This story was selected as one of the 15 best GolfWRX stories of 2015! To say there exists a high level of confusion about the fitting...
Let’s start our discussion by making one thing clear. There’s a lot to fitting the flex and bend profile of shafts — enough to write a...
In a previous article, I discussed the fitting of the shaft weight and mentioned that a discussion about the weight of a golf club should not...
When discussing the manner of fitting the shaft weight and total weight of a golf club, the conversation should also include fitting the swing weight, or...
This part of the series is about how we teach club fitters to fit golfers for the proper grip size and style. Many of you might be saying “OMG...
The professional club fitter knows that the set makeup part of the fitting recommendation can be one of the most effective ways to offer measurable improvement...
Most golfers have to like the way their clubs look at address, so the psychological side of club head selection is very important. If golfers don’t like...
The higher the loft on the clubhead, the more critical it is to be dynamically fit for the correct lie angle. It is also important, however,...
For golfers who have a chronic fade/slice or draw/hook misdirection tendency, the specification of the face angle of the driver, woods and hybrids is the most...
Proper loft fitting involves more than just the loft of the driver. Since loft is the main factor of shot distance, trajectory and backspin for each...
The Meat of the Fitting: Putting it all Together to Come up with the Initial Fitting Spec Recommendations The information in the blue boxes reveals what...
Editor’s Note: In Part 1, Tom covered the basics of a professional club fitting analysis. It discussed a number of the boxes in the overall schematics...
One of the least understood areas related to golf equipment is the matter of what constitutes a truly professional custom club fitting analysis. Over the past...
The Shaft is the Engine of the Golf Club Actually, you the golfer are the engine, the shaft acts more like the transmission. The weight of...
One of the simplest ways golfers can improve their games is through proper club fitting, which is often overlooked because of the emphasis golf equipment companies...
The desire for more distance lives strong in almost every golfer, and nowhere is the desire for more distance stronger within golfers than with the driver....
Golfers don’t enjoy the game when they struggle to keep the ball in play. There is no question the primary causes of inaccuracy result from errors...
Numerous times I have read posts on GolfWRX from golfers who persist in selecting a shaft on the basis of a butt frequency measurement. In viewing...
It is a great education as a clubhead and shaft designer to scan through GolfWRX forum posts to listen to what golfers think about their equipment....
Tom Wishon served as Vice President of GolfWorks from 1980 to 1986. From 1986 to 1993, he was president of Dynacraft Golf Products, and from 1993 to...
There is no question the shaft is the least understood of all the components of a golf club. The first reason is because most golfers simply...
How Should a Golfer Select the Right Shaft for His/Her Swing? One of the most common posts I see on GolfWRX is when one golfer asks...
It’s clear that a lot of threads and posts in the GolfWRX forums are from golfers asking all sorts of questions about shafts. In nearly 40...