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    Clubfitter Directory

    Where to Get Fit: America's Best Clubfitters

    Updated on March 07, 2024
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    Our 2023-24 list of America’s 100 Best Clubfitters, which first debuted in 2011, considers all sorts of facilities that offer clubfitting access to the general public. Those include independent shops, practice ranges and full-service performance centers, large retail stores, resorts, golf courses and national chains. More than 1,000 facilities were reviewed, which included nomination forms that detailed each facility’s resources, tools, expertise and fitting methodolgy. We also conducted a poll of leading equipment-company experts and our nationwide panel of more than 2,000 Golf Digest course-ranking panelists. In addition, for the first time ever, an online poll of Golf Digest subscribers generated nearly 10,000 votes. Those facilities earning the highest marks are highlighted here in two categories: The state-by-state heading lists 100 independent, local operations. Also listed under each state, we include the top rated individual stores for several national brands.

    What should you look for in a good clubfitting operation? First, an array of manufacturers to choose from. It’s what is known in the industry as being “brand agnostic.” Second, insist on expertise with modern clubfitting technology. That means launch monitors and other measurement devices that detail what each tweak does to a club’s performance, not just on one hit but for the average of your best and less-than-best strikes.

    Third, and maybe most important, find the fitter who is asking and listening more than he or she is selling. The right-fitting clubs don’t always require a purchase, but they do require someone dedicated to your best interests.

    There is no question fitting has become one of the most important innovations in golf over the last two decades. A recent study by Golf Datatech found that 94 percent of those who've been fit for their clubs 94 percent of those said they were at least “satisfied” with their most recent fitting. Still not convinced that a fitting is right for you? We had some expert fitters whose facilities have been on our Best Clubfitters list every year since its inception, answer a few common questions.

    I’m not a good enough player to be fit, right? How can you tell what’s right for me when I don’t make consistent swings?

    I love this question!! My first response is how do you know it’s not the equipment that causing the inconsistency? Secondly, I admit the pros should be the most consistent of any golfer but when you watch tournament coverage you can see any pro on any given day guide a ball into the trees, hit one short to the green or even miss a 4 footer. A fitting is not based on one shot with a clubs it is an average of shots. A good fitter should be able to isolate the extraordinary shots, good or bad to ensure you get the right spec for new stix.—Jim McCleery, McGolf Custom Clubs, Waverly, Ohio

    If I got fit for my driver by a 100 Best Clubfitter a year ago, is there any reason to get fit for another new driver this year? What if I was fit three years ago? Five years ago?

    I believe you get fit when you feel like you are not getting the most out of your equipment. If that’s a year, then yes get fit, but more likely it’s going to be every 3 or 5 years. Sometimes even though you don’t feel you are getting everything from your clubs you truly are and at least the fitting will confirm that, and you can have the confidence that you are playing the very best. That said, over a three week period last year, we tested every piece of new equipment with 20 golfers varying in handicap most of whom had recently been fit. We found that in each category: driver, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, wedges, and putters, there was always one piece of new gear that provided an improvement over a golfer's existing equipment.—Nick Sherburne, Club Champion

    Why would I not choose the driver that produced the single longest hit of all the clubs I tried?

    Golf is not a home run sport. Example my longest driver A is 280 and my average drive is 250. With driver B my longest drive is 270 but my average is 260 I will give the player Driver B all day. But more importantly what is the dispersion, drives that land in the fairway consistently, roll father and make the game easier. Launch monitors give the same roll to the shots that go straight and the one’s that would have gone out of bounds. —Woody Lashen, Pete’s Golf, Mineola, N.Y.

    I know my specs, know what I like. What are you going to tell me that I don’t already know?

    A lot!! First of all are you aware that your “specs” may or may not apply to specific clubs you are looking to purchase. “Specs” are not the same from brand to brand and even within the same manufacturer depending upon model the “Specs” may not be the same. As such, I could tell a prospective fitting customer “a lot” that thinks they know their “specs”, but better than tell them I could show any player within a few minutes how their “specs” may not be what they actually want to purchase. Moreover, even if they think they know what they like—have they tried everything to know for certain that what they think they like is actually what is right for them. There are so many different models and aftermarket shafts that it is unlikely a player who thinks they know what they want has actually tried other models and/or shafts that might be even better for them. —Craig Zimmerman, Redtail Golf Center, Beaverton, Ore.

