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Caddie Craft Gainesville, FL · Est. 2013
Field Notes

Field Notes

Notes from the shop — plain explanations of turf reading and the build decisions that respond to it.

Reading a Lie Like a Caddie

What an experienced caddie actually looks for in a lie, and how we borrowed that habit for every fitting session.

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Course Numbers vs. Simulator Numbers

Why a number that looks perfect on a launch monitor can still miss once you get to your home course, and what we do about the gap.

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The Build Ticket: What We Actually Record

A walk through the paper that follows every club from the fitting bay to the build bench, and why we still use paper for it.

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Grip Size, Read by Hand, Not a Glove Chart

Why we measure fingers and palm width directly instead of starting from a glove size conversion chart.

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Gainesville Humidity and Grip Feel Through a Round

How a North Florida summer round changes grip tack from the first tee to the eighteenth green, and what that means for regrip timing.

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What a Caddie Notices Before Club Selection

The small, fast reads an experienced caddie makes before handing over a club, and how a fitting can borrow the same habits.

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Put This Into Practice

Reading about turf and grip fit is a start — seeing your own course card is where it actually clicks.