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TSH Golf

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  1. Regardless of how you putt, what type size and shape of putter you use, what grip, what swing path, what stance, what posture... you need a putter that is fit to your style. The putter is the most used club in your bag, and responsible for about half the strokes you make in a round. The brand name or cost of your putter is not going to make any more putts for you. But having a putter that fits you will. Have you ever been fit for a putter? Is your current putter fit for you? Or did you just buy it off the rack because you liked the looks, or made a few putts on the practice mat? And you’re trying to adjust to your putter instead of adjusting your putter to you! 6 Key Factors in Putter Fitting Length Loft Lie Angle Head Design Total Weight Swingweight
  2. You have hit on a topic near and dear to my heart. I've been a certified clubfitter for almost 30 years, tested and certified by multiple organizations from the orginal GCA, the PCS (Professional Clubmakers Society) and the ICG (International Clubmakers Guild). I've worked with Tom Wishon from his early days as Dynacraft and then at Golfsmith and finally to his own business Tom Wishon Golf Technology. I've been a student and follower of his work throughout all of those years. He is recogized as an industry icon in the world of club fitting and club head design. That said, nowadays there are dozens, if not hundreds of books written on the subject of club fitting, so there are as many different methods and opinions as you can imagine. Who's right? Who's wrong? I don't know but I've been using the methods taught by Wishon for 25+ years and I have hundreds of satisfied and repeat customers. Over the years and most recently, I've seen all of these big box stores and conglomerates come on the scene with every conceivable manufacturers and their "test carts", hundreds of shaft options, etc. Overwhelming to say the least. Tools like launch monitors are commonplace now and cheap enough that many golfers carry one around in their bag. That's all great, but what about the people who are "fitting" you? Where did they learn their skills? Do they know anything about things like hard stepping, frequency profiling, MOI matching? Or are they there just as a glorified salesperson paid on commission by what they can sell you? This topic and thread are a great example of the differences in opinions, confusion and misconceptions in the world of clubfitting and clubmaking. The one always most interesting to me is the brand name. And that people are mesmerized by the manufacturers marketing schemes, and pro players sponsorships. Surely you all know by now that whatever Tiger or Phil or Ricky is playing has absolutely nothing to do with you will get at the local golf shop. Those sponsorships are just a hook to get you to look at their brand. And the amount of hype around buzzwords like AI and Dark Speed and 3D CAD technology is nothing short of hilarious. Of course all of those technologies have been around for a long time in the world of clubhead designs, but the way they market them now like it's something hot off the press and you can't live without it. I will just say, your performance will have a lot more to do with having a proper fit than it does what brand name is on the head. There are basically only 3 or 4 significant designs that everyone starts with and then goes about marketing them. Sorry, getting off track a bit. Let me get back to the fitting comments for a final thought. Someone else mentioned here in this thread about starting your fitting with a discussion. Fitting a brand new golfer is a lot different from fitting someone who's been playing for 20+ years. But that's how all of my fittings start with experienced golfers. What are you playing now? What you like or don't like about your current equipment? And what your expectation is? If you can't answer those questions, you probably aren't going to end up with the result you expect. A good fitting isn't sales driven. The equipment doesn't even matter at this point. The fitting should be about determining what these 12 key specifications are... LENGTH LOFT ANGLE LIE ANGLE FACE ANGLE SHAFT WEIGHT SHAFT FLEX SHAFT BEND PROFILE TOTAL CLUB WEIGHT SWINGWEIGHT SET MAKEUP GRIP TYPE GRIP SIZE If your clubfitter isn't addressing these 12 factors, you aren't really getting fit. Wishon wrote a neat little book several years ago called "12 Myths That Could Wreck Your Golf Game". If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it. There's a new version of it from the original that deals with some of the newer technology and design.
  3. Yeah, pretty amazing what just a change in grip or swingweight can do for the feel of your club. Expecially with some of these new Jumbo size grips. A lot of folks with arthitis find those a game changer. Good luck with your game!
  4. Thought I would jump in here since I've known and worked with Tom Wishon for over 25 years. I can see why his products and designs for not popular for everyone, but I'm not sure how anyone could question his experience and credibility as a designer, or his expertise on materials and manufacturing techniques, and the few sources who actually do the manufacturing in China. Sure a lot of the big brand manufacturers have some shiny new objects, fancy colors and finishes, but dig in behind the cosmetics, and the tour player sponsorships, and million dollar marketing campaigns, and what do you have? The same kind of designs and materials that Wishon has been turning out for a long time. Tom is retired now and not turning out designs like he used to, but still releasing a new design every year or so. He's done a lot with variable center of gravity in his most recent designs. The EQ1 was a huge improvement over the original Sterling design. They just released a new forged iron, and a new wedge design, and a new driver is coming before the end of the year. Tom has been loyal to the niche world of clubmakers for his entire career. He's given us a professional quality line of products that perform side by side with any brand name on the market. Obviously I have the utmost respect for Tom Wishon. One other comment that I saw in this thread about club fitting being a bit of a scam. What?? Clubfitting involves a lot of subjectivity and personal preferences, and no clubfitter has access to every brand of heads and shafts out there. But thanks to some folks like Tom, we have some common measurements that can help bridge that "data" gap and brush away the marketing hype to get some common comparisons. And some things are just common sense. And having a set of clubs that fit you is as important has having a pair of shoes that fit you. If you wear a size 12, you wouldn't feel very comfortable in a size 10. I agree, there are a lot of, let's just say inexperienced folks fitting people for clubs. Nowadays, any big box store with a launch monitor calls themselves clubfitters. Knowing how to read the numbers off the monitor is one thing, knowing how they play into a club or shaft selection is quite another. Those launch monitors don't come with a club fitting instruction sheet. You may not have liked the clubs that were recommended to you by a clubfitter, and there are lots of reasons for that, but don't discount the value of having a professional, experienced clubfitter helping you with your selections. Every tour pro has someone helping them with equipment selections. Thanks for the forum, and the opportunity to share some thoughts. Tony
  5. Just wondering how the shaft bend profile would compare between a set of taper tip .355 iron shafts vs their .370 parallel tip counterparts. Same original shaft weight. Specifically building a single length set to 37”. So you would have to butt trim only the TT shafts, but trim 3” ( or so) off the parallel tips. Would those bend profiles look the same and play the same?
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