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Quote de 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.
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.
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This is why people don't stick with golf. That's bad advise. Getting fit is the second best thing you can do to get better at golf. It makes a difference, imagine running a marathon with someone else's shoes on or driving in a race car with another drivers seat and nomex on, you can do it but you won't get as good of results. I've taken many golfers that shoot in the mid to low 90s and by just fitting their clubs they break into the low 80s. If your only going to play one or 2 times a year It really does not matter what you do.