Several Factors Involved in Finding the Right Equipment

I could give a Tour Player a club with very different specifications than the ones they are playing and within a short session on the practice range they could have the club performing to their liking. The problem is that on the course, we do not get a warm up session before every shot. This coupled with the fact that I am not as gifted a player as Tiger Woods requires me to have a matching and consistent set of golf clubs if I have any chance of success.

To help our students realize their potential, club fitting and golf instruction must go hand in hand. Students come to the lesson tee with a 45-gram, 46-inch shaft, D2 swing weight in their driver and wonder why they hit it with more or less consistency than their one inch short, three degrees upright, C7 swing weight, 125-gram, steel shaft 7-iron with three extra layers of tape under the grip (which most of the time is slick, worn and in need of replacing).

Being a proud PGA member and instructor, I feel we are efficient ball flight changers. However, if our students are going to reach their potential, let's match their equipment, all 14 instruments, to the swing changes we are instilling and see exponential growth in our students.