Measure First, Hit Second, Recommend Last
A fitting that starts on the mat is a fitting that starts with guesswork. We put your existing clubs on the gauge table before you take a single swing, because half of what looks like a swing problem turns out to be a club that is not what its label says it is.
The Conversation
Ten minutes, sitting down, no clubs involved. Where you play, how often, what the last three rounds looked like, and which shot you keep having to improvise. This is also where we find out whether you want a fitting or a lesson, because they are different things and we only do one of them.
The Gauge Table
Every relevant club gets measured: loft, lie, length, grip size, swingweight, and shaft frequency where it matters. Numbers go on a sheet. This is the step most shops skip and it is the step that produces the most surprises — bent lies from a season of range mats, wedges two degrees off their stamp, one iron in the set that was replaced under warranty and never matched.
Baseline on the Mat
You hit your own clubs, warmed up, until the pattern settles. We are not looking for your best swing here — we are looking for your normal one, including the misses. A minimum shot count applies before any number gets written down, and we throw out the first few while your body catches up.
The Ladder Plot
Carry distances get lined up in order and the spacing gets examined. This is the moment the session usually turns, because seeing the gaps drawn out is very different from having them described. Decisions about what to test next come from this plot, not from a catalogue.
Controlled Comparison
We change one variable at a time. Loft, then lie, then length, then head, then shaft — and we only move to the next variable once the previous one has stopped producing improvement. Changing three things at once feels faster and tells you nothing.
The Spec Sheet
You leave with a written page: what your clubs measured coming in, what changed, and the exact specification of anything we recommend. It is yours regardless of whether you order through us. Bring it back in two years and we can rebuild the same club to the same numbers.
The Rules We Hold Ourselves To
- No conclusion from fewer than the agreed shot count, no matter how obvious it looks.
- Same ball model throughout a session. If the batch changes, the session restarts.
- The golfer sees the raw numbers on screen, not a summary we typed up afterward.
- If the answer is “keep what you have,” we say it out loud before the ninety minutes are up.
- Nothing gets ordered on the day of the session. You go home, think, and call us.
That last rule costs us sales and we keep it anyway. Equipment decisions made in the excitement of a good ball-striking hour do not hold up well three weeks later.
After the Build
Anything we assemble gets a follow-up check. Bring the club back within ninety days and we will re-measure loft, lie, and swingweight at no charge — epoxy cures, grips settle, and a club that left correct can drift slightly in its first month of use.