Enroll in a professional golf club fitting school. Once you've earned your initial certification, you are qualified to attend an AGCP-approved golf club fitting school. Here you will master the basics of club fitting and evaluating a player's swing, and establishing the proper equipment based on such evaluations.
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What do you need to know about golf club fitting?
· Enroll in a professional golf club fitting school. Once you've earned your initial certification, you are qualified to attend an AGCP-approved golf club fitting school. Here you will master the basics of club fitting and evaluating a player's swing, and establishing the proper equipment based on such evaluations.
What you can do to become a better golfer?
· The road to becoming a Master Fitter begins at the Club Champion Headquarters in Willowbrook, IL. Once there, fitters and their fellow classmates begin a four-week training program constructed to make Master Fitters out of every single new hire, regardless of background. CCU Professor and Master Fitter Brad Syslo.
Where to get fitted for golf clubs?
· Getting certified is not hard. You can attend some golf club building schools (golfworks, golfsmith) that show you the basics over a few days. There are a few associations that you can join. Kind of like getting your drivers license. Just show some evidence of skill and pay a fee. Be warned though.
How to fit yourself for a golf club?
Learn from Shaft design engineers how shafts are designed. Learn from Master PGA Professional how clubfitting and club construction are key to playability. Learn from Master Club makers how to analyze shafts for optimizing consistency and accuracy for golfer. Watch Tom Wishon discuss club design, club fitting and so much more.
The Curriculum
The road to becoming a Master Fitter begins at the Club Champion Headquarters in Willowbrook, IL. Once there, fitters and their fellow classmates begin a four-week training program constructed to make Master Fitters out of every single new hire, regardless of background.
The Content
CCU has a textbook with over 200 pages of instructions and hypothetical examples of different fits. This textbook is paired with over 250 hours of online task portals that are tracked throughout the training process.
The Graduation and Epilogue
After the four weeks are up and the fitter has completed their training and earned certifications from the OEM partners, it is time for them to officially graduate from Club Champion University as Master Fitters. The new class of Master Fitters are then sent to one of the many locations nationwide to help lower the scores of golfers everywhere.
What is the side of a golf club that will make or break you?
Fitting is the side that will make or break you if you go on your own. A good fitter/builder will spend a lot of time diagnosing what you need, probably more than actually putting it together. You could build a perfect club with bad specs for the golfer and there goes your rep.
Is there a separate PGA certification?
Unfortunately there's not a separate class or certification offered by the PGA of America (as far as I know)
Does Ping offer a golf school?
Some manufacturers also offer schools for people in the golf business. Ping, for instance, has multiple seminars each year (3 or 4 days) where they walk you through everything. When I worked at a shop, our fitter went out to AZ every year to go through it. But like others have said, certification isn't much more than having the "PING certified fitter" diploma on the wall. It comes down to continued education and satisfied customers.
Does Honestly Certification make you fitter?
Honestly Certification alone will not make people enough to be a fitter or clubmaker.
Does the PGA of America offer custom fitting?
The PGA of America does offer a custom fitting program of ts with limited clubmaker training as part of their GPTP certifications program, I have helped a few friends that were assistants because I had the workshop to help them do some of the work.
How many levels of certification does an AGCP have?
AGCP Member Certification is based on 10 Levels of qualification. Qualification requirements are designed to allow potential customers to judge the members knowledge, experience, education and the equipment the member has in their shop so they can judge the quality and extent of services offered by the member.
Why do golf companies advertise?
Golf companies advertise they use technology to make clubs that perform better.
Does AGCP have a Masters of Technology?
Yes, you will have access to AGCP Masters of Technology, Golf Digest’s 100 Best Clubfitters and a whole host of other members who have been doing this for up to 40 years or more as your trusted advisors. All ready and willing to answer your questions. No matter how minor you thing your question is they take it seriously because they too have been there in their career at some time in the past.
How to become a titleist fitter?
After that, there are a number of seminars that Titleist offers and a lot of online training. When you are done, take and pass a test and you are now a Certified Titleist Fitter!
What is a good fitter?
Knowledge - a good fitter has knowledge of how equipment changes performance and a solid knowledge of the golf swing and teaching background can help that immensely. If you work at one of our partner locations, contact your local rep to determine when the next local Club Fitting Workshop is and join us. You can also seek out the better fitters in your area as many of them are generous by sharing their time and expertise to help those new to club fitting.
