We hold testing stock so that a session has somewhere to go. We do not hold it because somebody paid for the shelf space, and there is no agreement in this building that obliges us to move a quantity of anything. That distinction is the entire reason a client can trust a recommendation.
Head stock rotates. New models arrive when there is a reason to think they solve a problem the existing stock does not, and old ones stay on the rack for years if they still fit somebody well.
Left-handed testing stock is genuinely thinner than right-handed stock across the whole industry. Tell us when you book and we will bring additional demo heads in for your date rather than have you drive to Chad Drive and find three options.
The shaft wall is organised by what a shaft does rather than by who made it. A session that establishes you want something in the low seventies with a firm tip can then walk along a row rather than hunt through a catalogue.
| Band | Typical use | Options held |
|---|---|---|
| 40 to 55 g | Woods, lighter builds | Around 30 |
| 55 to 70 g | Woods, most common band | Around 45 |
| 70 to 85 g | Woods and graphite irons | Around 35 |
| 85 to 105 g | Iron shafts, graphite and steel | Around 40 |
| 105 to 130 g | Steel irons and wedges | Around 35 |
| Wedge-specific | Weighted for control builds | Around 20 |
A grip is the least expensive component on a golf club and it is the only one you actually touch. A hardened grip changes hand pressure, hand pressure changes face control, and face control changes the shot. We check grip condition on every club that comes through the door.
Rounds, not years. In this climate a set played through two wet winters is usually overdue regardless of how the rubber looks, because the surface hardens long before it wears through. Forty rounds is a reasonable trigger for most players.
Both run at once, and we let them disagree in front of you rather than picking whichever screen says the nicer thing.
Tracks the ball itself. Indoors it sees only a short stretch of travel before the screen, so everything past that point is extrapolation. It is the better of the two at describing the back half of a flight once there is enough flight to describe.
Photographs the strike. It reads what the club and ball did at the moment of contact directly, then models the flight forward from there. Its weakness is that a dirty ball, poor lighting or an unusual strike degrades the image it depends on.
Tell us which club is bothering you and roughly when you can get to Chad Drive. We reply with two or three slots and a note about what to bring.