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Groove Gauge Fit Club fitting & bench work · Cincinnati, OH
Component rack

What Is Actually on the Wall

A fitting is only as good as the range of things you can try. Our component rack is built to cover the useful spread — not every model ever made, but enough spacing in weight, profile and torque that a test moves in meaningful steps rather than lucky guesses.

Heads We Test With

Head selection matters, but it is the last decision in our sequence and it is the one that varies least between good options. We keep current test heads from the manufacturers golfers in this area actually see on the shelf, so a specification we write can be filled locally if you prefer to buy elsewhere.

DRIVERS & WOODS

Titleist · TaylorMade · Callaway · Ping

Adjustable-hosel test heads in the loft range that covers most delivery patterns, plus low-spin variants for the golfers who genuinely need them.

IRONS

Mizuno · Srixon · Ping · Titleist

Test heads spanning players' cavities through game-improvement, all available for bending so the fitted spec can actually be built.

WEDGES

Vokey · Cleveland · Ping Glide · Mizuno

Multiple grinds per loft rather than one of each, because grind is the variable that decides turf behaviour and it cannot be tested in the abstract.

PUTTERS

Odyssey · Scotty Cameron · L.A.B. · Ping

Blade, mid-mallet and high-MOI heads across a toe-hang spread, with adjustable-length test shafts on each.

Shafts, Organised by Number Rather Than Brand

The rack is sorted by weight band and bend profile, not by manufacturer. That sounds like a small thing and it changes the whole session: when we need to move ten grams lighter with the same profile, we walk two hooks to the left rather than trying to remember which family that lives in.

Shaft coverage on the rack, by category and weight band
CategoryWeight band stockedProfiles available
Driver39 – 82 gLow, mid and high launch across four torque steps
Fairway wood48 – 92 gFirmer tip options for steep deliveries
Hybrid60 – 105 gIron-like and wood-like profiles in each weight
Iron, graphite55 – 115 gConstant and ascending weight sets
Iron, steel95 – 130 gStepped and stepless, soft-stepping available
Wedge105 – 132 gWedge-specific flighted and set-matched options

Every rack shaft carries a measured CPM tag. Not the printed flex letter — the number our analyzer read on that specific shaft. That is the only way to compare across families honestly.

Grips and Build-Up

Grip size gets treated as a fitted dimension, not a preference. We measure your hand and then check what the hands do under load, because those two answers are not always the same. Build-up tape is used deliberately and recorded on the sheet, in wraps, so a future regrip reproduces the same size instead of quietly resetting it.

  • Rubber, cord and hybrid textures in standard, midsize and jumbo cores.
  • Undersize options for smaller hands, including junior-specific cores.
  • Logo-up alignment and reminder profiles fitted on request.
  • Build-up recorded in wraps per club so it can be reproduced exactly.

Why There Is No Preferred Brand

We hold no dealer agreement that pays more when a particular logo leaves the shop. That is a deliberate structural choice rather than a marketing line, and the practical consequence is that the rack gets restocked based on what has been fitting well, not on what needs to move.

It also means we will happily write a specification and hand it to you to fill somewhere else. Plenty of golfers do exactly that, particularly when a manufacturer's custom programme offers something we cannot source. The sheet is yours.

Component availability changes through the year, particularly in spring. The rack list above describes the coverage we maintain, not a guarantee that a specific model is on the wall today. Call ahead if a particular shaft is the reason you are booking.

Try the Rack Against Your Numbers

Bring your current clubs. We will gauge them, then work the rack in real increments from that baseline.

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