    There you have it. The value of a fitting is undeniable. The list below is a great place to take advantage of all that untapped potential waiting for you (and your fitter) to discover.

    Facilities listed alphabetically by city within each state, independent shops followed by national chains. Only specifically designated locations earned "America's Best Clubfitters" award.

    ALABAMA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    1.50 Golf, Gulf Shores

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Huntsville

    Club Champion, Mountain Brook

    PGA Tour Superstore, Birmingham

    ARIZONA

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    2nd Swing Golf, Scottsdale

    Club Champion, Scottsdale

    Club Champion, Tucson

    Cool Clubs, Scottsdale (Grayhawk GC)

    Cool Clubs, Scottsdale

    Cool Clubs, Fountain Valley

    True Spec, Carefree (The Boulders)

    True Spec, Phoenix (The Raven)

    True Spec, Scottsdale (Scottsdale Rd.)


    ARKANSAS

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Arkansas Golf Center, Conway

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Golf Headquarters, North Little Rock

    GolfUSA, Fayetteville


    CALIFORNIA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    No Bogeys Golf, Laguna Niguel

    Urban Golf Performance, Los Angeles/Carmel-by-the-Sea/Costa Mesa/Santa Monica

    Stadium Golf Center, San Diego

    Golden Golf Mart, San Gabriel

    Plaza Golf, Torrance

    Kepler's Golf, Walnut Creek

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Agoura Hills

    Club Champion, Corona

    Club Champion, Newport Beach

    Club Champion, Palm Desert

    Club Champion, Pleasanton

    Club Champion, Sacramento

    Club Champion, San Carlos

    Club Champion, San Jose

    Club Champion, Santa Monica

    Cool Clubs, Foster City (Mariners Point)

    Cool Clubs, Irvine (Oak Creek GC)

    Golf Galaxy, Pasadena

    Golf Galaxy, San Diego

    Golf Galaxy, Upland

    GOLFTEC, Colma

    GOLFTEC, Encinitas

    GOLFTEC, Pasadena

    GOLFTEC, Rancho Bernardo

    GOLFTEC, San Diego (Sorrento Valley)

    GOLFTEC, San Jose

    GOLFTEC, Santa Barbara

    GOLFTEC, Santa Monica

    PGA Tour Superstore, Palm Desert

    True Spec, Beverly Hills

    True Spec, San Diego (Grand del Mar)

    Worldwide Golf/The Golf Mart at Carlsbad Golf Center, Carlsbad

    Worldwide Golf/The Golf Mart, South San Francisco

    COLORADO

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Colorado Springs

    Club Champion, Highlands Ranch

    Club Champion, Westminster

    Golf Galaxy, Westminster

    GOLFTEC, Colorado Springs (Chapel Hills)

    GOLFTEC, Denver (Cherry Creek)

    GOLFTEC, Denver (Denver Tech Center)

    GOLFTEC, Englewood

    GOLFTEC, Lakewood

    GOLFTEC, Westminster

    PGA Tour Superstore, Westminster

    True Spec, Castle Pines (The Ridge)

    CONNECTICUT

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Garner Golf, Fairfield

    Performance Clubworks, New Milford

    Chris Cote's Golf Shop, Portland/Southington

    Aulenti Fitting Studio at Sterling Farms GC, Stamford

    Downtown Golf, Stamford

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Hartford

    DELAWARE

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    2nd Swing, Wilmington

    Club Champion, Christiana (Wilmington)

    DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    The Golf Doctor-DC, Washington D.C.

    FLORIDA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    The Golf Guys, Bonita Springs/Ft. Myers

    Putter Around Club Repair, Coral Springs

    BryanGolf, Fleming Island

    Moon Golf, Melbourne/Vero Beach/Palm Beach Gardens

    Prestige Golf, Miami

    Fellinger Custom Golf, Orange Park

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Bradenton

    Club Champion, Brandon

    Club Champion, Delray Beach

    Club Champion, Jacksonville

    Club Champion, Kendall

    Club Champion, Naples

    Club Champion, Orlando

    Club Champion, Sanford

    Club Champion, The Villages

    Cool Clubs at IMG Academy, Bradenton

    PGA Tour Superstore, Altamonte Springs

    PGA Tour Superstore, Plantation

    PGA Tour Superstore, University Park (Sarasota)

