club fitter for juniors

[golfdad]

my younger one is currently using us kids clubs and finds her older sis' callaway clubs "Better,,,,feel and contact?" but too long and too heavy.
do you guys know of any good fitters in new york or new jersey area? even in orlando area if i have to.

i would prefer to pay a service for someone who is not attached to one particular brand, but has good knowledge of all products available?

i have been to golfsmith,,,helpful people but i cannot say they know that much more than i do:)

thanks.

[flanagan]

I don't know of any, but when I wanted to get some ideas late last summer when deciding whether to replace my shafts, I followed up on the certified places identified on the Royal Precision website, for example, (a clubfitter is a club fitter) and did some searching of "clubmakers" and "clubfitters" and had good luck coming up with names and numbers, some with websites, most without.

Plus even the larger retail places or pros at courses will have the PING cart, as an example, and be able to fit her very nicely with those or other clubs. The PING fitting gives a benchmark that can be translated to other products, as would any other fitting with a particular brand, I don't think I'd worry too much about that. Even if tied to a brand, good fitting clubs will perform fine.

[ks8829]

club fitter will make clubs for your son with the right shafts.

Ping, Callaway, Nike make junior clubs sets also that you can find on ebay.

Ping
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...fsop=32&fsoo;=2

Callaway
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...=32%26fsoo%3D2

Nike
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...set&category0;=

Junior golf sets on ebay
http://search.ebay.com/search/search...=32%26fsoo%3D2

How old and tall is your son?

[golfdad]

thank you for the above 2 posts and will check into the suggestions, which, as i said, is rather confusing because i am dealing with my 8 yo who will say one things one way one day and another another day, if you know what i mean. she would often use her sister's much longer clubs and because she can hit further with them, even the driver, she says she want longer clubs, because to her that means the world:). i know it is not great for her posture, but kids are kids.

and, because the better, long clubs have better feel and contact and possibly more forgiving, she would trade the length issue for those factors, i think. she just grips down and go with them.

further, she seems to grow rather fast, taller for her age for sure, which adds to my confusion... at 8, she is using her sister's 10 yo clubs already.

here is her recent swing with her current wedge.

http://www.swingacademy.com/swingana...l.aspx?id=2231

thanks and regards.

[flanagan]

Nice swing. If she's swinging like that, why not take her to a pro who has some experience teaching youngsters. Lessons are always good and he or she would likely have some good suggestions as to clubs and how far to go at her age with any extensive fitting.

[ks8829]

she has a great swing and she looks very athletic. One thing that I did with my son when he was your daughters age is sign him with his friends into group golf lessons, so it felt more a social gathering than golf, after lesson we would go out for a bite to eat or ice cream and it was a fun time.

my 8 year old daughter is involved with the First Tee program and she loves it and has been too 4 sessions already, you should have a program in your area or simple call the First Tee to find the nearest location to you.

http://www.thefirsttee.org/Club/Scripts/Home/home.asp

[golfdad]

hello ks, thanks for that suggestion. couple years ago my kids did a little first tee and soon they moved onto some local tours, such as Us Kids local tour. not sure if your kids play on that. regards