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13 articles tagged “club fitting”.
Club fitters help golfers find equipment that suits their swing, body and goals. It's a career that combines technical knowledge, technology and customer service, and it has grown as fitting has…
Standard golf clubs are designed for golfers of average height. If you're notably taller or shorter, standard clubs can force you into awkward postures, leading to poor contact and inconsistent…
Golf clubs take a lot of punishment: thousands of impacts, bumps in the bag, wet weather and the occasional bang against a tree root. Most problems are easy and inexpensive to fix, either at home or…
Golf club manufacturers release new models every year or two, but that doesn't mean you need new clubs that often. Good clubs can last many years. On the other hand, worn wedges, outdated drivers and…
Golf club marketing is full of technical terms: swing weight, offset, MOI, CG, kick point, torque. Understanding the main specifications helps you compare clubs, talk to a fitter and know why a club…
In a traditional set of irons, each club is a different length: long irons are longer and short irons shorter, typically by half an inch per club. One-length (or single-length) irons are all built to…
Launch monitors are now common at driving ranges, fitting studios and even in golfers' garages. They produce a screen full of numbers after every shot, but what do they mean, and which ones matter?…
Two clubs can have the same loft, shaft and head and still perform very differently for you, because of lie angle and length. These two specifications affect how the club sits at address, how the…
Women's golf clubs are designed to suit the typical height, strength and swing speed of women golfers. They are usually shorter, lighter and more flexible than standard men's clubs, with more loft to…
The driver is the most expensive club in most bags, and the one golfers change most often. It is also the club that most affects your score on long holes: a good drive sets up the hole, and a bad one…
Imagine buying a suit without trying it on, or running shoes without checking the size. That is what most golfers do when they buy clubs off the shelf. Standard clubs are built for an imaginary…
Golfers spend hours comparing club heads and almost no time thinking about the shaft. Yet the shaft is the part of the club that connects your swing to the ball. It influences how fast the head…
