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If you want to play great golf in 2026, start with the best equipment fit for YOUR swing!   As you reflect on 2025 and look forward to 2026, if you are like most of us, there is room for improvement!  Even the tour pros spend a lot of time with their coaches analyzing their rounds and making a plan to improve.  We know it takes proper technique, practice and the right equipment fit to YOUR swing.   Analytics and More One of the top degrees coming out of college these days is Data Analyst.  The era of “Big Data” is here, even in the golf industry.  When Mark Broadie wrote “Every Shot Counts” in 2014, it was used very little on the PGA Tour.  Now, Strokes Gained is used and commented on regularly by tour players, analysts, and commentators.   Golf Digest recently published this article on how analytics are being used on tour!   The results have been pretty dramatic for several players!  So, take a look at your scorecards and find out where you are losing strokes.  Missed fairways?  OB?  Poor iron shots?  Short-siding your wedges?  Putting letting you down?  If You Have ARCCOS Golf, USE IT! The use of... Read More

Solving the hybrid vs. long iron fitting dilemma should not be a difficult decision.  In general there are a couple of factors to consider. Check out our Comments in a Golf Digest Article Here… Book a Lifetime Iron/Hybrid Fitting! First, how comfortable is the golfer in hitting hybrid clubs?   I would say 20-30% of our golfers going through a fitting have trouble hitting their hybrids consistently.  Usually, it is because of the fact that the hybrids are not very well fit to them in terms of shaft flex and weight (Learn More).  Unfortunately, sometimes this becomes a mental block that is difficult to overcome.  We get past that by having the golfer hit a hybrid that is matched to their swing and compare it to their existing hybrid.  This usually gets rid of the fear factor! Second, how well does the golfer hit their long(er) irons? This is a little bit of a trick question as most golfers want to keep a longer iron, like a 4 or 5 iron, in their bag to get out of trouble if they are under a tree branch.  But that is a total waste of a club.  I can easily knock down... Read More

Finding the right hybrid shaft is very important, especially when replacing long irons.  According to our current poll, 35% of our golfers say the WORST club(s) in their bag are their long irons.  So, maybe new hybrids are in order.   (see our related blog on long irons here).  The Problem With Off-the-Rack Hybrids While buying a hybrid off-the-rack is the most common purchase, the shafts offered very likely do not fit the majority of golfers.  Most hybrid shafts that we test during a fitting are too soft (flexible) and too light of weight.  This can cause very poor ball contact, wide shot dispersion and a loss of distance.  So how do we determine which shaft is best for your swing dynamics?  Our BGF Fitting System and Fitting Wizard has modeled thousands of golfers swings and will dynamically recommend the proper shaft length, weight, flex, swing weight and profile (trajectory and spin) to optimize your hybrid performance based upon your unique swing dynamics. Book a Lifetime Iron/Hybrid Fitting! Shaft Weight The longest, lightest, yet stiffest club in you bag is your driver.  The heaviest, shortest and most flexible clubs will be your wedges.  As clubs get shorter from driver to fairway woods to hybrids, the... Read More

The question of "should you play forged or cast irons" is becoming quite a bit less controversial these days due to modern technology. 

  We always advise you on what happens when golf shafts are not right for your swing.  A lot of golfers that have never been through our fitting process, think that the majority of their miss-hits are caused by their swing.  Fortunately, that is not always the case!  I will make some predictions for misses based upon a right-handed golfer.  Of course the swing direction makes a big impact.   Let me summarize what we see by type of club with the wrong shafts: Driver:   Misses both left and right:  Shaft too flexible in butt section (A flex when should be an R, for example).  Misses mostly right(push or slice):  Shaft may be too stiff in the butt section (S flex when should be an R) or shaft is too heavy.  Misses mostly left(pull or pull hook):   Shaft is too flexible in the butt section and/or shaft is too light.  Misses off the Top of the ClubFace:  Too steep of swing (negative attack angle) or way too soft of butt section or tip section causing toe droop at impact.  Misses mostly low:  Too much positive attack angle (swinging up on the ball with tee height too low) or shaft... Read More

