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Originally Posted by Nathans_Dad
I think club fitting makes sense for someone who's swing is stable and they can reliably hit a ball in the general direction they want.
For new players, their swing will be in so much flux that spending money on custom fitted clubs that may not fit their swing at all in 6 months doesn't make much sense.
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Oh, I totally agree with all of that.
My post was assuming a golfer that can, say, at least break (honestly, counting each stroke!) 100 or so at a muni course of 6000 yards or so.
For most true new players, I agree, clubs make very little difference. In fact, for many shots they make 0% difference at all (those shots being where the new golfer swings and misses!).
For a true beginner golfer, I'd always say first try to borrow clubs, the next best is some used ones for not a lot of money. Because most true beginner golfers are out of the game within a few months. It's very difficult to learn and statistics show that most adults that try it end up quitting fairly quickly.