Club fitting or more time playing?

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By Stuart G

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  1. Stuart G

    Stuart G

    I started playing golf 10 years ago (when I was 20) and had lessons at that time.  In the intervening period, although I started off playing lots of golf ,it dipped to a couple of years without a game. This year I have started playing much more regularly although I have still not played enough to obtain a handicap. 

    I am looking to get more serious and work on obtaining a handicap, which in turn I can look to reduce, however my clubs are a sticking point.  The set I have are off the shelf and aimed at beginners and with them I feel I have to put a lot of effort in to get anything out of them.  I recently played a round using a friend's (who is a similar build to me) custom fitted clubs and the round was far less hard work! 

    People I play with have all raved about the benefits of custom fitting and I am quite spoilt in so far as I live in St Ives and the custom fit centre is only 5 mins away but I'm unsure whether a visit is premature? 

    My concern would I be wasting time (and money) going there now when I'm perhaps not consistent enough to get properly fitted? Should I buy some off the shelf clubs and then look about getting custom fitted? 

  2. THOMAS JAMES J

    THOMAS JAMES J
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    Hi Stuart,

                  Practise makes permanent = consistent,

      I am on my 4th set of custom clubs ( lots of play time ) and now only play once a week at best but it gives me the confidence to pick them up and play , There are questions ofcourse when you go to ST IVES Like how can you change them trade them in ect, but yes i fully recommend you go you are kucky to live so close and no obligation just visit walk away and them think it through.

      Just remember what they recommend may not be what you might like to look at as i found out but they are the experts with the information and as long as your swing is consistent  most of the time they will work for you and you will still need a few rounds to get used to them.

     Best of luck getting the handicap and enjoying the game for a very long time,

                                                                                                                 Thomas ( retired )

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