Attention all golfers: You must be fit. No question about it. Every coach, teaching professional, tour player and avid golfer is adamant that you must be fit in order to improve and play your best. Even the PGA of America admonishes: “It’s no longer an ‘option’, it’s a ‘must’.”
But where to go? Who to trust? Who has the skill? Who has integrity? Who really cares about you, the golfer?
You have to ask yourself, what golf brands, what professionals and what venues really care about the golfer. Most rely on the internet for easy sales, fitting forms that are rough guesstimates, and glorified salesman claiming to be fitters for a quick fit and hard sale. All put profits before performance.
But it really isn’t that difficult to search for a qualified professional with the skill and integrity who will take the time to fit you properly and assure that your clubs are precisely built. What do you look for? A professional coach, teacher and/or clubfitter who has a very good reputation in your golfing community and who puts the golfer’s performance ahead of profits and sales. A professional who will take the time to get to know you, your game and your goals. They will be equipped with a launch monitor, plenty of clubhead and shaft options to be able to really fit you, and they will let you feel, test and compare the proposed custom clubs. They won’t pressure you to buy. With a professional who has both skill and integrity, you get fit, not sold.
The following professionals have met the test of exceptional skill as well as integrity to be rated among the World’s Top 100 ClubFitters for 2021 … congratulations to all.
| AUSTRALIA | WA | Greg Ashton | GolfStix |
| WA | Martin Ridgway | Marty Ridgway Golf Academy | |
| VIC | Bryan Ferguson | Golf Tutor | |
| NSW | Jeff Mansfield | Jeff Mansfield Golf Solutions | |
| WA | Mostyn Farmer | GolfStix | |
| NSW | Graeme Trew | Murwillumbah Golf Club | |
| WA | George Campbell | GolfStix Mobile | |
| AUSTRIA | Andreas Lauss | Golf Akademie Lauss at Golfclub Ottenstein | |
| CANADA | AB | Lyle Helland | Simply Golf |
| AB | Jordy McKenzie | Alberta Golf Works | |
| BC | Terry Stav | Golf West | |
| BC | Chris Knight | Vista Ridge Golf | |
| NS | Bob Spicer | RJS Custom Clubs | |
| ON | Rene Grandmaison | Grand Lynx Golf Centre | |
| ON | Kurtis Sweeting | Sweetings Custom Clubs | |
| ON | Conrad Riley | Oslerbrook Golf Academy | |
| ON | John Wade | Precision Golf Clubs | |
| QC | Pierre Lamothe | Atelier De Golf Rock-Divot | |
| QC | Philippe Gariepy | Ecole de Golf Philippe Gariepy | |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | Jiri Votroubek | Golf 59 | |
| Milan Vantuch | Golf 59 | ||
| ENGLAND | Matt Pearson | Performance Fitting Center @ Waterton | |
| FRANCE | Olivier Chalon | C.O. Golf | |
| Jean-Michel Queva | Queva Clubfitting | ||
| Marc Brossard | MB Clubs | ||
| Alexandre D'Incau | AD Pro Clubmaker | ||
| Arnaud Smaghe | Gard & Golf | ||
| Herve Francillon | Backspin Golf at Golf de Roquebrune | ||
| Jean-Christophe Jarrige | Bretagne Clubmaking | ||
| Joe Perroud | Fit at Joe's | ||
| Jean Luc Turmel | Clubfitting 56 | ||
| GERMANY | Jorg von der Gathen | Club.Align | |
| Erik Muschalla | PMG Physical Match Golf | ||
| Gerald Friz | Myclubmaker GmbH, Golf+IT | ||
| Joerg von der Gathen | Club Align Golf | ||
| Richard Phillips | Richard Phillips Proshop M/S Tinnen | ||
| KENYA | Saaleem Haji | Vipingo Ridge Golf Academy | |
