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Sessions

Six Ways to Close a Gap

Every session below runs on the same page. What changes is which part of the ladder we are working on, and how much of your bag comes through the door with you.

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Driver Sessions

The top rung sets the shape of everything under it. We work loft, face setting and shaft weight against measured carry and descent, not against whichever ball flew furthest in the block. Ninety minutes, and bringing your current driver is not optional.

Common outcome: a loft change on the head you already own, plus a shaft weight step. Replacing the head entirely is the less common result.

Driver session detail
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Fairway Wood Sessions

The forty yards under the driver is the least mapped stretch in most bags. Two woods sitting eight yards apart while a twenty-five yard hole waits below them is the single most common pattern we find in this part of the ladder.

Turf interaction gets checked here too, because a wood that only works off a tee is covering a rung you cannot reach from the fairway.

Fairway session detail
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Hybrid Sessions

A hybrid earns a bag slot only if it lands on a rung nothing else covers, and holds a green when it gets there. We check both before recommending one, which is why a fair number of these sessions end with no purchase and one long iron removed instead.

If you already carry two hybrids, expect a conversation about whether they are duplicating each other.

Hybrid session detail
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Iron Ladder Sessions

The busiest booking on the sheet. Every iron is measured individually, spacing plotted, and then loft, lie and length are worked until the rungs sit evenly. Two hours, because eight clubs take time to baseline properly.

Drifted lofts are the usual culprit in a set older than three seasons, and bending is far cheaper than replacing.

Iron session detail
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Wedge Sessions

Wedge gapping is not a full-swing question. We record full, three-quarter and half carries for every wedge, because the distances you actually face inside 110 yards mostly come from the shorter two. Bounce and grind get matched to Arkansas turf, which is softer in spring than most visitors expect.

Wedge session detail
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Putter Sessions

Same logic applied to the ground. We measure roll-out at fixed stroke lengths on the strip, then fit length, lie and head weight so that a given stroke produces a repeatable distance. Face angle and stroke path get checked, but distance control leads the session.

Putter session detail
Bundles

Sessions That Cover More Ground

Three bookings on the sheet are not single-category work. They exist because some questions can only be answered by looking at the whole page at once.

  • Gap Audit. Baseline and ladder only, no component testing. The cheapest way to find out whether you have a real problem.
  • Full Bag Ledger. Driver through putter in one sitting, with a follow-up recheck included inside twelve months.
  • Junior Ledger. Built around growth rather than optimisation, with a recommended recheck interval instead of a build recommendation.
See what each costs

Build Room Work Without a Session

You do not need a fitting to use the bench. These jobs are booked directly and usually turn around inside a week.

  • Loft and lie bending, single clubs or full sets
  • Reshafting, including pull and salvage of the old shaft
  • Regripping with build-up tape sizing
  • Length changes with correct reweighting
  • Swing weight adjustment and matching
  • Ferrule replacement and cosmetic tidy-up
Bench charges
Picking One

Describe the Problem, Not the Product

Telling us "everything between 180 and 210 is a guess" gets you into the right session faster than telling us you want to look at hybrids. Often it is also the cheaper appointment.

"I keep landing short"

Usually a carry versus total problem. Start with a Gap Audit.

"Two clubs go the same distance"

Single Category Session covering both clubs and their neighbours.

"Nothing feels right anymore"

Full Bag Ledger. Piecemeal sessions will chase the symptom around the bag.

Pick a Session and Send a Time

If you are not sure which one applies, choose "not sure" on the form and describe the problem instead. We will book you into the cheapest session that can answer it.