A fitting describes the golfer you were on the day it was done. It stays valid until either you change or the clubs do — and both happen quietly. There is no fixed interval that suits everyone, but there are clear triggers, and there are components that drift out of specification faster than the rest of the bag regardless of how you play.
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Swing speed rises with training and falls with age. Tempo changes with coaching. Body changes — flexibility, injury, posture — change delivery. A gain or loss of meaningful clubhead speed is the clearest trigger for revisiting shaft weight, flex and loft.
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Grips harden and lose tack within a season or two of regular play, which changes hand pressure and release. Forged iron lie angles move with use and with mat work. Grooves wear, which shows up as spin loss in wedges long before it shows anywhere else.
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Grips annually for regular players. Wedges most frequently, because groove wear and gapping both drift. Lie angle checks every year or two on forged irons. A full-bag review when your handicap moves significantly, when your speed changes, or when you are about to make a large purchase.
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A refit is not automatically a purchase. It often concludes that most of the bag is right and two clubs are wrong. That is the useful answer, and it is why keep/replace analysis is part of the blueprint rather than an upsell path.
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