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5.15K viewsSeptember 25, 2025

muskie67 55 September 21, 2025 1 Comment

Is it true that the numbers don’t lie from a Trackman-based club fitting? Even if it is conducted indoors on mats? I’ve been notoriously bad hitting off mats. I always perform better off of real turf (I believe that’s b/c I’m a little steep, and can get through turf better than the mats allow). Regardless, I’m trying to gauge the confidence I should have in the iron fitting I just went through at Club Champion. Part of me is skeptical of the results, because they are derived solely from a 6-iron off of mats. Can I trust this model of club fitting to be accurate, and well-applied throughout the entire set, even if only a 6-iron off of mats was used?

Critter Answered question September 25, 2025

Rlafoone commented September 21, 2025

personally I would not really have an issue with being fitted by any credible individual with an accurate launch monitor. Also, I’m sure you can find a local course where the pro would have have a LM of some sort so you can hit off of turf. A few courses around me rent out Garmin R50’s for golfers to use on the range.
Only other way to be more accurate would to be fit for irons/woods individually – good luck with that.

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personally I would not really have an issue with being fitted by any credible individual with an accurate launch monitor. Also, I’m sure you can find a local course where the pro would have have a LM of some sort so you can hit off of turf. A few courses around me rent out Garmin R50’s for golfers to use on the range.
Only other way to be more accurate would to be fit for irons/woods individually – good luck with that.

Answer 1 · 2025-09-25T17:59:54+00:00

The chances of getting a fitter who understands physics, the golf swing, and how equipment relates to this are very slim! I’ll guarantee you than if you go get 5 different fittings, at 5 different major golf stores, none of them will put you, or suggest to you, the same shaft nor clubheads! Additionally at least 3 of these locations will use a MIX of used golf balls during your fitting! Additionally, if you cannot break 90 on a golf course and your using the correct shaft flex a fitting is useless! Mid to high handicap golfers will have greatly differing results in a fitting session from week to week!

I know Brett & I disagree on much of this, however I have witnessed some portion of probably 30 fitting sessions within the past year, at like 8 different stores! Every fitter says different stuff, and most have been in their position for less than a year.

Answer 2 · 2025-09-22T14:01:33+00:00

First, you can trust an indoor club fitting using Trac Man or Foresight or similar launch monitors (those are the most used and best based on our testing a few years ago) as long as the fitter is qualified and knows what he or she is doing. Yes, hitting off of mats is different, but it can give you more consistent numbers if comparing to turf that is maybe not consistent. Good turf and outdoor fitting is always the best, in my opinion, but there are not as many of those types of facilities. Either way a qualified fitter should be able to get enough information from the technology, and from talking to the client and observing with their own eyes what is going on to guide a player to clubs that will give them the best chance to perform for them.

Finally, in the end, what the fitter suggests is just that, a suggestion based o whatever data and observations he or she makes. Ultimately you have to weigh what you find out in the fitting with what you feel and like to look at and want to play.

Britt Lindsey

Answer 3 · 2025-09-22T12:35:55+00:00

If you are doing a club fitting at a real deal good one should be good but if you are doing one at a big chain like PGA Tour store or Golf Galaxy, make sure they do it for your altitude. I had one at a Golf Galaxy one time and the guy was fluffing the carry numbers by making it look longer with higher altitude.