CUSTOM FIT GOLF CLUBS The importance of on your game

As the new season approaches, PGA Professional Sam Truman, takes you through the reasons why custom fit golf clubs could change your game for the better and help you achieve your golfing goals.

The benefits of custom fitted golf clubs to the club golfer cannot be underestimated. Coaches are forever coming across golfers who are being held back by poorly fitted golf clubs and clubs that actually are set up or built counter intuitively to the golfers demands.

Once a golfer goes through a thorough custom fitting experience with an established fitting technician it will often remove years of chopping and changing clubs. Once you understand some key features that your clubs will need it makes the process of updating or changing clubs much easier. Any extreme changes in club profile can be difficult to implement and can often hinder a player’s movement.

The first area to consider and to question is club profiles. Do you have one club in the bag that always under performs the rest? Do you have an old trusty club that never seems to be able to be replaced?

If the answer is yes to both you need to look into the profiles of those clubs. A profile of a club could be the weight (both head and shaft), shaft profile and flex, length, lie, visual appearance. Does your old trusty have a different profile to the rest of your set? You’ll be amazed how a simple change in club profile can massively help golfers regain control of their shots.

The second point to think about is reaching out to someone who knows your game well. Too often people will go for custom fitting and they will get fitted for the swing and shot that they produce on that day. This may not be reflective of what they do most of the time. Before you go to a custom fitting session, ask your coach what they would suggest are the most important features to focus on. This may be adjusting length to help strike, adjusting lie angle to affect launch direction and strike or adjusting shaft profile to help the golfer move differently in their swing. Your coach can be a really useful asset to help both you and a fitter.

Sam Truman is a PGA Professional based at The Surrey Golf Lab, Reigate Hill Golf Club and is regarded as one of the best young performance coaches in the region.

Current roles include:

• Performance Coach – Hugh Marr Golf

• Surrey Boys (U12’s & U14’s) and Girls (U18’s) County Coach

• Elite Academy Coach for Whitgift School

Under the tutorship of European Tour Coach Hugh Marr, Sam prides himself in providing the best holistic coaching experiences for his players. Sam works with all levels of golfers from the young aspiring junior all the way up to European tour professionals.