S / 01
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
S / 02
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
S / 03
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
S / 04
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
S / 05
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
S / 06
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