As Chris, Pat and Alex know all too well, clubfitting is an art that requires a lot of training. After performing roughly 800 speed fittings in a day at the Hot List summit near Orlando, our trio of experts pay a visit to a nearby new Golf Galaxy Performance Center whose staff they helped train, to see how things are going one month after opening.
We ready for day uh whatever day this is let’s get going getting too old for this what a beautiful morning it is good morning morning it’s three right three at every three at every one yes o need the sunglasses early do we need teas for hybrids I wouldn’t think
So I’m more excited about having the right clubs in the right station if day one of The Hot List Summit is full of anticipation day two of The Hot List Summit feels more like day 20 I’ve been hitting balls since around 8:00 a.m. today so you know grinding it out
We know it’s an impossibly long day I you can definitely see the grind especially in the heat but despite the aching muscles and developing blisters bonds are also being formed between the testers and the Golf Galaxy Fitters kind of like that ex nice job every single
Benefit you could have to help make the experience better they’re providing I mean that’s two in a row it’s pattern right yeah right yeah yeah for sure but yeah yeah on today’s agenda hybrids and Fairway Woods driver technolog is kind of trickled down into Fairways and hybrids that’s provided
Opportunities to get fit for those clubs and have more areas available being a little bit more condensed Club head whereas once hybrids and Fairway Woods didn’t have adjustable hles now they do and they’re Geared for specific plier types just going to set at a more upright line angle that’s just going to
Help you close Club face a little easier without changing anything you have to do with your swing we’ve got a lot of companies that have multiple options you don’t know which one so you kind of choose the one that sort of looks like you think it should fitting makes every
Club better and makes every golfer better down in field 375 the other assump that people make in this is I’m always a three-wood guy and the fact is you’re not you’re a fivewood guy you’re just have never tried it yep 21 awesome I think that’s where the fitter is
Coming in and saying hey we want to get you to a point where you can actually see ball flight where you can actually make a legitimate analysis do you feel like you’re trying to hang on to that to not have it go left yep all right just hit that solid
Form as day two draws to a close lead fitter Chris Mar is feeding off the energy if the Kentucky Derby is the fastest 2 minutes in sports then The Hot List is the fastest 8 hours cuz here we are in the eth hour We’re still wrapping up here grinding it
Out I’m inspired all the time with the guys that take part in this they they have an unbelievable passion for the game passion is also a core motivator for Chris and his fitting crew after a full day on the Range they pay a visit to the new Golf Galaxy performance
Center down the road in Port St Louis Florida are you it was always really exciting getting to see a store that recently just opened going in and talking to the team and hearing really about some of the great stories that are already starting to happen and just the connections we’re making within the
Community okay it takes an experienced team to provide the level of service golfers have come to expect at Golf Galaxy so one of the biggest differences from you know fitting in a Golf Galaxy to fitting at the hot lless Summit is the fact that you know in a Golf Galaxy
It’s one-on-one we’re going to take our time with you that can be an hour it could be 2 hours but at a hot lless Summit it’s got to be a little bit quicker we have panelists out there hitting 5 600 balls a day hundreds of golf clubs it’s it’s really about
Getting them hitting it as solidly as they possibly can we got the Adams 10 let me have you swing that for me what we do at Golf Galaxy is getting to know their player first that’s something that’s been big on myself being in the industry have you hit three shots again
For me it’s not just a stepbystep process it’s more about the relationships that we form with people realizing that it’s very Dynamic and that everybody’s different and there’s not the same solution for every player our D grind and our M Grind down here what they’re going to do is they’re
Going to give you like Trail relief back here they’re going to give you tow relief right here right better your best means something different for every golfer that’s out there it’s our job to meet them where they are in that aspect two into it you’re not too shallow want
To help people get better at the game of golf and whether that’s through fitting or whether that’s through instruction uh we’re going to make sure that we do the right thing for the golfer that’s in front of Us
