Best Places to Get Fitted for Golf Clubs – THE Complete Guide (with Best Fitter Search List)

Club fitting has become the go-to recommendation in golf media, and for good reason.

The difference between properly fitted clubs and off-the-shelf options can be significant, as I discovered firsthand during my journey through eight different golf club fitting experiences.

But with full bag fittings costing hundreds of dollars before you even purchase any clubs, choosing where to get fitted is an important decision that impacts both your game and your wallet.

After extensive research and personal experience, I’ve found that independent specialist fitters offer the most comprehensive service—with advanced technology, many hundreds of testing options across multiple brands, and expert staff focused on selecting and building golf clubs for your unique swing.

However not all golfers need the same fitting experience or indeed have it available within easy reach of where they live.

So in this in-depth guide we will help you:

• navigate the five main types of fitting venues
• understand what separates great fitters from the rest, and
• make an informed choice based on your specific needs and location, complete with a searchable directory of fitters across the US, Canada & the UK.

Whether you’re a scratch golfer or high handicapper, properly fitted clubs can unlock performance potential you never knew you had.

My own fitting journey led me to gaining 40 yards off the tee without the changing my swing or adding any swing speed while at the same time breathing new life into my beloved 20-year old irons.

This happened because I found the right golf club fitter.

So let’s find now you the right fitter too.

Golfing Focused Takeaways For Time Pressed Golfers

• Five main venue options exist: Independent specialists, golf retailers, manufacturer centers, local pros, and manufacturer demo days—each with distinct advantages and limitations
• Independent specialists typically offer the most comprehensive experience but at premium prices
• Fitting quality depends on five factors: Process, technology, testing options, staff expertise, and venue setup
• Consider practical factors: Ball quality during testing, fitting duration, and whether fees are credited toward purchases
• Don’t underestimate results: My own fitting journey led to 40+ yards of extra distance through optimized equipment and simple setup adjustments

Top 5 Options for Where to Get to Fitted for Your Golf Clubs

There are hundreds of fitting options available today. Unless you’re living far from civilization, you likely have several choices within reasonable traveling distance.

While individual venues vary, they generally fall into these five categories:

1. Local Golf Professionals

If you’re a member of a golf club, your local pro offers a convenient first option for club fitting. Some course professionals also provide services to non-members, expanding access.

Advantages: Convenience, personal relationship, potential knowledge of your game if you take lessons from them, ability to support your local club.

Limitations: Variable expertise in fitting specifically, potentially limited technology and testing options, possible brand affiliations that may bias recommendations.

My experience: In my area, most local pros referred me to specialized fitting venues, suggesting this option may be diminishing except at higher-end clubs with dedicated fitting facilities.

2. Golf Retailers

Major retail golf chains like Dick’s Sporting Goods, Edwin Watts Golf, and PGA Superstore in the US, Golf Town in Canada, and American Golf in the UK offer fitting services at many locations.

Advantages: Widespread availability across the country, often free with/ without you purchasing clubs, good selection across multiple brands, convenient for trying different types of clubs in one visit.

Limitations: Time constraints (typically 45-60 minutes), potential sales pressure, no ability to customize your existing clubs, can use range balls, not all stores offer full fitting process, fitters may not be very experienced.

My experience: My retailer fitting was free but used range balls that noticeably altered my typical ball flight. The data therefore wasn’t as reliable as at specialized venues.

3. Independent Specialist Golf Club Fitters

Businesses dedicated exclusively to club fitting, like True Spec Golf and Club Champion in the US and Canada, and Precision Golf in the UK.

Advantages: Most comprehensive testing options (hundreds, if not thousands) across multiple brands, expert staff focused solely on fitting, latest technology, no inherent brand bias, ability to consider and build custom options beyond standard offerings.

Limitations: Highest cost (though sometimes credited toward purchases), may require advance booking due to popularity, fewer locations than retail chains.

My experience: These provided my most comprehensive fitting experiences and worked as much like mini-lessons as expert club fittings. At Precision Golf I gained both insights about my swing (like my negative attack angle (-2.4°) costing me distance) that combined with fitting me for an 8º driver (down from 10.5º) gave me an additional 40+ yards off the tee without swinging any faster or changing my swing!

4. Golf Club Manufacturers’ Fitting Centers

Brand-specific facilities operated by major manufacturers like TaylorMade, Callaway, Titleist, Ping, PXG, and others.

Advantages: Comprehensive options within their brand ecosystem, use premium balls for testing, typically excellent technology.

Limitations: Limited to one manufacturer’s products, no ability to customize your existing clubs, fewer locations (restricted to one headquarters and a select number of regional centres dotted across the country).

My experience: I visited both PXG and Callaway centers. The facilities were impressive with excellent technology, and both offered to credit the $40/£30 fitting fee toward purchases. Testing was thorough but naturally limited to their own product lines.

5. Golf Club Manufacturers’ Demo Days

Temporary fitting events where manufacturers bring their latest equipment to golf club, courses or ranges.

