Inside Golf, Australia. June 2014 | Page 37

technology More golfers finding their perfect ‘MiMatch’ with Drummond Golf G olf retailer Drummond Golf has taken off-course clubfitting to the next level, launching the state-ofthe-art MiMatch system across their network of stores last month. style, how often they play, where they play, game-improvement goals and more. This detailed knowledge arms the MiMatch fitter with information needed to better match the golfer with their ideal clubs. other anomalies (and turning specifications like “lie angle” into a neutral number), the software can more easily match a golfer’s swing to the best possible club for their game. Following four years of research and development—at a cost of over $250,000— the system aims to match a golfer’s unique golfing characteristics and game styles to the most suitable golf clubs on the market— spanning all brands, models and price points available from the Drummond Golf store. From here, however, MiMatch is radically different from other clubfitting systems. After analysing the shots from the launch monitor, the MiMatch software then searches the entire Drummond Golf club database— which includes all the major brands in golf— and returns a selection of potential club/ brand matches. Like other clubfitting systems, the first step in MiMatch is to gather as much information about the golfer as possible. The certified MiMatch fitter will first measure a golfer’s physical characteri