About 2 weeks ago there was a post on the Assn. of Golf Clubfitting Professionals (AGCP) forum asking for folks to identify their top 5 selling grips. Experience has shown me that decisions on grips are made on feel, looks, and often if there are some special needs related to them. There is no cookbook way to identify the best grip for a player.
That said, here is a summary of what my customers have said, by their purchases, are the top grips that they most often order:
MOST REQUESTED BY FAR - Golf Pride Tour Velvet (a good feeling, reasonably priced grip) and the Winn DSi AVS V17 Blue/Black (a midsize grip, great feel and softness).
MOST REQUESTED OVERSIZE AND/OR JUMBO GRIPS - Lamkin Crossline Tour 1/8 inch oversize, and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 1/8 inch oversize. Both have a great soft feel and are largely used by players who have some hand problems and/or just like how a larger grip feels.
THE UP AND COMERS - Golf Pride VDR (various colors) and Lamkin Perma Wrap Classic 3 Gen. A number of clients have recently bought these and they have a great feel and look. I expect more and more folks will be choosing these grips in the future.
JURY STILL OUT BUT HIGH POTENTIAL - The Winn Hero grips, which are quite a lot lighter than "standard" grips - Hero weights are about 25 grams. Particularly for players where you want to make the club as light as possible.
The Fit Is IT!!
Tony
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Getting It ALL!
My wife and I have been meeting with designers because we want to get our kitchen redone. We have met with about three different designers now, and each time we learn a little more about how to get what we want.
BUT we are also learning that there are compromises that we need to make in terms of the final kitchen we will get. Where we put the refrigerator affects whether or not we will get to be able to keep an island in the kitchen for example. So there are compromises to be made in terms of what will be the final result of the design and what will be available to us in the kitchen.
Is precision clubfitting the same, do we have to compromise based on the "box" of our swing and capabilities? Well yes there are things that cannot be changed. If we swing our driver at 90 mph, the most we can expect to carry our drives would be about 235 yards for example. And we might have wrist problems that keep us from releasing the club easily, and so be prone to pushing the ball to keep our wrist from hurting.
But the good news is that is an optimum for each of us in terms of our golf clubs. The right shaft, length, swingweight, flex and flex profile can lead to great results. We do not have to give in to compromise, we can get the best results for who we are and how we swing and play golf.
Sometimes lately I am thinking fitting is easier than finding the right final kitchen design!!
The Fit Is IT!!
Tony
BUT we are also learning that there are compromises that we need to make in terms of the final kitchen we will get. Where we put the refrigerator affects whether or not we will get to be able to keep an island in the kitchen for example. So there are compromises to be made in terms of what will be the final result of the design and what will be available to us in the kitchen.
Is precision clubfitting the same, do we have to compromise based on the "box" of our swing and capabilities? Well yes there are things that cannot be changed. If we swing our driver at 90 mph, the most we can expect to carry our drives would be about 235 yards for example. And we might have wrist problems that keep us from releasing the club easily, and so be prone to pushing the ball to keep our wrist from hurting.
But the good news is that is an optimum for each of us in terms of our golf clubs. The right shaft, length, swingweight, flex and flex profile can lead to great results. We do not have to give in to compromise, we can get the best results for who we are and how we swing and play golf.
Sometimes lately I am thinking fitting is easier than finding the right final kitchen design!!
The Fit Is IT!!
Tony
Monday, May 16, 2011
Miura Heads and KBS Shafts - A Great Marriage!
I am delighted that - this past week - I received approval to become a Miura Golf club head dealer. I have a number of clubfitting friends who carry Miura irons for their clients, and they all say that the feel and performance of these heads is as good as it gets. Anyone interested in seeing the obvious quality of these clubheads can look at them on this website:
http://www.miuragolf.com
At the same time, I am also carrying KBS steel shafts, which are available at various flexes and weights, both taper tip and parallel tip. KBS shafts have been the up and coming shaft on the PGA tour for quite a while. The full line of KBS shafts can be seen on this web site:
http://www.kbsshafts.com
It was PRETTY exciting this weekend to learn that the winner of the Players Championship played Miura irons and KBS shafts! Here is a press release describing the Miura clubs that were played in the Players Championship:
http://www.thegolfwire.com/stories/237316
This is a clear indication of the quality of both of these products, and I look forward to offering Miura heads combined with KBS and other quality shafts to my customers in the future. In about a week, I will have five of the available Miura heads and nearly the full line of KBS shafts available for testing in my iron fitting system.
The Fit Is IT!
Tony
http://www.miuragolf.com
At the same time, I am also carrying KBS steel shafts, which are available at various flexes and weights, both taper tip and parallel tip. KBS shafts have been the up and coming shaft on the PGA tour for quite a while. The full line of KBS shafts can be seen on this web site:
http://www.kbsshafts.com
It was PRETTY exciting this weekend to learn that the winner of the Players Championship played Miura irons and KBS shafts! Here is a press release describing the Miura clubs that were played in the Players Championship:
http://www.thegolfwire.com/stories/237316
This is a clear indication of the quality of both of these products, and I look forward to offering Miura heads combined with KBS and other quality shafts to my customers in the future. In about a week, I will have five of the available Miura heads and nearly the full line of KBS shafts available for testing in my iron fitting system.
The Fit Is IT!
Tony
Monday, May 9, 2011
Confessions of a Shaftoholic?
This week I built 7 new iron test club shafts - FST 115 gram steel shafts in half flex increments. This fills a hole in my steel test shaft group - between 90 gram KBS and FST steel shafts and 125 gram steel shafts I have available.
So when are enough test shafts enough? Truth is it is very hard to come up with a number. Seeing how a player likes the feel of different weight shafts and how they perform for him or her is a key goal of a successful fitting. And you cannot do that without having a wide choice of shafts to test with.
So.........yep, I do enjoy building new test shafts.......................hopefully to help players find the right arrows for their clubs!
The Fit Is IT!
Tony
So when are enough test shafts enough? Truth is it is very hard to come up with a number. Seeing how a player likes the feel of different weight shafts and how they perform for him or her is a key goal of a successful fitting. And you cannot do that without having a wide choice of shafts to test with.
So.........yep, I do enjoy building new test shafts.......................hopefully to help players find the right arrows for their clubs!
The Fit Is IT!
Tony
Monday, May 2, 2011
So Why Is It That.....?
Many of you from time to time see it said that the average golfer handicap has not changed one bit over many years. Who really knows why that is - but it does seem a little strange that with all of the new technology we have, with lots of opportunities for golf instruction, with more attention to fitness, with more attention to the mental part of the game, that this seems to be the case.
For me, today marks the start of my personal efforts to really go after that statistic for the players that I get to work with. I retired from an 34-1/2 year engineering career this past Friday, with the intent of truly learning the science and art of professional clubfitting to help folks play better and get more enjoyment from golf.
I am struck with how much I have learned over the past 5 years but also how much there also is to learn to help players improve. It is very satisfying when a fitting goes very easily and the clubs immediately work well and players see immediate improvement. However, there are also times when the complex interactions between the golf clubs and the way the player swings do not provide quick fixes - and THAT is when the "art" and experience part of fitting comes into play and where perhaps even more satisfaction lies. In these cases, the ability to learn from others who have had similar experiences is invaluable.
It is going to be a great ride - striving to do all I personally can to help bring that average handicap down - one player at a time!
The Fit Is IT!
Tony
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