Modern Guide to Golf Club Fitting Book
The Concepts and Techniques of Fitting for Professional Club Fitters
This text is written by Hireko's Technical Director Jeff Summitt who has spent more than 30 years helping fit and educating fellow golfers in selecting the proper equipment for their game. This is a modern approach that details the different concepts of fitting and applicable to professional club fitters down to those that simply want to learn more about the equipment they play.
Covers everything you want to know and more about custom golf club fitting, including getting started, the personal interview, cause and effect relationships, a comprehensive discussion on clubhead anatomy, grip sizing and materials, role of the shaft, vital importance of length and weight as well as complete step-by-step fitting breakdown for each clubhead category set in a logical sequence.
Below are links to each of the chapters. Enjoy and learn. Please sign up for our newsletter below to stay current and receive more information about clubmaking and fitting.
Introduction
Chapter One: Understanding the Concept of Fitting
Chapter Two: What Does Your Club Fitting Operation Need?
Chapter Three: The Personal Interview
Chapter Four: Fitting for the Right Set of Tees
Chapter Five: Choosing the Perfect Set Make Up
Chapter Six: The Basics of the Golf Swing
Chapter Seven: Clubhead Geometry in Pictures (Irons and Wedges)
Chapter Eight: Clubhead Geometry in Pictures (Drivers, Fairways and Hybrids)
Chapter Nine: Grip It and Rip It with Confidence
Chapter Ten: Sorting Through the Confusion of Golf Shafts
Chapter Eleven: Length is Ground Zero When Fitting
Chapter Twelve: Weight and Weight Distribution
Chapter Thirteen: Understanding Dynamic Lie Angle
Chapter Fourteen: Driver Fitting - Let the Big Dog Eat
Chapter Fifteen: Putter Fitting - The Fastest Way for Your Score to Sink or Swim
Chapter Sixteen: Iron Fitting
Chapter Seventeen: Wedge Fitting – Clubs with 44° of Loft and Above
Chapter Eighteen: Fairway Wood Fitting
Chapter Nineteen: Hybrid Fitting
Chapter Twenty: An Insight on Women’s Golf Equipment
Chapter Twenty One: Fitting Junior Golf Clubs
Chapter Twenty Two: Golf Ball Fitting
