Golf · Level 7: Upper-Advanced · Sub-level 7.1
Club Fitting
4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown
How clubs are fitted: the process, length, lie and grips, drivers and woods, and wedges and putters.
Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.
Test 1How fitting worksTake a test
Length, lie, loft, shaft and grip are all chosen.
Source: Club-fitting guides (major manufacturers' fitting manuals and fitting-trade references) · recall
Taken standing upright in golf shoes.
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Feel and flight both matter.
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Heads and shafts click together to test combinations.
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Settings are fixed once the round starts.
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A basic length and lie check still helps early on.
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Static measurements are only the start.
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The interview shapes everything after it.
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The putter is used on every hole, often twice.
Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied
Combinations are tested shot by shot.
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Test 2Length, lie and gripsTake a test
A club that is too short tends to the toe.
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Fitted so the sole sits flat at impact.
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An upright lie points the face left.
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Tape on the sole marks the contact point.
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Hooks are a common result.
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Each wrap adds a little diameter.
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Many players regrip once a year.
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The mark should sit in the middle of the sole.
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Hand size guides the choice.
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The sole should sit flat on the ground.
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Test 3Driver fittingTake a test
Slow speeds need help getting the ball up.
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Weight near the toe does the opposite.
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Moment of inertia; higher means more forgiving.
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Forward weight gives lower spin instead.
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Heel weight and a slightly closed face are common.
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Fast speeds create spin on their own.
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The general limit for any club except a putter is 48 inches.
Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Model Local Rule G-10 · recall
Forward weight and low loft both cut spin.
Source: Club-fitting guides (major manufacturers' fitting manuals and fitting-trade references) · recall
The baseline shows what needs fixing.
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Heel weight helps the face close.
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Test 4Wedge and putter fittingTake a test
Steep swings and soft turf want more bounce.
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Bounce stops the leading edge digging.
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Heel and toe relief let the face open without the edge rising.
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Heavy use from sand wears them quickly.
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Toe or heel up changes where the face aims.
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Too long and the eyes sit inside the ball line.
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The balance point moves up towards the hands.
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Firm ground wants less bounce.
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Lofts first, then the sole.
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The angle of the sole is the bounce.
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Sources
Club-fitting and launch-monitor references, the Equipment Rules and the 2023 ball-testing announcement, golf physics texts, and course-architecture histories; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.
- Club-fitting guides (major manufacturers' fitting manuals and fitting-trade references)38
- General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)1
- The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Model Local Rule G-101