shaft flex

5 Useful Tips for Fitting a Golf Club

Golfers reach out to me every day about what type of equipment is best for their game. In cases where it is over the phone or an email and you can't see the player hit clubs in person, one must rely solely on what the customer says.  Here are some tips that will help you self-fit and find what you need more efficiently.

Write it Down

One of the best tips I can give is to take good notes.  For instance, your golfing buddy let you hit his brand-new driver and you go "Holy cow, I really liked that!" Or perhaps, you went to a Demo Day and just beat the snot out of a driver.  What really did you like better than what you are currently playing?

Line it up with your driver.  Was it longer?  Did it have greater or less loft? Look at the numbers on the heel or sole.  What shaft and flex did it have?

Take the guessing game out of creating the best golf clubs for your game.

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You may find from time to time that a customer is caught between two flexes. There is a way to remedy this situation called the principles of soft and hard stepping shafts. These terms mostly apply to taper tip steel iron shafts, but the concept also applies to parallel tip shafts. So, let us explain each of the four scenarios.

SOFT STEPPING

Parallel tip shafts

Let us begin with the easiest example using parallel tip shafts. The flex of a unitized, parallel tip shaft is determined by how much to trim off the tip of the shaft based on the weight of the head. As head weight increases, the amount of tip trimming increases incrementally to maintain the flex the manufacturer designed into the shaft.