Technical
Don’t throw away your bubble bags from Hireko! In my household, New Year’s weekend also means it is time to put away the Christmas tree and decorations for yet another year. While I was shopping this weekend, my wife was saying that she wanted to find something to protect the ornaments, some of which are [...]
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Measuring bounce is simpler than you think I recently had a nice long conversation with a professional club fitter regarding the bounce article that I had written a couple years ago that prompted me to write this Blog posting. One of the questions he had was related to finding a way to accurately measure bounce. [...]
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At Hireko we make every attempt to make all our newer models conform to the Rules of Golf. If you see this Tournament Ready icon next to one of our clubheads, it means that it has been submitted to the USGA to receive a ruling that they do conform to the Rules of Golf. This [...]
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This past weekend, and on his wedding anniversary no less, Hireko’s technical Director Jeff Summitt attended the first ever Upper Midwest regional meeting of the International Guild of Clubmakers (ICG) at the McGolf Custom Golf Center in Waverly, OH. The ICG is a new independent organization designed to promote the growth of custom clubmaking, club [...]
Putter grip size is an important fitting factor After my 3 putt laden round I wrote about last week, I decided to do something proactive about it. For one, the putter was quickly banished from the bag and rightfully so and exchanged for a shiny new model. You see, this is the best time of [...]
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Quick Callaway Re-Shaft Tips from Technical Director Jeff Summitt Since I have had what seems as a rash of inquiries of late on re-shafting Callaway irons, I decided there must be more clubmakers that might not have experienced this repair situation. One of the most confusing questions to answer is what is the hosel diameter [...]
Think you know your toe show? Avid golfers and professional club fitters love to try different clubs to find that magic combination to help lower the score. Let’s say you have two different #5-irons that you or your customer is evaluating. Both have the exact same length, lie, loft, and shaft, flex (frequency), swingweight, grip [...]
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How will putter grip sizing help your game? When clubmakers and club fitters discuss grip sizing, many understand exactly what each size should be. For instance we have ladies, men’s standard, mid-size and jumbo nomenclatures. What these dimension mean is that when we measure down 2” below the grip cap, the grips have specific dimensions. [...]
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So a ferrule is a ferrule, correct? Hireko’s Technical Director Jeff Summitt thoroughly discusses not only the different types of ferrules and their applications, but also how to properly install them. For many clubmakers, installing ferrules can be a huge challenge. Jeff will walk you through the process so it will become second hand. Free [...]
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Non-profit guild represents clubmakers Hireko is proud to announce that we are the latest sponsor of the International Clubmakers Guild (ICG). This non-profit organization was founded to serve a wide array of individuals from golf clubmakers, club fitters and club repairmen to PGA professionals, swing instructors, component suppliers, equipment designers, engineers and even golf scientists. [...]
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