    True Spec, Belleair (Pelican GC)

    True Spec, Bonita Springs

    True Spec, Orlando (Grande Vista)

    True Spec, Miami (Trump National Doral)

    True Spec, Jupiter (Trump National Jupiter)

    GEORGIA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, (Atlanta) Buford

    Club Champion,(Atlanta) Peachtree City

    Club Champion, (Atlanta) Sandy Springs

    GOLFTEC, (Buckhead), Atlanta

    PGA Tour Superstore, (Sugarloaf) Lawrenceville

    HAWAII

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    IDAHO

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    ILLINOIS

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Chicago

    Club Champion, Deerfield

    Club Champion, Schaumburg

    Club Champion, Willowbrook

    Golf Galaxy, Downers Grove

    Golf Galaxy, Orland Park

    GOLFTEC, Naperville

    GOLFTEC, Oak Brook

    GOLFTEC, Schaumburg

    PGA Tour Superstore, Downers Grove

    PGA Tour Superstore, Schaumburg

    PGA Tour Superstore, Vernon Hills

    True Spec, Highland Park (The Golf Practice)

    True Spec, Geneva (Impastato)

    INDIANA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Touchet Golf, Fort Wayne

    True Clubs, Carmel

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Indianapolis

    IOWA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf Coralville, Coralville

    UGolf, Dubuque

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, West Des Moines

    Golf Headquarters, Waterloo

    GOLFTEC, (Country Club Village) Clive

    KANSAS

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf MD, Lenexa

    Sticks 96 Golf, Wichita

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Overland Park

    Golf Galaxy, Overland Park

    KENTUCKY

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf Exchange, Florence/Lexington

    LOUISIANA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    1.50 Golf, Covington

    MAINE

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf & Ski Warehouse, Scarborough

    MARYLAND

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    2nd Swing, Columbia

    Club Champion, (Baltimore) Owings Mills

    Club Champion, Rockville

    Golf Galaxy, Elkridge

    GOLFTEC, North Bethesda

    GOLFTEC, Timonium

    MASSACHUSETTS

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Ace of Clubs, Saugus

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Needham

    Cool Clubs, Natick (Kohr Golf)

    GOLFTEC, Burlington

    PGA Tour Superstore, Braintree

    True Spec, Waltham

    MICHIGAN

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Carl's Golfland, Bloomfield Hills/Plymouth

    Miles of Golf, Ypsilanti

    MINNESOTA

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    2nd Swing Golf, Minneapolis

    2nd Swing Golf, Minnetonka

    MISSISSIPPI

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    1.50 Golf, Gulfport

    MISSOURI

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Grips Golf, Springfield

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Creve Coeur

    MONTANA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Mitchell Golf, Billings

    NEBRASKA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Austad’s, Lincoln (South)

    Austad’s, Omaha (West Maple)

    Austad’s, Omaha (Westwood)

    Club Champion, Omaha

    Golf Galaxy, Omaha

    GolfUSA, Omaha

    GOLFTEC, Omaha

    NEVADA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Aloha Golf Center, Las Vegas

    Golf NV, Reno

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    GOLFTEC, Henderson

    GOLFTEC, Las Vegas (Northwest)

    Club Champion, Las Vegas

    PGA Tour Superstore, Las Vegas

    NEW HAMPSHIRE

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf & Ski Warehouse, Hudson/Greenland/West Lebanon

    NEW JERSEY

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Customwerks Golf, Jackson Township (Pine Barrens G.C.)

    Perfect Swing Golf, Toms River

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Cherry Hill

    Club Champion, Hackensack

    Club Champion, Livingston

    Club Champion, Princeton

    Club Champion, West Long Branch

    Golf Galaxy, East Hanover

    True Spec, Jackson Township. (Metedeconk National GC)

    NEW YORK

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Big Oak Driving Range, East Rochester

    Pennfair Golf, East Rochester

    Pete's Golf, Mineola

    Novogolf, Tappan

    Woods to Wedges, Williamsville

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, New York (Manhattan)

    Club Champion, Syosset (Long Island)

    Club Champion, Victor

    Club Champion, White Plains

    Cool Clubs, West Nyack (Manhattan Woods GC)

