While many cutting edge clubs promise to deliver a larger sweet spot, and advanced carbon composite golf shafts promise to extend range and control shot dispersion, you should never just assume the newest and best is automatically the best for you.
This is one of the reasons why working with a professional that offers golf shaft fitting services can be one of the best investments you can make in yourself as a golfer, with benefits that will continue to materialize time and again.
Golf shaft fitting involves working with a professional who will take your measurements, observe your swing for speed, tempo and mechanics, and make both general and personalized recommendations about what clubs and shafts will likely perform best for you.
With that said, here are some of the best reasons to get fitted for clubs at least once.
Playing with clubs that don’t fit you well or compliment your natural skillset is working against yourself; it’s like wearing clothes that don’t fit and expecting them to look good or be comfortable.
There are so many elements of club fitting that can influence how well your clubs and shafts will fit you. A fitter will suggest a golf shaft and club pairing that fits not just your dimensions but your swing mechanics, and with attention to optimal lie angle, the grip style, and more. When you’re finished with the process, you’ll have clubs that feel more like an extension of your body than just like tools you use to play the game.
A golf shaft and club combo that produces optimal launch and spin characteristics will make it easier and more repeatable for you to drive farther and more accurately. Clubs that are fitted to you better also will enable you to drive farther with less straining, which will help you keep control over your shots, not increasing your overall range, but minimizing dispersion.
Clubs that fit you work with your natural swing mechanics, which in turn will reduce strain on your muscles and joints. A custom fit encourages an effortless, fluid swing, with a lower risk not just of fatigue but of injury.
If you get fitted for clubs that will exact less of a toll on your body, you’ll be able to practice (or play) for longer, which is the main driver in proficiency; you never get good at something if you don’t practice often.
Once you know what it feels like to play with clubs that are properly fitted to you, your confidence will likely grow because you will stop compensating for equipment that was never a good match for you in the first place.
Club fitting services will yield clubs that fit your body and swing mechanics nearly perfectly, which can improve forgiveness, reduce the incidence of mishits, and which can also extract more power, effortlessly, from your swing. It’s not just about weight, flex, flex point and torque, but about how these things work together to deliver replicable results with less effort from you. As a result, you will experience fewer issues associated with inconsistent performance because your clubs will be optimized to work with your natural abilities.
What you learn from a fitter can help you pair golf shafts and clubs, even a while after you get fitted. You can also leverage the insights you glean about your swing mechanics, specifically with respect to swing speed and tempo, to help you choose shafts for clubs down the line. In other words, getting fitted can give you the ability to sift through golf shaft and club pairings with a more discerning eye so you can make better informed decisions about what you should pair, what you should play with, and why.
Contact Us for More Details About Our Golf Shafts
If you’ve been previously fitted in the past, but have questions about the golf shafts and clubs we sell here, get in touch with us directly and our customer service team would be more than happy to make recommendations based on that information. Feel free to reach out to us, let us know what your goals or challenges are (or what you’re looking for in new shafts) and we will help you out.
It may be a great feeling when your approach shot lands amazingly close to the hole. What’s not a great feeling is missing a short putt. And guess what, every golfer has been there before.
While frustrating, missing short putts is a reality for all golfers at some time or other, but the truth is that also improving your short putting accuracy is one of the most effective ways to lower your score. Plus, it feels great when you don’t miss, of course.
With that said, there are tons and tons of golf putting tips out there, but shedding some light on another few won’t hurt. Here are two critical tips that, if you keep to them, should help you lower your scores.
Follow Through Every Time
Where you aim your putter face is the single critical point in where the putt is going to go, of course taking into account the grain direction and lay of the green. But what’s also important is following through on the putt every single time, no exceptions.
Square the putter face, and keep your body very still. When you commit to the stroke, it’s tempting to look almost immediately to see if the putt is going where you want it to go. But this is a flaw in the putt sequence.
Looking up right away adds unnecessary movement (more on that in a second) and can interrupt the putt, resulting in unsquare contact at the moment of impact. Anticipation, looking up and away from the putt too soon can introduce inaccuracy.
Keep yourself fully still and attentive to the putt until the putter has made contact with the ball and it’s already rolling. Only when your swing is complete and the ball has left the putter face should you move any other part of your body, including your head.
Then you can look up and check the accuracy of the putt.
Keep Moving Parts to a Minimum
Start by planting your feet firmly on the ground, then check the direction in which you’re aiming the putter. Make adjustments if you need to, but once you’re ready to start your backswing, you should not move any part of your lower body.
Unlike a full golf swing, putting is completely an upper body activity, and the fewer parts of you that move, the better. Watch experienced golfers and you will see that their lower body is effectively completely still when putting, including their hips.
Swaying during the putt is a common problem for lots of problems. Putting simulators and training aids can help you identify issues like this so you can address them when you’re actually playing.
Even excessive movement in your wrists (or any, depending on whom you ask) can also be a problem. Rotating your upper body and keeping your arms and wrists effectively fixed can also help mitigate minor aberrations that result in inconsistency and inaccuracy when putting.
The bottom line is that your feet should stay firmly planted on the ground and you should strive to keep your lower body as still, and the swing of your upper body as consistent as possible with every putt.
Bonus: Read and Reflect on Every Putt
Don’t just square up and putt without reading the green first. Experienced golfers will often walk completely around the ball, even around the hole, to see the grade of the green and to pick up on other factors that can influence the direction of the putt.
After the putt you should also reflect on what went well and what didn’t, if you missed. Every putt is a learning opportunity to key in on what you’ve done well just as much as it is to identify and rectify anything you’re doing wrong that could be costing you accuracy on the green.
Considering Trying a New Putter Shaft?
Stability putter shafts are designed to reduce unwanted shaft movement during the putting stroke. With extremely low torque and a more stable structure than traditional steel, Stability helps reduce shaft deflection and supports more consistent face delivery at impact.
The result is a putter shaft built to help golfers improve consistency without forcing them to change their natural stroke.
If you are looking for better feel, improved stability, and more reliable putts, learn more about Stability putter shafts or contact us with questions about which model is right for your game.
