Why are "Custom Fit" Golf Clubs made by a Professional Clubmaker Better
than "Custom Fit" clubs made by the Major Brand Name Manufacturers?
Very simply put...the same person who has seen your swing, determined your specifications and selected
the components that work best with your swing is THE SAME person who will assemble and fine-tune your clubs. THE SAME person
who be there to hand to you your new clubs and watch you hit with them. Any further fine-tuning can be done right then or
weeks later by returning to see THE SAME person who fit and built your clubs for you! Nothing is lost in the transition!
If a club is ever lost or broken, THE SAME person can exactly duplicate the original club based on their detailed specification
sheet that was generated throughout the entire process.
I've Never Heard of the Brand Names of Some of the Heads used by a Professional
Clubmaker. Are They as Good as the Major Name Brands?
Heads
The major brand name companies use the same manufacturers of heads, grips and shafts as the professional
clubmaker. These manufacturers sell to two markets: the OEM's (original equipment manufacturers) and the After Market (component
suppliers). Component suppliers (Golfsmith, Golfworks, TWGT, SMT, Inifiniti, Louisville Golf etc.) decide on the name
to be placed on the head as do the OEM's (TaylorMade, Nike,Titleist, PING, Calloway, etc.). The quality of the heads
are all the same, except however, the After Market requires tighter tolerances on the heads because they know that the clubmakers
weigh each head and will return heads that are not within the needed specifications.
Shafts
Again, the same manufacturers will offer different color paint and screening of logos to meet the
requests of the customers. As with heads, component suppliers require tighter tolerances to meet the discriminating eye of
their clubmaking customers.
Grips
Same drill! Same grips available with different graphics to both the OEM and After Market customers.
Is there any difference?
YES, the quality of assembly. A professional clubmaker is a clubmaker
because he loves making a perfect club. Assembly line workers stick and glue all day long and never see the finished club
nor do they have any idea who it is for.
YES, in the selection of the perfect match between head, shaft and grip that will work together
to maximize the benefits of each swing. OEM's could never inventory all the shafts needed to truly custom-fit a golfer.
