Every golfer knows that their golf equipment needs to be custom fit to their unique swing and physique.   It is not an option, it’s a “must”.   But finding the best professional to do the job can be difficult, but well worth the effort.  Here are four critical requirements for your search:

–   A highly skilled Professional who will take the time to get to know you, your game and your goals.

–   A Professional who has the equipment necessary to analyze your swing and then test various combination of demo heads and shafts to assure optimum performance.

–  A Professional who takes responsibility that their fitting instructions are precisely followed and that your custom clubs are perfectly built.

–  And lastly, you want to pay a fair price, not an exorbitant price, for this service.

Despite the fact that there are numerous chains of fitting studios, big box stores, and retailers all claiming to have the necessary credentials to give a first class fitting,  the reality is that very few come close.  More often than not, the golfer gets “sold” rather than “fit”.

But there are venues with Professionals who have the skill, the equipment, the integrity and the passion to give you the best performing equipment for your unique swing.

Here is a check list of what to look for to assure a first class fitting:

–   A Professional Coach, Teacher and/or Clubfitter who has built up a solid, trustworthy reputation within your golfing community.  To earn their reputation, that Professional has put his golfers’ performance before profits.

–  The Professional should have a launch monitor and swing analyzer to assess your swing characteristics.

–  The Professional will have a sufficient number of demo heads and shafts to dial you in perfectly.

–  The Professional will let you test the various options and compare the demo clubs to your current bag and to other brands … you should be able to actually “feel” and “see” the performance on the launch monitor.

–  The Professional will not pressure you to buy anything.  In fact, the Professional may discourage you from buying unless there is real performance improvement.

The following Professionals have met the test of exceptional skill and integrity and have the right equipment in their fitting studios to give you a first class fitting. They have earned the honor of being rated among the World’s Top 100 ClubFitters for 2023 … congratulations to all.

AUSTRALIA	NSW	Jeff Mansfield	Jeff Mansfield Golf Solutions
	VIC	Bryan Ferguson	Brian Ferguson PGA
	VIC	Ashley Blake	Next Level Golf
	WA	Greg Ashton	GolfStix
AUSTRIA		Andreas Lauss	Makrogolf at Golfclub Ottenstein
		Florian Kepp	F K Golf
		Harry Zott	HZ Fitting
CANADA	AB	Lyle Helland	Simply Golf
	AB	Jordy McKenzie	Alberta Golf Works
	AB	Ron Laugher	Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club
	BC	Terry Stav	Golf West
	BC	Chris Knight	Vista Ridge Golf
	ON	D. Franz McFayden	Golf and Performance
	ON	Kurtis Sweeting	Peterbourgh Golf and Country Club
	ON	Nick Valiquette	Sweeting Golf
	QC	Pierre Lamothe	Atelier De Golf Rock-Divot at Generation Golf
CZECH REP.		Jiri Votroubek	Golf 59
		Milan Vantuch	Golf 59
FINLAND		Kai "Kaippe” Tiira	Proline Golf Oy
FRANCE		Olivier Chalon	C.O. Golf
FRANCE		Alexandre D'Incau	AD ProClubmaker
		Jean-Michel Queva	Queva Clubfitting
		Marc Brossard	MB Clubs
		Arnaud Smaghe	Gard & Golf
		Joe Perroud	Fit at Joe's
GERMANY		Angel Martinez	Golf Planet - Oschberghof
		Paul Konnengen	Golf Performance Institute
		Gerald Friz	Myclubmaker GmbH, Golf+IT
		Joerg von der Gathen	Club.Align Golf
		Richard Phillips	Richard Phillips Proshop M/S Tinnen
ITALY		Gianni Coradello	Techno Golf
KENYA		Saaleem Haji	Vipingo Ridge Golf Academy
MALAYSIA		Jaya "Gop" Shanker	Golf Fitter Malaysia
NETHERLANDS		Peter Graham	Peter Graham Golf Center
		Marcel de Jager	Golfhunter
		Marcel Bal	Golf Op Maat
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		Agustin Sanchez	Golfinteligente
		Angel Martinez	Golf Planet - Mallorca
		Juan Carlos Garcia Diaz	Golf Planet - Oviedo
		Mateo Noel	Fit & Golf
SWEDEN		Johanna Pyk-Jargard	Johanna's Golf Shop
		Marten Nord	Vassunda Golf
		Tony Guelli	Golf Performance Sweden
SWITZERLAND		Giuseppe "Pepe" Naula	Pepe's Golf-Clinic
		Norbert Studer	R&L Golf
		Willi Vogt	R&L Golf
UNITED STATES	CA	Hector Avila	Advanced Golf Performance Studio
	CA	Jim Perez	Advanced Golf Performance, Bluff Pointe Golf Course
	CA	Chad Dietz	Foreward Golf
	CA	Dan Rogers	Foreward Golf
	CA	Brad Whalen	KZG Performance Center
	CA	Phil Moore	Phil Moore Golf
	CA	Aaron Peterson	Santa Cruz Golf Shop at Pasatiempo Golf Course
	CA	Calvin Carpenter	Henry Brunton Golf Academy
	CO	Bryan "Buddy" Beem	Buddy Beem Custom Clubs
	CO	Jon Hensey	Hensey Sports @ Golf Colorado 265
	FL	Rick Cicero	Pin High's Future
	FL	Steve Williams	Pin High's Future
	FL	Mike D'Orazio	Mike's Honest Golf, PGA Natl.
	FL	Mike Riso	Mike Riso Golf
	GA	Nick Prokosa	Wedges and Woods
	GA	Richard Guzzo	Southern Landings Golf Academy
	IA	Chris Larson	The Clubhouse Indoor Golf
	IN	Jim Smiley	Tee Off Golf 2 Driving Range
	MA	Phil Cornetta	Phil Cornetta Golf School
	MA	Steve Thompson	Tour Quality Clubs
	MT	Dudley Beard	Beard Golf Performance
	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
	NJ	Bernie Dunne	Bernie Dunne Custom Clubs
	NJ	Tim Mosel	Tim Mosel's Golf
	NJ	Brian Madden	Green2Tee Golf Academy at Total Turf Experience
	OH	Dave Freed	DV Golf
	PA	Nick Biondi	Nick Biondi Golf
	PA	Jerry Hintze	The Clubmaker
	PA	Rick Musselman	Musselman's Golf
	PA	Tim Musselman	Musselman's Golf
	PR	Hector "Blanco" Matos	Play Better Golf
	SC	Dale Ketola	Grande Dunes Golf Performance Center
	TX	Bobby Dean	Barton Creek Fitting Studio
	VA	Jon Eisman	Eisman Golf Academy
	WA	Sean Lanyi	18 Shots Golf Academy
	WI	Scott Hauser	Northland Golf & Ski
	WI	Dave Enos	Northland Golf & Ski

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.