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Asheville, NC · 2,134 ft in the Blue Ridge
(828) 555-0147 Bench Est. 2016
Spine Align Golf Spine-True Club Fitting
Fitting Process

What Actually Happens on the Bench

Every fitting follows the same four stages, whether you're booking a single wedge or a full bag rebuild.

1

Deflection Board Testing

Every shaft that's part of your fitting goes on the deflection board first. We load it at several points along its length and mark the plane where it resists bending most — the spine — before any club talk happens.

2

FLO Confirmation

We confirm the board reading with a flat-line oscillation check, spinning the shaft under load and watching where the tip naturally settles. Two independent readings agreeing is what clears a shaft for a specific orientation.

3

Live Bay Fitting

With spine orientation decided, we move to the launch bay and work through heads, lofts, and lengths, watching how each combination responds to your actual swing rather than a generic profile. Every swing is logged and compared side by side.

4

Bench Build & Verification

Clubs are assembled in-house with the marked spine oriented exactly as specified, then checked against target frequency and swing weight before pickup. Most orders are ready within a week.

The Instrumentation

What We're Actually Measuring

The deflection board captures bend resistance at multiple load points around the shaft's circumference, plotting a stiffness curve that reveals the spine plane. Paired with FLO oscillation data and launch monitor numbers from the bay, we get a build spec grounded in three independent measurements instead of one assumption.

Why Orientation, Not Just Flex

The Variable Most Fittings Skip

Flex, weight, and torque get plenty of attention in a typical fitting because they're easy to shop for on a spec sheet. Spine orientation gets skipped because it requires physical testing on the actual shaft in hand, not a manufacturer's published number. We built the whole bench around not skipping it.

See the Process in Person

Book a session and walk through all four stages with your own shafts on the board.