A golf club fitting, when done properly, will custom fit golf clubs to your swing. By properly, we’re talking applied science – deep insights into shaft dynamics plus Trackman data, not trial and error with just a handful of off-the-rack shafts. Looking ahead to 2026 season, it’s not that far away. Your swing is grooved now, even if there are areas where you struggle. What areas (putting, chipping, fairways) cost you strokes against where you want to be? What is your typical miss (slice, hook, thin, fat)? Which club do you love and which one do you carry but stop hitting? Our expert golf club fitting explores more than just your golf swing. We take time to understand your goals, your objectives, your misses and with which clubs. Explore Our Club Fitting Process Here When is the best time to get a golf club fitting? Get fit while you feel like your swing in the groove. For most golfers, that’s now. Instead of waiting until Spring as the 2025 season is getting started, or worse mid-season, get custom fit for golf clubs now. Here are 5 reasons to consider: 1. Consistency in the swing improves accuracy in the Golf Club... Read More

New Wedges? Make Sure You Have The Right Shafts. If you are thinking about getting new wedges, make sure you have the right shafts.  What shafts should you play in your wedges?   The very short answer is play the same shaft in your wedges as you do in your irons.  But, boy do we see a lot of variation of what is in our players bags. “Your advice on the proper shaft for wedges is spot-on!  Keep up the great work.”  Ken Everrett, PGA Professional and Instructor, Snowmass Club, Colorado. Stock Wedge Shafts First off, most wedges you buy off the rack will have a standard heavy steel wedge shaft like a True Temper Dynamic Gold.   Titleist uses an S200 (130gr) in their SM10 wedges, Callaway uses the new Spinner Wedge 115 (115 gr) in the Jaws Raw, while Mizuno uses the DG S400 (132 gr) in the Pro T-1 and KBS Hi Rev 2.0 (115 gr) in the Pro T-3.  Only if you are playing a steel shaft in your irons like the Dynamic Gold, KBS Tour, or Nippon Modus 3 120 will the weight and flex of these wedge shafts come close to matching you.  If you... Read More

For 2025, you should set your sights lower...scores that is! 

  Get fit or fix my swing?  This is probably the most asked question we get in our fitting studio.  The very short answer? Do Both!   We work with several of the top instructors and we can make recommendations for the best coach in your area.  But first of all, we really do suggest you get fit for your clubs! What Our Golfers Want From a Club Fitting The most common response when we ask our customers what they want from their golf game is CONSISTENCY! This is a crazy sport where you can have up to 14 clubs to hit one ball.  The chances of all of those clubs matching your swing?  Slim to none!  The five most important club attributes are club length, shaft weight, shaft flex, shaft profile (trajectory and spin), and swing weight.  The most common attributes golfers look at are length and weight.  The lightest, longest and stiffest club in your bag is your driver.  The shortest, softest flex and heaviest clubs will be your wedges.  In between, the clubs will vary by weight, flex and length. Below is a chart of what we may see in a golfers bag when testing these five attributes... Read More

Measuring Golf Swing Dynamics is a very important part of the golf club fitting process.  In our in-person fitting sessions, we utilize the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer to measure tempo, transition, kick point and release.  This information is fundamental to our BGF Fitting System and TrueFitClubs Fitting Wizard to make more accurate shaft recommendations. Swing Dynamics – Tempo, Transition and Release Most golfers are not actually sure about their swing dynamics.  They think their tempo is fast when actually it is probably pretty standard.   In our fitting recommendations, it is very clear how the swing dynamics of Tempo, Transition and Release can impact shaft selections. In general, the smoother your swing, the softer and lighter shaft you can play to optimize distance, accuracy and consistency.  We call this a “Swinger” type of swing.  On the other had, if you have a faster tempo, short and aggressive back swing, you will need a firmer, and potentially heavier shaft to optimize your results.  We call this a “Hitter” type of swing.  See more on this topic at this blog on swing dynamics. Mizuno Shaft Optimizer Mizuno has been at the forefront of the effort to help determine the proper shafts with their Shaft... Read More