- The first and most basic element of custom-fitting your golf clubs is the correlation between height and club length. Obviously, a taller golfer will need longer clubs, and a shorter golfer will need shorter clubs. The average club length is designed for golfers between 5-feet-7 and 6-feet. But how the length/height ratio is implemented for each individual golfer can vary greatly.
- The wrist-to-floor measurement is the other crucial component of custom club-fitting. Wrist-to-floor measurements must be interpolated with height measurements to determine the proper club length and lie. The reason is this: A taller golfer with longer arms might have the same wrist-to-floor measurement as a shorter golfer with shorter arms, and since their hands are the same distance from the ground (and therefore the ball), they will use clubs of approximately equal length.
- Lie angle is the angle between the bottom of the clubface and the shaft of the golf club. A golfer with hands closer to the ground will hold his clubs more horizontally, which will require a larger angle between shaft and ground-line. The precise fitting for lie angle is determined from an interpolation of height and wrist-to-floor measurements.
