The Benefits of a Custom Fit Early this week Dave Jones came for a custom fit session in the new swing studio at Pyecombe GC. Dave restarted playing golf again a couple of years ago and promised himself new clubs when his game had improved. I’m delighted to say after a course of lessons that the time had arrived. We started Dave’s custom fit session by recording the data from some shots with his own 7 iron. Dave was open to trying to all suitable models from our selection. I selected 4 models to help Dave’s game the most – Callaway’s XR Steelhead, TaylorMade’s M2, PING’s G400 and Titleist’s new AP1. After hitting many shots with all the clubs it was clear from the shot data and feel of the clubs that the best club for Dave was Callaway’s XR Steelhead. We then moved onto optimising the performance of the club – the difference between being custom fitted and buying clubs ‘off the rack’. We tailored the length, the lie, the loft, the shaft and grip - all to improve the performance of the clubs. The result was truly amazing – Dave achieved a 22 yard average increase over his old clubs!
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