Ed Galasso - Where do we go from here?

You’ve taken the fist step to improve your game, now what? Ralph Maltby the Dean of modern day equipment says there are five ways to Game Improvement:

Step 1 Professional Swing Instruction
Step 2 Properly Fit, Quality Equipment
Step 3 Practice
Step 4 Play
Step 5 Positive Attitudes (Confidence)

The first two steps are the responsibility of others; the last three are all up to you. The fact you are reading this is a good indication you have taken the first step, seeking professional swing instruction. By selecting the Golf Performance Center you have selected a good one. You have listened intently to what your “Pro” has told you about the swing, understand the concepts of balance, path, setup, weight-shift yet there is something missing. The ball just sits there, waiting for the proper swing do be delivered with the club and launch it to the target. Without step 2 Properly Fit, Quality Equipment, your chances of landing the ball where you want it, with any consistency, even with the most perfect swing are quite low.

Imagine a carpenter or a brick mason without the proper tools, the job would get completed because of their talents as craftsmen but it would take a lot more time and energy and probably not be too much fun. Think of your clubs as your tools, you will get the ball in the hole with any old set but I guarantee after a while it will not be too much fun, and golf is a game, it supposed to be fun.

In the coming weeks we will discuss the effects of proper fitting equipment as it relates to distance, accuracy, trajectory, spin and feel the five characteristics equipment has on your score. We will be quoting from such publications as The Practical Clubfitting Program, The Perfect Fit by Jeff Sheets, Total Clubfitting in the 21st Century by Jeff Jackson & Jeff Summitt, The Complete Golf Club Fitting Plan by Ralph Maltby, In Search of the Perfect Golf Club by Tom Wishon, and a few tricks I have learned over the years. I’ve been building, fitting and repairing golf clubs for the last 34 years; I just may have picked up some things you might be interested in.