Here's what my customers are
saying... Dear Dr. Grip,
Thank you so much for your tireless effort during our fitting session and follow up session. The result is a
set of irons that feel so great and perform better than anything I have hit before. I hit the irons about 1 club further
than my prior set without any change in lofts. The lighter shafts and weighting of the clubheads feel awsome!
The wedges are unbelievable as well. The control and spin are incredible. I just love them!! In addition,
the hybrids are really something special. They are so easy to hit straight!!! And they are very long!!
It is such a joy to go out and play with this set of clubs. If there is anyone I know that needs clubs, I will certainly
be sending them to you!!!!
Thank you again for the great set of clubs and the education I received during the process
as well!! I really appreciate all the care that you put into my set of clubs and all the care that I believe that you
put into every set of clubs you put together!!!
Sincerely,
Jim Reed MD
------------------------------------------------ Dear Dr. Grip,
Thank you so much for helping me
gain the right tools for perfecting my golf game. I am so grateful for you spending your time to build me my set of golf clubs.
I have cut 3 to 5 strokes off my scores and my accuracy and distance have improved.
These irons are flawless. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Genghis Liang
(Genghis is 15 years old and Captain of his golf
team. He is a "0" handicap player off the tips. He is 5'6" and weights 130 pounds.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dave:
A belated
thanks for the golf fitting. I wanted to wait a bit to see if I still loved my new Mizuno's after the traditional 45 day
honeymoon period. Well ... I do. My accuracy and consistency with the irons is significantly improved. Most important, I can
now make confident swings with any iron in my bag. Now it's time to work on my putting!
Best,
Mark
Battey
Lake Merced Golf Club
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hi David. I want to thank you for the club fitting you did
for me. The new clubs are great. After having played in the Masters in 74 and winning numerous Nor Cal Amateur events I finally
have been fitted properly. Thanks and good luck, Tom Culligan Tom flourished at CSM and San Jose
State. In 1971, he finished his 6th US Amateur. In 1974, Tom played in the prestigious Masters. His club championships are
numerous: Peninsula Club 12 times, California Club 3 times, Olympic Club twice and he has appeared in a total of 18 USGA tournaments. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
| | Joanne
Lee |
Dear Dr. Grip, I just wanted to say thank you so much for fitting my golf clubs. My irons feel
so much better, I can hit them 10 to 15 yards longer and straighter! My shots always feel so pure. I love the
shaft put into them because they are steel shafts but feel lighter and easier to hit than the graphite shafts that I had
before. My driver is going very well. My shots are landing at least 10 yards farther and rolls a lot more than
before. I like the shaft in my driver because it is very stable on my downswing so I feel like I can really hit
it as hard as I want to. With my longer distance and improved accuracy I'm sure to post lower scores. Thank you so much! Sincerely, Joanne
Lee LPGA US OPEN ------------------------------------------------------
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Dear Dr. Grip, I wanted to send you quick note expressing my appreciation to you for your fine
work constructing my custom set of Mizuno golf clubs and the work you did tuning my driver and five metal. This all
started when we discovered that the off the shelf set of Titleist irons I had been playing for quite some time were actually
an entire inch longer than standard. Given my modest height, it remains a mystery how I could have hit them at all -
no doubt I was engaged in some serious in flight swing corrections which partially helped explain my inconsistent performance.
In addition, I had become increasingly frustrated with my handicap trend which continued
to move up. I attributed this to lack of practice, lack of play and the inevitable loss of yardage due to age.
I had no idea that having a set of clubs build to optimize my swing would make such a difference. In retrospect, it
seems so obvious. Honestly I had been rather skeptical about
all this talk about swing speeds, spine alignment, lie, shaft stiffness etc. However, the ultimate proof
that this stuff works is in the results. I am including in this email my handicap trend over the last year. Interestingly,
this trend line corresponds almost directly to when we switched out the old unfitted, mismatched, off the shelf set for the
set you built for me. Thanks very much for your time, energy
and dedication to ensuring that I now have a set of golf clubs that work for me rather than haphazardly against me! Mitch Williams Half Moon Bay | Mitch Williams | | | 1445414 | 7.3
12/01/2006 | | |
| | | HCP Index History | | Date | Index |
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| 12/1/06 | 7.3 | | 11/1/06 | 7.7 | | 10/1/06 | 8.6 | | 9/1/06 | 8.6 | | 8/1/06 | 8.7 | | 7/1/06 | 9.3 | | 6/1/06 | 10.0 | | 5/1/06 | 8.7 | | 4/1/06 | 9.0 | | 3/1/06 | 9.0 | | 2/1/06 | 9.1 | | 1/1/06 | 9.0 | | 12/1/05 | 92 | | |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hey David,
Bruce Greene won the Secretary Flight, so two out of four Champions this
year are swinging your clubs!!
The only club in my bag that you did not build is my putter!