Advantages: Convenience (especially if at your local club), often free, good way to test latest models.

Limitations: Most limited in options both in number and too one manufacturer, shortest session times, often outdoor-only which can be weather-dependent, typically use range balls.

My experience: My Titleist demo day fitting was free but the most time-constrained and limited in options. The use of range balls also affected my confidence in the data and outcomes.

How to Choose the Best Golf Club Fitter for You

Geography will naturally limit your golf club options — fitting venues are more plentiful around major cities and golfing hotspots – Arizona and Florida in the US for example.

However, if you’re fortunate enough to have multiple choices, here are five key factors to consider:

1. FITTING PROCESS

A quality golf club fitting follows a systematic approach:

• Initial interview to understand your goals, playing history, and budget
• Measurements of your existing clubs and if required of your physical dimensions (height, wrist-to-floor, hand size etc)
• Dynamic and systematic testing with a launch monitor of options changing one variable at a time (shaft, then head etc.) to compare against your baseline with current equipment (e.g. of distance, launch angle, spin rates etc)
• Strike pattern analysis using technology or impact tape
• Data and visually driven recommendations with clear explanations
• Recommendations with clear explanations based on launch monitor data combined with visual observations of club behaviour.

The process should take 60-90 minutes for a single club category (driver, irons, etc.) and potentially 3.5+ hours for a full bag.

So any quick 15-minute fittings or online-only services won’t provide sufficient analysis!

Insight from my experience: The best fitters will combine launch monitor data with visual recommendations of club behaviour based on your individual swing to explain their recommendations. They will not rely solely on the data.

2. TECHNOLOGY

Essential fitting technology includes:

• Launch monitors (Trackman, Foresight, Flightscope etc) for accurate ball flight data
• Strike pattern visualization tools to see exactly where you’re contacting the ball
• Club analysis equipment to measure your current clubs’ specifications
• For putter fittings: Specialized technology like SAM PuttLab or Quintic Ball Roll

Without this technology, fitting becomes guesswork. When I discovered my negative attack angle through launch monitor data, it completely changed my understanding of what driver would work best for me.

3. FITTING VENUE & CLUB BUILD OPTIONS

The physical setup and options available significantly impact your experience:

• Club options: How many different heads, shafts, grip combinations etc can you test? (The best specialists have many hundreds!)
• Testing environment: Indoor, outdoor, or both? (Indoor studios are the most common and but if you’re fitter has both that’s a differentiator to allow you to see actual ball flight)
• Club building: On-site or off-site? (On-site building ensures specs are followed exactly and to tighter tolerances)
• Post-fitting verification: Do they offer follow-up sessions to confirm your custom clubs perform as expected and no final adjustments are needed?

4. CLUB FITTER EXPERTISE

The fitter’s experience, knowledge and approach can make or break your experience:

• Certification and training: Are they formally trained in fitting procedures?
• Communication style: Do they explain terminology and data, or just recite launch monitor numbers?
• Process vs. sales: Do they follow a systematic approach or jump to recommendations quickly?
• Documentation: Do they maintain detailed notes throughout the session?
• Waiting list: Popular, effective fitters typically have longer booking times
• Straightforward: Good club fitters want you to have the best clubs that will help you get better. If they find they can’t improve on your current set they will tell you vs. try to sell you more clubs!

Insider tip: As one master club fitter told me, “Trackman doesn’t give you answers; it gives you data. You’ve got to know why you’re getting that data to get to an answer.” Look for someone who can interpret the launch monitor numbers, not just collect them.

5. REVIEWS

Like any service, reputation matters when it comes to golf club fitting:

• Personal recommendations from playing partners who’ve improved after fitting are an easy way to make a choice
• Online reviews can also help with the usual caveats about verification that they are legitimate
• Years in business and professional standing in the golf club fitting industry is another relevant metric.

Insight from my experience: One specialist fitter I visited had their build shop adjacent to the fitting studio, allowing them to create custom test combinations on the spot that weren’t available at other venues.

The Club Fitter Selection Checklist

So to summarise and help you evaluate potential fitters click below to download this 10-point checklist based on my experience of eight different fitting venues:

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If the golf club fitters which are nearest to you all score a full 10 points then it all comes down to personal preference.

I suspect though if you run through this handy checklist you’ll quickly get a good feel for which club fitter you want to go with.

List of Best Golf Club Fitters in USA, Canada and UK

Ok, we’ve been through all the categories of potential golf club fitting venues, we’ve covered in detail what you ideally should be looking from a fitter and how you can choose between them.

So the obvious question that follows is WHERE can actually go to get a club fitting done.

To list all the golf club fitters in the world would clearly be an impossible task but to help you find quality venues near you we’ve compiled this searchable directory of fitters across the US, Canada and the UK.

This includes data from Golf.com and Golf Digest‘s analyses of the best club fitters together with our own in-depth research that includes individual manufacturers lists of their own top 100 fitters including PING and Mizuno.