Golf, is a game where in a player’s skill as well as his equipment defines the game. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, your ability to pick the right club determines your ability to play the game. Your golf clubs must fit your body and golfing style, and golf club fitting is the way to do it. Custom fitting your golf clubs is not difficult at all. Here are a few things to remember about golf club fitting.

Gender Bender

The golf industry has standard lengths for men and women. Plus golf clubs specifically made according to a person’s gender makes for a much comfortable game and accurate swings.

The Club

Did you know that the length of your golf club affects the distance you ball travels? A longer golf club when swung actually makes the ball cover more distance than a shorter golf club swung at about the same momentum. But, longer golf clubs are difficult to control; so the golf clubs length must correspond to that of the golfer’s height.

A golfer’s height and the distance of his wrist to the floor are used to determine the golf club fitting for that person. How much you bend your knees when you swing, your height and your arm length are used to determine the right golf club fitting for you. The right golf club length will help improve a golfer’s swing, aside from being safer too.
Age and Handicap

Age, handicap, skill level, golf swing speed, and the club a golfer uses at the 150 marker are used to determine the type of flex his golf clubs must have. So what exactly is flex? Flex is the general torsional stiffness of the golf club. In easier terms it is the stiffness of the golf shaft.
The proper flex depends on the player’s strength and golfing skills. Flex matters very much when you are using Woods and longer Irons. Short irons, wedges and putters are not affected by as the disparity between flexes grows small in the shorter clubs.

A Gripping Tale
Another thing that needs to be considered for your golf club fitting is grip size. A person’s grip size depends on how big his hands are. Grip size can improve parts of a golfer’s game, like slice.

Great golf equipment does not always mean drilling a big hole in your pocket. Just because you don’t have a bucket load of cash does not mean you cannot get proper golf club fitting.

The internet provides great tips, and charts to help you custom fit your golf clubs. Although some fittings require a golfer to be personally measured, some specialty sports stores, and golf club stores offer discounted golf club fitting rates. Keep an eye out for seasonal sales and deals.

Golf Club Design, Fitting, Alteration and Repair: The Principles and Procedures

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Whether it is a used set of golf clubs that you just picked up at a garage sale or a set that you purchased brand new and have been playing for years, re-gripping your golf clubs is a terrific idea. After all, your grip is the only direct contact that you physically have with your golf clubs. Just a very minor twisting of the grip will be magnified many times over in the inaccuracy of the shot result.

If you play many times a week you should re-grip your golf clubs more frequently than if you play twice a month. The re-gripping of your golf clubs must be done correctly or the problem could actually get worse.

Core Size     

Proper re-gripping of your golf clubs requires you to know the core size of the grip that you require and the size of the grip that best fits your hand. Grips come in standard core sizes of; .520″, .560″, .580″, .600″, and .620″. To determine the core size, simply measure the diameter of the butt of the shaft that you are going to re-grip.

It is critical that the diameter of the shaft match the core diameter of the grip. The next step in the re-gripping process is to determine what size grip best fits your hands. Grips come in a variety of sizes; small, medium, large, and jumbo.

Grip Sizing Your Golf Clubs

To accurately determine what grip size fits your hands, measure from your wrist (base of hand) to the end of your longest finger. If the result is less than 6.5 inches you should use a small grip. Use a .560″ if the distance is 6.5 to 7.0 inches, .560″ if 7.0 to 7.5 inches, and .580″ if 7.5 to 8.0 inches. For anything over 8.0 inches, select a jumbo grip.

Materials Required to Re-Grip Your Golf Clubs  

You will need grip solvent, two sided, two inch wide grip tape, a container to catch the unused solvent in, a vise and a special rubber shaft holder. Many of the golf club re-gripping experts use Coleman camp fuel because they claim no residue is left over and it does a great job. These same experts caution against using WD40 because it leaves an oily residue and as a result the grips could come loose.

Re-Gripping Steps  

Put the shaft holder over your club shaft and tighten the vise. Cut a piece of tape 8.0 inches long. Place it along the butt of the shaft leaving a half-inch over the end of the shaft. Wrap the tape around the shaft and push it slightly into the shaft to seal the end of the club. Squeeze solvent along the tape, fill the grip about three quarters full of solvent, put your finger over the hole in the end of the grip and then squeeze the grip opening closed.

Now shake the grip so that solvent covers the entire inside and pour the solvent along the tape. Push the grip up and over the shaft butt then hold the grip by the front and back and push applying equal pressure with both hands. Clean up any excess solvent from the grip and let it set for an hour. Good Luck re-gripping your golf clubs!