| NETHERLANDS | Marcel Bal | Golf Op Maat | |
| Peter Graham | Peter Graham Golf Center | ||
| Marcel de Jager | Golfhunter | ||
| Vincent Willems | P&P Golf Fitting n' Fun | ||
| Wilbert Bruins Slot | Golfschool Westwould | ||
| N. IRELAND | Nigel Shaw | NS Golf Tech at Warrenpoint Golf Club | |
| PHILIPPINES | Francis Go | Custom Clubmakers International | |
| Jake Ong | Custom Clubmakers International | ||
| SCOTLAND | Ken Campbell | Ken Campbell, PGA Golf Professional | |
| SINGAPORE | Joseph Loo | XLNgolf Pte Ltd | |
| Ignatius Tan | XLNgolf Pte Ltd | ||
| SLOVENIA | Viljem Kern | Kern Golf | |
| SOUTH KOREA | Brian Choi | Tayoon Golf | |
| SPAIN | Juan Carlos Garcia Diaz | Golf Planet - Oviedo | |
| Agustin Sanchez | Golfinteligente | ||
| Mateo Noel | Fit & Golf | ||
| Angel Martinez | Golf Planet - Mallorca | ||
| Michael Rodriquez | MicRodClubFitter | ||
| SWEDEN | Tony Guelli | Golf Performance Sweden AB | |
| Marten Nord | Vassunda Golf Club | ||
| Johanna Pyk-Jargard | Johanna's Golf Shop | ||
| SWITZERLAND | Giuseppe "Pepe" Naula | Pepe's Golf-Clinic | |
| Norbert Studer | R&L Golf | ||
| Willi Vogt | R&L Golf | ||
| UNITED STATES | AK | John Gose | Full Swing Golf of Alaska |
| AR | Robert Mapes | Golfstx | |
| AR | Trevor Shanke | Golfstx | |
| CA | Hector Avila | Advanced Golf Performance | |
| CA | Tom Ringer | Advanced Golf Performance | |
| CA | Chad Dietz | The Bunker Golf Center | |
| CA | Dan Rogers | The Bunker Golf Center | |
| CA | Brad Whalen | KZG Golf Performance Center | |
| CA | Brad Benkey | KZG Golf Performance Center | |
| CA | Phil Moore | Phil Moore Golf | |
| CA | Anthony Stagno | Mammoni Golf | |
| CA | Mike Wydra | Mike Wydra Golf | |
| CA | Steve Tanis | Phil Moore Golf | |
| CO | Jon Hensey | Hensey Sports at Golf Colorado 365 | |
| CO | Bryan "Buddy" Beem | Buddy Beem Custom Clubs | |
| FL | Dick Cicero | Pin High Enterprises | |
| FL | Mike Riso | Mike Riso Golf | |
| IA | Chris Larson | The Clubhouse Indoor Golf | |
| KY | Tom Barron | 21st Golf Technology | |
| NC | Kelly York | Kelly's Custom Golf | |
| NC | Curtis Eudy | Leatherman Golf Learning Center | |
| ND | Andrew Baumann | Golf Etc. - Bismarck | |
| ND | Matt Rueb | Golf Etc. - Bismarck | |
| OH | Dave Freed | DV Golf | |
| OR | Bob Duncan | G P S Players Academy | |
| OR | Kyle Marvin | Westside Golf Fit Van | |
| PA | Bernie Dunne | Bernie Dunne Custom Clubs | |
| PA | Jerry Hintze | Clubmakers Shop | |
| PR | Hector "Blanco" Matos | Play Better Golf | |
| WA | Garth Mattson | Westside Golf Academy | |
| WI | Henry Fink | Scratch Golf Shop | |
| WI | Scott Hauser | Northland Golf & Ski | |
| WI | Dave Enos | Northland Golf & Ski |
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 100 point system based on the criteria was generated to objectively evaluate each applicant. They include:
1-10 points: A sincere commitment to help every golfer play their best and a reputation for honesty and integrity in their community
1-10 points: An ability to converse with the golfer to assess the golfer’s goals, understand any disabilities
1-10 points: An ability to educate the golfer every step of the fitting process
1–10 points: Number of years as a club fitter and the success and reputation of his business in the community
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 shaft profiles, 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 of 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.