| Less Risk- More Cost- Go to a Certified Club | | | | He'll measure your swing speed with both a |
| Maker/Fitter This is the best approach to | | | | driver and five iron. He'll measure the |
| obtain high quality clubs that are right for | | | | distance from the floor to the top of our |
| you personally. It is also the best way for | | | | wrist to determine the proper length for your |
| most golfers to improve their games. The cost | | | | clubs (most standard clubs are too long). He |
| savings you would achieve in the other | | | | will observe your swing and determine the |
| approaches will be gone, but you will have | | | | proper loft for your driver and other clubs |
| high quality clone golf clubs that fit your | | | | (most golfers use a driver with too little |
| swing. Do top PGA Tour players use | | | | loft). He'll determine if you normally slice |
| off-the-shelf standard clubs? Not on your | | | | or fade the ball and make necessary |
| life. Even though they endorse certain brands | | | | adjustments in the club face settings. He'll |
| and use clubs from their sponsors, those | | | | ensure you have the proper lie angle on your |
| clubs have been modified and customized for | | | | irons, which can dramatically improve |
| each player. If the best players in the world | | | | accuracy. In all there are more than two |
| need to have their clubs customized for their | | | | dozen adjustments a club maker can vary to |
| individual swings, wouldn't it benefit you as | | | | optimize clubs for your swing, although of |
| well, whose swing is less perfect? If you | | | | course some are more important than others. |
| have a set of clubs made by a professional | | | | Conclusion You can approach procuring a set |
| club maker/fitter who is certified by PCS | | | | of clone golf clubs in three ways. You can |
| (the Professional Clubmaker's Society- try to | | | | simply find a web site that sells cheap |
| find a PCS Class A clubmaker) or the GCA | | | | clones, you can purchase quality components |
| (Golf Clubmaker's Assoc.), you will receive a | | | | and assemble them yourself, or you can go to |
| set of clubs that will get everything | | | | a certified professional club maker/fitter |
| possible out of your game. If this approach | | | | and get the best set possible for your game. |
| is beyond the means of your budget, it is | | | | Even if you can't afford the latter approach, |
| possible to do a club fitting on-line. If you | | | | you should at least know your swing speeds in |
| can find a professional accredited clubmaker | | | | order to choose proper shafts, and you should |
| from one of the two professional | | | | get clubs that are the proper length and |
| organizations mentioned above who offers | | | | correct loft for your size and swing. In |
| on-line fitting and clubmaking services, that | | | | addition, I would highly recommend that |
| solution would be your best bet. To identify | | | | anyone looking to invest in a new set of golf |
| such a person, look on the web site of the | | | | clubs read Tom Wishon's book, "The Search for |
| PCA. Some Basics Before Buying Clubs Your | | | | the Perfect Golf Club". |
| professional club maker will collect a | | | | |
| certain amount of data before choosing the | | | | Walt Ballenberger is a life-long golfer and |
| components to make your clone golf clubs, and | | | | founder of Hybrid Golf Clubs, a resource |
| you should know this information even if you | | | | site for golfers. |
| buy a set of standard, off-the-shelf clubs. | | | | |