Custom Made Clubs

[Phillip Alexander]

I was on the Tom Wishon site last night, subsequently the post about the length of the driver.

One of the other comments I found very interesting was the time it took to Tom to build a set of golf clubs for Payne Stewart.

300 hours

Sort of puts into perspective the time and effort a good club maker puts into a set of clubs.

Of course a ho wants everything yesterday, however maybe sometimes it would be worth the wait.

Almost like a good Australian red :tsg_smilie_wink:

[Lowpro]

-------what did TW charge for those irons??? :tsg_smilie_money3:

[Phillip Alexander]

Didn't really matter, THOSE irons won the US Open :tsg_smilie_cool: :tsg_smilie_cool:

[NickBooras]

That isn't surprising to me in the least. I work in a VERY high volume shop, and I tell all my customers the same thing when they ask to be fit - "The amount of time I spend with you is directly related to two things: 1. your handicap, and 2. your wallet." I can fit a 30 handicapper for a set of irons in 10-30 minutes no matter how fat his wallet is. I'll spend considerably more time with a scratch golfer...a few hours, if necessary. If it's a scratch golfer with a fat wallet and a desire to get the PERFECT set, I'll spend a month building, testing, fitting, grinding, and otherwise tweaking the set until the only possible variable in his game is the swing.

For a tour-caliber golfer, I think 300 hours is reasonable. The problem I have now are the customers who want to spend $2000 on a set of sticks, but are unwilling to spend $40 on a 1-hour lesson that would do more for their game than any golf club ever will.

[Phillip Alexander]

That isn't surprising to me in the least. I work in a VERY high volume shop, and I tell all my customers the same thing when they ask to be fit - "The amount of time I spend with you is directly related to two things: 1. your handicap, and 2. your wallet." I can fit a 30 handicapper for a set of irons in 10-30 minutes no matter how fat his wallet is. I'll spend considerably more time with a scratch golfer...a few hours, if necessary. If it's a scratch golfer with a fat wallet and a desire to get the PERFECT set, I'll spend a month building, testing, fitting, grinding, and otherwise tweaking the set until the only possible variable in his game is the swing.

For a tour-caliber golfer, I think 300 hours is reasonable. The problem I have now are the customers who want to spend $2000 on a set of sticks, but are unwilling to spend $40 on a 1-hour lesson that would do more for their game than any golf club ever will.

Most of us need more lessons. I guess at a very fundamental level human beings tend to fall back into the old bad habits.

My coach I've had for thirty years. Of course I only go and see him when I'm playing really bad. The routine has changed much. "Get your hands ahead at address". I pay the money. I go to the range and hit em like tiger. I go play great while I'm concentrating on what he has told me. Then I forget and we start again.

......... but I'm sure if I bought a new set of custom irons I would play great ALL the time :tsg_smilie_wink:

I guess most of us would just to like to remove the golf club variable from the equation (as well as getting some bling bling from having a great set)

You can play great in front of your buddies, but you generally speak to them about your new graphite shaft, that you bought in Tibet from a Himilayan Monk, that was blessed by the Dala Lami.