World’s Top 100 ClubFitters 2024

In a nutshell, The World’s Top 100 ClubFitters exemplify superior skill, experience, passion and integrity.

The World’s Top 100 ClubFitters put performance ahead of profits.  They truly care about their golfers.

Every golf coach and teacher will admit it is impossible to teach or improve a golfer’s game if they are playing with ill-fitting clubs. Yet many continue to give lessons to those who must contort their bodies and their swing to accommodate ill-fitting clubs.  Years later the golfer will have to re-learn their swing to improve.

Today, virtually every major brand offers “club fitting” on-line on their own websites.  Most all of the big chain golf retailers offer “club fitting” services in-house and on-line.  Many coaches and teachers offer fittings as well.   The race is on in the industry to get golfers fit at their venue.

It’s confusing with all of the marketing dollars shouting: “We are the Best”.   So how does the golfing public know where to get a great fitting with a skilled professional who really cares about their game?  Here are a few guidelines:

1. Experience and training are critical … and that takes years, even decades to achieve.  So many retailers hire unskilled novices, give them a couple of weeks training and put them on the floor with a sales quota to meet.  High turnover is a warning light to avoid.
2. Reputation is critical … Professional clubfitters care about their golfers and the golfers know it.  Ask around for referrals.
3. Professionals who have started their own fitting centers are usually very dedicated and talented, they know that they will succeed because of the reputation they have earned.
4. Professionals should have access to state-of-the-art studios, including launch monitors, frequency analyzers, the ability to test various options utilizing universal connector systems
5. Avoid buying off the internet … period.

We are very proud of the exceptional Professionals around the globe who have earned the title of the World’s Top 100 ClubFitters.

CRITERIA FOR RECOGNITION AS THE WORLD’S TOP 100 CLUBFITTER

An independent panel of industry experts have set the criteria necessary to be considered one of the World’s Top 100 Professional ClubFitters.  The panel includes: Clay Long, renowned club designer and personal fitter for Jack Nicklaus; Gene Parente, President of Golf Laboratories, Inc., the premier golf equipment testing facility and producer of robot testing utilized by virtually every equipment manufacturer; J.J. King, President and founder of KZG, the #1 Custom ProLine; and Dr. Christian Reichardt, doctor of sports medicine and author of “Pain Free Golf”.

A 120-point system based on the criteria was generated to objectively evaluate each applicant.  They include:

1-30 points:           A sincere commitment to help every golfer play their best and have earned an outstanding reputation in their community for doing so.

1-10 points:           An ability to converse with the golfer to assess the golfer’s goals, understand any disabilities.

1-10 points:           The ability to educate the golfer through each step of the fitting process.

1–10 points:          Number of years as a professional coach, teachers and fitter

1-10 points:           Regular attendance at schools and seminars to maintain knowledge and raise the bar for their profession

1-10 points:           Knowledge of golf club head specifications and shaft profiles, including design features and manufacturing processes

1-10 points:           Knowledge of interpreting analysis data and use of launch monitors, frequency analyzers and videos during their fittings

1-10 points:           Maintains a wide selection of heads and shafts and ability to select the optimum combination for any given golfer

1-10 points:           Assumes responsibility for the build of the custom clubs; checks that fitting instructions are adhered to precisely and

double checks all specifications before handing clubs to the golfer

1-10 points:           A high level of integrity, placing the golfer’s performance as their primary goal rather than profits.  They do not sell over

the internet or the phone, but rather believe that every golfer deserves to have a personalized face-to-face fitting to guarantee maximum performance for the golfer.