Your loyal customer,
Jeff Atkinson - Half Moon Bay Club Champion - 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David, aka Doctor Grip. We did the irons, we did
the wedges, and we did the driver. Everthing was perfect, except the driver. The first set of numbers generated on the computer
simply did not convert to the golf course. Doctor Grip took
the driver apart and put it back together based on the second set of numbers from the read outs. Eureka! Quote from my Sunday foursome: "Wow!' Mark Moritz, The Olympic Club, San Francisco
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Doc--
You'll be pleased to know that Matt and I won
our flight in the tournament this past weekend. The clubs felt great! Loved my ball flight when I put a good swing
on the ball.
My swing still needs a lot of work but I haven't been this enthusiastic about the potential
for a big improvement in my game in a long time.
I think I'd like to talk about getting fitted with a putter
when I see you next.
Please let me know if I can be of help in the way of references, etc.
Hope your
tournament went well.
Jack
John B. Coan
Renaissance Institutional
Management
800 Third Avenue
New York, NY. 10022-7604
212-872-1614 (office)
650-243-8146 (cell)
jcoan@rentec.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I met David Butler aka Dr. Grip, I had more than 35 years
of golfing
behind me, about 30 of those as a single digit
handicapper. During all those
years I bought clubs recommended
by pros, had them (seemingly) fitted at
golf shops and had
them built by club-makers. So I thought I knew a little
bit
about the subject and had pretty clear ideas what was right for me. Boy
was
I in for a surprise:
During the extensive analytical
phase, we found out that my clubs should be
shorter than
normal (I thought - if anything - longer) and the ideal swing
weight
is D0 (I thought D4 to D6). Now that was pretty revolutionary, but
just
the beginning. I had the opportunity to test various shaft/club-head
combinations,
and with the help of the launch monitor and analysis of the
resulting
data, we found the right combination. We did so much work on all
the
clubs (including the putter), that it is impossible for me to tell the
whole
story.
The result are golf-clubs, that feel completely
natural to me, they are soft
(even though the shafts are
stiff) and produce ideal trajectories. I love
these clubs
so much, that I use an older set for traveling on airplanes,
because
I can't stand the risk of losing them.
At the
end of course, no club fitter can replace regular practice and work
on
the swing. But even that is so much more fun with clubs one truly enjoys
hitting.
Thank you David!
Hans Kruger - Half
Moon Bay Mens Club
---------------------------------- Dr. Grip has always
taken good care of me in a friendly, professional manner. He has always performed his work in a timely fashion. Like I've
always said, "Get a Grip with Doctor Grip!" Vance Verderame - Vice President Half Moon Bay Men's Club
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Before meeting up with David Butler, my game was out of control. Since he
hooked me up with a new set of custom irons and woods, I've enjoyed the best rounds of my life. The clubs feel like
a part of me and I'm finally in control of the golf ball...almost. Dr. Grip's clubs have made a huge impact
and I highly recommend his service. Thanks David!! Kevin Dogen Co-Founder, Golf Fusion
------------------------------------------------------ Dear David, Since you reshafted my irons, I hit them perfectly straight and almost 10 yards
longer. I'm getting 20 more yards with the
new driver you built for me. I can't thank you enough for your analysis and craftsmanship. It's made golf
even more enjoyable and moved my game to a new level. Now if we can work on a new shaft for my putter. . . . :-) Thank you. Sincerely, Ken Hausman, Claremont Country Club and Lake Merced
Golf Club ------------------------------------------------------- Subject: My New Clubs
"Bespoke" means custom made, not just off the rack. I
used to buy clothes that were generally sized to need only some general tailoring. So long as they looked good
I could live with an OK fit. I bought one size fits all socks, and shoes that conformed to the manufacturer's sizes
- not mine. Then I got a pair of custom made shoes built and a bespoke suit in London. It made me realize the
true value of proper fitting. That is when I decided to have you build me a bespoke set of golf clubs. I appreciate all the
measuring and testing we went through to get just the right fit for me. I now have a set of clubs far more attuned to
my game than just buying a set off the rack at a pro shop or you-get-what-you-pay-for-discount golf store. They look good,
I enjoy playing them and, while a little more expensive, they cost me a lot less than a pair of shoes and a suit in London. Wishing you continued
success, Steve Menge - Half Moon Bay Men's Club ------------------------------------------------------ I have played “solidly” for 40 years
and as an inveterate golf freak, have been “fitted” many times-but never, never correctly. For the first
time, I know for sure where a solid strike will go. My irons are a bit longer but more important the dispersion is far,
far less. This is the first and only driver I will pull out for “tight” holes. So, thanks for the
first “right” set of clubs for me and for all the time we put in together to get it “right”.
Dr.
Bruce Wintroub San Francisco
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My name is Michael Vreeburg,
I had been going
to the Dr. for a couple of years. We would tinker w/ various club changes and adjustments. Then one
day I was ready. I had the good feeling that I was back to making repeatable swings. Now was the time to
make the commitment and giving myself a present. I gave myself a set of custom built Mazuno MP 32's.
Dave got my new sticks and promptly took them apart reassembled them w/ custom shafts, tweaked the spines, lofts, lies
and grips and it has been a little piece of Heaven. Now all of my clubs are favorites.
Dave is a truly committed
Golf Engineer and a golfers friend.
Thanks Dave --------------------------------------------- |
