INTRODUCTION
Tony Valentine Golf Centres offers a comprehensive custom fit service allowing all standards of golfers to enjoy equipment adapted to their individual needs. This is available in both stores customising shaft type, length, lie angle, loft and grips. This is based on the recommendation of our professionally trained staff.
WHO NEEDS CUSTOM FITTING?
Everyone purchasing golf equipment should go through the custom fitting process, this is to ensure all aspects of the equipment are as good as they can be to fulfil their potential.
THE FITTING PROCESS
All of our professional club fitters have undergone full fitting training by all manufacturers and our PGA team, Tony Valentine and Gary Sawyer, who have over 50 years experience as PGA professionals.
We use the very latest technology such as the GC2 launch monitor, Mizuno DNA Shaft Optimizer and all the other leading manufacturers' specific custom fitting equipment.
During your Custom Fitting appointment some of the details that will be looked at are as follows:
* Shaft Length (Wrist to floor measurement. Impact towards toe, the shaft length maybe too short)
* Shaft Flex (Ball flight too high shaft maybe too flexible)
* Lie Angle (Too flat will cause the ball to fade to the right)
* Grip Size (Grip too thin will cause too much hand action and will cause ball hooking to the left)
GC2 LAUNCH MONITOR
This is used to analyse ball flight which will measure not only distance carried but also the launch angle, spin rate and the overall dispersion to allow us to make the correct recommendations.
OUR AIM
At Tony Valentine Golf Centres our aim is to give you the best buying experience and recommendations available in the marketplace.
Introduction Custom Fit
This fitting chart has been devised using our 15 years of our fitting experience together working with the leading manufacturers. It is to be used as a guide as not all manufacturers use the same standards. By calling or emailing our qualified custom fitters, they can fine tune to produce the correct specifications.
For example - A golfer who is 5ft 10" and has a wrist to floor measurement of 36 Inches would be Standard.
CUSTOM FIT BOOKING
THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE 7 DAYS A WEEK
PLEASE CALL
CORSHAM: 01249 714466 / SWINDON: 01793 644448
THE FUTURE IS HERE! - THE GC2 IS THE HI-TECH GADGET OF YOUR DREAMS!
92% of golfers custom-fit with a launch monitor realize immediate benefit after buying new clubs*
The numbers don't lie - a professional fitting with the GC2 can make all the difference in taking your game to the next level. If you're ready to drive your game forward, please call our store on 01249 714466 and we can book you in for a fitting session using the latest technology.
* Source: Sports and Leisure Research Group
Custom Centre Info
TONY VALENTINE GOLF CENTRE CUSTOMISATION CENTRE
The photo above is of our in-store customisation centre, we have demo drivers, woods and irons from all the leading manufacturers. We can professionally custom fit you on our brand new GC2 launch monitior. The GC2 gives unparalleled accuracy and as opposed to the basic launch monitors the GC2 can assess your game in many ways and you can also watch your shot play out on the screen in beautiful hi-def 3D graphics that would make you believe you are actually there on the course! Please check out the videos below and you will get an idea of how extensive the assessment is, how effective the views of the shot are and the amazing graphics available when getting custom fit.
SIMULATION GAMEPLAY
GC2 Info - Verifiable Accuracy
At the heart of the GC2 is a stereoscopic camera system that precisely captures and analyzes ball characteristics at the most critical point of measurement club impact to deliver the most accurate values of ball performance available today.
GC2 Info 2 - Club fitting
CLUB FITTING MADE EASY
Take your club-fitting analysis one step further with our Fitting Mode software, an enhanced layer of insight into your golf game that is embedded in every simulation course we offer.
Fitting mode features:
* Practice options from various tee positions
* Precise and vital shot data (max height and angle of descent)
* Rich virtual golf course viewing, including 11 camera angles
* Club performance comparisons via custom colour tracing
* Green Grid True Green reads
GC2 LAUNCH CONDITION
By capturing the precise measurement of ball characteristics at impace and initial launch, the GC2 generates unmatched ball performance data as well as a "pure" calculation of trajectory and down range values.
GC2 DOWN RANGE VALUES
Once in motion environmental variations such as wind, humidity and turf conditions can significantly affect ball performance. While these condition plague radar based techologies they have no impact on the GC2.
Club Fitting
Combined with a laptop and the GC2 Fitting Mode software, our experienced club fitters now have access to a comprehensive visual depiction of launch condition, shot shape and down-range values in real time. This means we can accurately custom fit with the benefit of high end technology and our experienced club fitting knowledge.
Gap Testing
Making full use of the technology available to us, we can also offer Gap Testing to assess and make sure you have an even staggering of yardage from club to club, and importantly this can be done with your wedges also. This will come at a cost of £15 for this service.
In this picture is one of our in-store pros hitting a 3 wood off the matt. |
THIS IMAGE SHOWS HIS RESULTS
Take a look at the results and ball flight from these 3 shots. This extensive information enables us to assess your requirements and perform an excellent club fitting service.
Mizuno Swing DNA
Just ten years ago the most complex shaft choice a serious golfer had to make was 'Stiff or Regular?' Now the massive growth of custom fitting has thrown up so many options that the average player has more ways to get it wrong than ever.
Faced with this problem, Mizuno has developed a cutting edge technology that takes shaft fitting to a whole new level. In creating Swing DNA a unique system that identifies the unique blueprint in every swing - Mizuno has addressed the most critical element of the entire custom fitting process.
Specially-created software sifts through the mass of shaft options to select the optimal match, based on Swing DNA recorded by Mizuno's Shaft Optimiser. What was once a time-consuming and inaccurate process is now one that is immediate, consistent and widely available.
Shaft Optimisation
On traditional custom built sets shaft recommendations were based on the theory that fast swingers required stiff shafts, while everybody else was a regular. Twenty years on, the Mizuno range of custom iron shafts has evolved to more than 50 options, with only a few State of the Art Facilities able to take advantage.
Mizuno's new Shaft Optimiser changes everything. A real golf club with specially developed strain gauges and microprocessors, the Shaft Optimiser records an individuals Swing DNA from just 3 shots. Combined with exclusive Mizuno software the unique DNA is used to narrow down a baffling prospect of more than 50 shafts to the very best match - with 2 back up suggestions to test against.
The Shaft Optimiser is unique in the amount of information it records. Clubhead speed and tempo might typically determine the ideal flex and weight of the shaft, but with so many variables to consider - weight, flex, kick point, tip softness - much more hard data is required to accurately determine a player's optimimum shaft. The Shaft Optimiser also measures shaft toe down, shaft kick angle and release factor readings in order to build up the players unique blueprint.
"Identifying the complete Swing DNA Blueprint is hugely important because two players with identical speeds can need completely different shafts to maximise their flight. Players who release the club early, for example, need a different bending profile to those who favour a late impact. Their swing speeds might be the same, they might even need the same flex, but fitting them for the same shaft could be disadvantageous."
Theory vs. Reality
Mizuno's process incorporates an interchangeable shaft system so that the recommended shaft / head combination can be tested as confirmation.
Offering a choice of head weights - standard, lighter and graphite-weighted each test iron is designed to feel and play exactly like Mizuno's final production models. To ensure that the extra weight of the specially-made titanium adaptor didn't impact on the club's playing properties, 8 grams of mass was removed from the hosel of the test head. Any combination of shaft and head screwed together during the fitting process, will have the weight, feel and performance of a final production iron.
