When it comes to golf, getting “fit” really has two meanings. Since Tiger Woods came on the scene and started the fitness craze in golf people generally think of the term in the sense of getting into the gym and working out. Although important and beneficial to your health, this doesn’t always necessarily help your golf game. Recently I had the chance to experience the other type of “fit”, a professional fitting with the Titleist FittingWorks. I used to think I knew a lot about equipment; I really enjoy learning about the new models that are coming out, what each player on tour is playing etc., but after my fitting I realized that I don’t even begin to know anything about equipment.
A little background on me; I played 4 years in college, garnered All American, turned Professional and played mini-tours for 3-years, with nominal success. During that time however, I was never once professionally fitted for my clubs. I always just played with what felt good; almost always adapting to the clubs. Being tall, I am 6’ 5”, I figured I needed to have very long clubs, so I always had my irons 1” over length. I was a blade guy, so I had a couple of sets of Mizuno’s over the years, really strong shafts, a degree or so upright and of course, over length. They proved to be okay, but I definitely didn’t hit them the way I think I could have. I could hammer the driver, but was really short with my irons; that should have been enough to clue me in that something was amiss, but it wasn’t.
