Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals LLC

 Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals, LLC
The International Business Organization of Professional Custom Clubfitters & Club Builders
• PGA Professionals • Retail Golf Shops • Green Grass Golf Shops
• Custom Fitting Professionals of all walks, are welcome.

How can the AGCP help the average Golfer?

Are you are a Golfer? Are you are wondering how a web site for the Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals can help you with your golf game?

Our members are dedicated to becoming the best fitters in the world and we believe within our membership you will find some of the best fitters in the world, if not The Best.

We have a number of members who have been recognized by the Professional Clubmakers Society (PCS) as International Clubmaker of the Year as well as any number of Regional Clubmakers of the Year. Also we have a number of GCA Clubmakers of the year and even some who have garnered both, as well as some who have gained this recognition more than once.

We have members who have been building golf clubs for 40 or 50 years and whose vast experience can benefit you greatly. We have members who have developed fitting systems for all clubs, for drivers only and for irons only. We have members who have virtually thousands of combinations of test heads and shafts using Club Conex connectors and we have member who have developed Prescriptive Fitting to it’s ultimate. We discuss fitting and building on a daily basis on our E-mail list and forums and share the benefits or our combined knowledge. Names you have seen on other Golf Forums; Dana Upshaw, Keith Chatham, Jerry Hoefling, Bob Uebelor, Jim McCleery, Roy Nix to mention a few. Clubfitters and Clubbuilders respected by their peers and within the industry, not to mention by their golfers. We have the teachers of the schools of clubfitting and clubbuilding. We have Professionals who have made a success of their business and who help hundreds of gofers on a daily basis across the globe.

We also bring an International flavor to our organization with members from not only Canada, but Sweden, France, New Zealand, England and more.

 

Fred Haskins Fred Haskins was born in Hoylake, England, on May 1, 1898. In 1921, he came to Atlanta's East Lake Country Club, where he became a close friend of Bobby Jones, who recommended Mr. Haskins for the Head Golf Professional position at the Columbus Country Club in 1922. His greatest impact was in teaching and inspiring junior golfers. As a tribute to his teaching abilities, his young pupils went on to win more than 150 championships. In the early 1930s, Mr. Haskins also started the Columbus Country Club Invitational Tournament, now held annually as the Southeastern Amateur. Mr. Haskins retired in 1952 after 34 years of service, but remained at the Columbus Country Club as golf course superintendent until 1971. Also in 1971, the Fred Haskins Award was established to honor his lifelong dedication to golf and his teaching accomplishments. The Haskins Trophy, which is nationally regarded as the Heisman of golf, is presented annually by the Fred Haskins Commission to honor the outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. Mr. Haskins died on April 5, 1981. Fred Haskins was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame on January 4, 1992.

As the founder of the AGCP, my experience as a Professional dates back to the 1960s where I got my first lessons about golf clubs from Howard Pitts at the Columbus Country Club in Columbus Georgia. Howard had been an assistant to Fred Haskins and learned Clubmaking from Mr. Haskins when hickory was used for shafts. I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Haskins and spend a lot of time with Howard while I was the assistant Professional at the Columbus Country Club. I learned a lot about the golf swing from Howard (Mr. Haskins) as well as from my boss, Mr. Charles M. Harper the Professional at Columbus Country Club. Later while I was the Head Professional at the Sand Hill Golf Course at Fort Benning GA I learned a great deal more about the golf swing from Bob Toski at the PGA School. Much of what I learned about golf clubs and the golf swing and how they work came into play in the 70s when I managed Cindo Golf Shop in Columbus and was the Head Professional at Four Lakes Golf Club in Midland GA. At Cindo we manufactured golf clubs from components. Cindo was the first shop to do this in Columbus and possible among the first shops in the country to do custom assembly for our customers and sell our own brands.

The AGCP members are dedicated to being the best fitters in the world and will help you to find the equipment you need to play better golf. Study our Qualifications requirements page, then look on our locator page and find the highest Qualified AGCP fitter with the experience and equipment you desire that is nearest to you and give them a call. Be prepared to make a pilgrimage if you have to and spend some time with him or her and let them fit you for a new set of clubs or retro fit your existing set to help you improve your enjoyment of playing this wonderful game of golf. When you hit more consistent shots and you gain confidence in your fitted clubs you will be begin to score better and enjoy the game more.

Call an AGCP member today!

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The Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals, LLC
4405 Armour Road • Columbus, GA 31904
PO Box 7583 • 31908
 was founded by Roy Nix,
owner and operator of McNix Golf in Columbus, GA.

If you would like to be a Corporate Sponsor of the AGCP
please call 706-324-7490 or e-mail r.nix@mcnixgolf.com