I've been fitting clubs for over twenty years and have never heard of Blue-Printing (maybe its semantics for clubfitting?). $30.00/club? Is the Brooklyn Bridge involved in this transaction? What is he charging for the irons?
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Last edited by drewitgolf : 05-01-2006 at 02:22 PM.
I think he calls his whole process blueprinting. Basically, he disassembles the factory clubs, then he will spine/flo the shaft, reassemble, set lofts and lies, cut to length, swingweight match, install weight matched grips.
Do a search on www.4GEA.com, particulary Dana Upshaw down in Georgia someplace......excellent reviews
has a thread under club building folder detailing the whole process he goes thru...quite extensive.....
he has been featured on The Golf Channel etc etc
spine and floes the shaft, matches swingweight, will go thru and discard shafts to find exact same weight, MOI match etc etc
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Vandal,
That is an interesting question. I've gone to Dana, and I think he is very talented and capable, and a heck of a nice guy. I guess the fitting and the blue printing cost about $400 over the off the shelf clubs. What is interesting is wether it is 'worth' it or not. First, I hit my irons straighter than I hit my previous irons....but I have trouble determining how much of that is blueprinting and how much is TGM....
Second, ALTHOUGH my irons are much straighter and more solid, I have trouble translating that to a 'score' reduction. I've had some wonderful scores this year (68, 69 two 71s) but on average I'm similar to what I did last year. I might be .5 .7 strokes a round better, but I actually attribute that to the fact I'm more consistent and that I would more likely associate with TGM...
So, I can't answer your question directly. I would probably go back to Dana because he did a very complete job of fitting along with the blueprinting. But I'm not sure how much it helped my game.
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