10 March 2008
Custom Fitting - Is It Worth It?
Posted by BQ Browning under: Golf Equipment .
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Much is talked about the pro’s and con’s of having your clubs custom fitted. There is no doubt that most golfers would love to have a complete set of clubs custom made specifically for them but the costs involved in that are prohibitive. Will it improve your golf technique that much?I always had mixed feelings about this, mumblings of workmen and tools can be heard coming from various corners of the changing rooms when the subject is raised. I can only speak from my own experience.
I play with TaylorMade clubs, which I have to say I love dearly. I do have a Nike Lob Wedge and an Odyssey 2 Ball Putter but all the rest are TaylorMade and I wouldn’t swap them for the world. I’ve had my Irons about two years and whilst I know technology has moved on I have no desire to swap them. There is a simple reason. When I bought them I had them ‘tweaked’, it came as part of the deal. I spent a while on the range playing with the 7 iron whilst being observed by the Sales guys. Coloured strips were put on, marks were made, results compared, there was much sucking of teeth and chat backwards and forwards.
After all this the end result was that each of my irons were ‘opened’ by almost a whole degree! Now that might not seem much to the uninitiated but the difference it made to my shots was quite dramatic. More important still, it gave me enormous confidence in my new clubs and that improved my game. Do I think that little tweak is worth it - you bet I do!
