across the country. I know of a few in my area.

Ted

Re: Club Fitting

Ted! I had no idea you were 5 hours south of me. Why didn't you say so!

For driver fitting, the fitter needs a bona fide way to measure launch angle, spin, and ball speed. Most launch monitors do a good enough job of LA and BS - it's tough to find a good launch monitor to measure spin. The Vector Pro is tops (camera based system) in this regard. Trackman, then Flightscope, then Zelocity Purelaunch are down the line. Everything else is a guess based on math.

Re: Club Fitting

Hi LowPost42,

As you has figured out, I'm in Toronto, The Big Smoke.

I grew up here, but spent a lot of time working all over the country, being in the engineering and construction field, on several large mining and petrochemical projects. I was on the Denison Mines expansion projects at Elliot Lake, and drove through Espanola frequently from the Sault Ste Marie airport on the way to E.L.

Ted

Re: Club Fitting

? If you were coming from the Soo, you must have overshot 108 - the Soo is west of Elliot, Espanola is east.

Perhaps you're thinking Blind River?

Re: Club Fitting

You are right, LowPost, it was Blind River

I got confused. I've done so much travelling over the years. I do remember Espanola though.I've also had to drive a few times from Elliot Lake to Sudbury to catch flights, because of weather conditions. Once I driove to Sudbury nd there were no flights there too, but it being a Friday, I drove to Toronto, through one of the worst blizzard sever.

There was a big project going on in Espanolo at the time. I forget if it was a chemical or paper plant? I think it was Domtar paper?

Ted

Re: Club Fitting

We've got a Pulp & Paper mill, currently Domtar owned, yep.