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We offer custom club sizing and spine alignment as well as custom Shaft and Grip Selections for several of our club lines! Catering to golfers of all abilities, genders, and ages while providing top notch golf equipment that will provide years of enjoyment is our goal!
You can check out our sizing chart listed on the category tree to the left for all of your club length and fitting needs. Along with our Tru Power and V Series house brands we stock an extensive collection of upgrade shafts made by Aldila, Grafalloy, UST, Penley, Accuflex, Harrison, FST, & True Temper! Our grip line consists of grips by WINN, Lamkin, Golf Pride, & Rexton!
Looking for a Shaft or Grip that we do not list? Not a problem! We have access to all of the top name shafts and grips so do not hesitate to email us for an quote! Please send us the club head, shaft and grip specifications you desire along with sizing requirements to sales@bigpapagolf.com. What is Frequency Matching and why is it worth considering?
Special devices, available to clubmakers, can measure the stiffness of shafts through what is called "shaft frequency measurement." In this device, the stiffer the shaft, the faster the rate of oscillation; the more flexible the shaft, the slower the rate of oscillation. The frequency analyzer is designed to count the oscillation rate of the shaft and display the reading in the form of "cycles per minute" (a numerical value). We take the final value for each shaft in the set and place them in a specific order making the progression of grip-end stiffness from club to club more consistent from the longest to the shortest club. The end result is a fine tuned club set!
What is shaft Spine Alignment and why is it worth considering?
Most all golf shafts, whether steel or graphite, have some sort of flaw or irregularity inherent in the manufacturing process. This could be from the shaft not being perfectly round, the material of the shaft may be just slightly heavier on one side of the shaft than the other, or from an imperfection in the shaft material. This can cause the shaft to bend towards the flawed area when you swing, causing the clubface to open or close.
When we Spine Align the shaft, we test the shaft to locate the flawed area of the golf shaft. Then the shaft can be installed so that the spine of the shaft is directly behind your target line. This way it can not affect the direction of your shot.
Have you noticed that sometimes you will have a "favorite" club in a set of clubs with the exact same heads, shafts and grips, that you just seem to hit better and more consistently than the others? This is most likely due to the fact that the spine in that club happens by chance to be correctly aligned in the club. The opposite is probably true for the club in the set that you can't seem to hit well at all!
Please Note: Depending on the position of the shaft spine, it is possible that the logo or graphic on graphite shafts may not line up directly on top of the shaft when it is installed!!!
What are club lie adjustments and why are they worth considering?
Over 40% of all amateur golfers have their clubs custom fit for them, yet 80% of all golfers believe their game will improve if they use custom clubs, according to a survey in Golf Digest. Even Tiger Woods, in a recent interview on The Golf Channel, said that most important thing amateur golfers can do is get their equipment fit to them rather than trying to fit to their equipment. This is where club length and lie adjustments come into play. The club lie is the angle between the shaft and the ground line when the club is measured in normal playing position.
We recommend looking at the chart below to see if your clubs need a possible lie adjustment for proper club fitting. We only perform lie adjustments on irons as many builders feel that woods, hybrid clubs and putters can not be adjusted due to the hosel of each club is cast in a way where physically bending the head at all will cause damage.
Also, from our experience we find it rare to need more than a 2 degree adjustment upright or flat, therefore we only perform lie adjustments to either extreme in 1 degree increments.
Although we do not recommend loft adjustments on irons due to the weakening of the hardened metal and can lead to future metal fatigue, it is a service we can perform for the same fee as the lie adjustments. Please contact us with any questions on either of these services.
Club Lie Angle Chart |
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40" |
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3 degrees up |
39 1/2" |
3 degrees up |
3 degrees up |
39" |
3 degrees up |
3 degrees up |
2degrees up |
38 1/2" |
3 degrees up |
2degrees up |
2 degrees up |
38" |
2degrees up |
2 degrees up |
2 degrees up |
37 1/2" |
2 degrees up |
2 degrees up |
1 degrees up |
37" |
2 degrees up |
1degrees up |
1 degree up |
36 1/2" |
1 degrees up |
1 degree up |
1 degree up |
36" |
1 degree up |
1 degree up |
standard lie |
35 1/2" |
1 degree up |
standard lie |
standard lie |
35" |
standard lie |
standard lie |
standard lie |
34 1/2" |
standard lie |
standard lie |
standard lie |
34" |
standard lie |
standard lie |
standard lie |
33 1/2" |
standard lie |
standard lie |
standard lie |
33" |
standard lie |
standard lie |
1 degree flat |
32 1/2" |
standard lie |
1 degree flat |
1 degree flat |
32" |
1 degree flat |
1 degree flat |
1 degree flat |
31 1/2" |
1 degree flat |
1 degree flat |
2 degrees flat
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31" |
1 degree flat |
2 degrees flat
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2 degrees flat
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30 1/2" |
2 degrees flat
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2 degrees flat
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2 degrees flat
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30" |
2 degrees flat
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2 degrees flat
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3 degrees flat
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29 1/2" |
2 degrees flat
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3 degrees flat
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3 degrees flat
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29" |
3 degrees flat
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3 degrees flat
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28 1/2" |
3 degrees flat
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Please Note:Some nics may occur while adjusting the lie or loft of the clubs.
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