    Golf Galaxy, Amherst

    Golf Galaxy, Dewitt

    Golf Headquarters, Clifton Park (Northway Golf Center)

    GOLFTEC, Centereach

    PGA Tour Superstore, White Plains

    True Spec, New York (NEXUS Club)

    NORTH CAROLINA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    First Tee Golf Shop, Goldsboro

    Continental Golf, Raleigh

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Cary (Raleigh)

    Club Champion, Charlotte

    Club Champion, Winston-Salem

    Golf Galaxy, Charlotte

    Golf Galaxy, Pineville

    Golf Galaxy, Raleigh

    Golf Galaxy, Winston-Salem

    GOLFTEC, Durham

    GOLFTEC, Raleigh (North Raleigh)

    PGA Tour Superstore, Charlotte

    NORTH DAKOTA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf Center, Grand Forks

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Austad's, Fargo

    OHIO

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Golf Exchange, Cincinnati (2)/West Chester/Miamisburg

    Miles of Golf, Cincinnati

    Granville Golfland, Granville

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Cincinnati

    Club Champion, Columbus

    Club Champion, Warrensville

    Golf Galaxy, Springdale

    GOLFTEC, Blue Ash

    GOLFTEC, Dublin

    GOLFTEC, Easton (Columbus)

    GOLFTEC, Sylvania

    OKLAHOMA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Ball Golf Center , Oklahoma City

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    GolfUSA, Oklahoma City

    OREGON

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    The Tour Van, North Plains

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Tigard

    GOLFTEC, Beaverton

    GOLFTEC, Portland (Southeast)

    GOLFTEC, Tualatin

    True Spec, Bend

    PENNSYLVANIA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Wallace Golf Center, Chambersburg (Chambersburg C.C.)

    Pull the Pin, Lancaster

    Sittler Golf Center, Sinking Spring

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Pittsburgh

    Club Champion, Wayne

    Golf Galaxy, Berwyn

    Golf Galaxy, Pittsburgh

    GOLFTEC, Allentown

    GOLFTEC, Willow Grove

    PGA Tour Superstore, Plymouth Meeting

    RHODE ISLAND

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Spargo Golf, Cranston

    SOUTH CAROLINA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Swing Fit Clubs, Hilton Head Island

    Victory Custom Golf, Lake Wylie

    Steve Dresser Golf Academy, Pawleys Island

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Bluffton

    Club Champion, Columbia

    Club Champion, Mount Pleasant

    Club Champion, Myrtle Beach

    Golf Galaxy, Greenville

    Golf Galaxy, Myrtle Beach

    GOLFTEC, Greenville

    PGA Tour Superstore, North Myrtle Beach

    SOUTH DAKOTA

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Austad’s, Rapid City

    TENNESSEE

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Felix Clubworks at Spring Creek Ranch, Collierville

    Music City Golf, Nashville

    Profectus Golf at Gaylord Springs/The Hideout, Nashville

    The Tour Van, Nashville

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Franklin

    Golf Headquarters, Chattanooga

    TEXAS

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    The Golf Ranch, Georgetown

    Golf Tech, Plano

    MK Golf Technologies, San Antonio

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Fort Worth

    Club Champion, Houston

    Club Champion, San Antonio

    Club Champion, Shenandoah

    Cool Clubs, Frisco (Integrity Golf Performance)

    Golf Headquarters, Amarillo

    True Spec, Irving (Eight Under Golf)

    UTAH

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Salt Lake City

    Worldwide Golf/Uinta Golf, Salt Lake City

    VIRGINIA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    The Golf Fitting Studio, Clifton (Westfields)

    Hodson Golf, Richmond

    Tysons West Golf Center, Tysons Corner

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Charlottesville

    Club Champion, Richmond

    Golf Galaxy, Glen Allen

    Golf Galaxy, Virginia Beach

    GOLFTEC, Glen Allen

    GOLFTEC, Virginia Beach

    WASHINGTON

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    Puetz Golf, Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma/Tukwila

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Bellevue

    GOLFTEC, Bellevue

    GOLFTEC, Seattle (South Lake Union)

    WEST VIRGINIA

    LOCAL/REGIONAL

    SwingFit, Bunker Hill

    WISCONSIN

    NATIONAL CHAINS

    Club Champion, Brookfield

    Club Champion, Madison

    Golf Galaxy, Appleton