Custom Golf Club: Custom fitting golf clubs

Every golfer's physical capability and swing is unique. Many of today's superb golf clubs can be custom fit for lie angle, shaft type and length, grip type and size.

Custom Golf Club: Custom fitting golf clubs

Every golfer's physical capability and swing is unique. Many of today's superb golf clubs can be custom fit for lie angle, shaft type and length, grip type and size. Custom fitting golf clubs involves some easy measurements and a speedy 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 procedure for tailoring a golf club to suit your individual swing.

Whatever your level, with a custom golf club the aim is to ensure that if you do put together a good swing, the club will be square at impact and should produce a linear 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 ground with your shoes off; your age; your handicap or skill level; how accelerated 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 females alike.

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 suitable for you. The starting mark for club length can vary up to 3 -inch ranging from ladies to men plus 1-inch. A tall person with lengthy arms can very easily require shorter clubs than an average height person with short arms. Nearly 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 right for you.

Custom fitting can fix your slice. If you slice the golf 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 upgrade your game. To start 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 spot on the tape showing whether the heel or the toe of the custom golf club is striking the floor first. The resulting spot 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 golf 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 could be better to start from scratch. It's a big misconception that custom fitting is only for adequate 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 the bad shots. Coaching will sort that out. But if you do make a satisfactory 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 many times 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 ready to buy a new set of clubs it's definitely worth getting fitted.

L.Haywood
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