New venture set to open August 16 will be True Spec’s second location in Georgia and will offer golfers an elite fitting experience at a state-of-the-art facility
CARTERSVILLE, GA – True Spec Golf, the global leader in custom club fitting and club building, is opening its newest location at Cartersville Country Club. True Spec North Georgia will be located alongside Scott Hamilton Golf Academy and will officially be open to the public on August 16. This is the latest opening in a growing number of partnerships that brings True Spec’s bespoke fittings and best-in-class customer service to prominent venues around the country.
True Spec North Georgia will feature a premier indoor-to-outdoor fitting space with a short game area and a state-of-the-art fitting bay utilizing Foresight GCQuad technology. In addition, the premium facility will offer True Spec’s brand-agnostic fitting matrix of over 50,000 clubhead and shaft combinations, including every major equipment manufacturer. Each club will be custom built at True Spec’s Scottsdale headquarters to the exact specifications derived from the fitting process. This helps its master fitters find the best equipment to improve your golf game.
“With its prime location on the outskirts of the Atlanta metropolitan area, True Spec North Georgia makes perfect strategic sense for us,” said Ryan Richardson, president of True Spec Golf. “We’re filling a void in an area that is a golf stronghold. Cartersville Country Club and Scott Hamilton Golf Academy are ideal partners.”
Nestled in the foothills of the North Georgia mountains, Cartersville Country Club is home to an 18-hole championship golf course and is widely regarded as one of the state’s finest country clubs. The prestigious Scott Hamilton Golf Academy is also located on the grounds of the club.
“We’ve set the bar very high at our facility and our intention is to always maintain those standards with everyone we work with,” said Jonathan Mattox, Director of Golf at Cartersville Country Club. “True Spec shares our stated mission of being the best at what we do, making them an optimal partner to help serve our golfing community.”
Scott Hamilton, founder of Scott Hamilton Golf Academy added, “The complement of having True Spec on site allows us to provide customers with an even greater experience. Quality instruction paired with an expert fitting is a recipe for success.”
Consistently ranked by GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest as one of America’s top club fitters, True Spec’s master builders are the nation’s undisputed leader in luxury club fitting. True Spec North Georgia will be the company’s 30th location.
True Spec North Georgia will be located at 1310 Joe Frank Harris Parkway SE. Fitting sessions range from $125 to $475 for a full bag with putter fitting. To book a custom fitting appointment, golfers can visit https://www.truespecgolf.com/.
ABOUT CARTERSVILLE COUNTRY CLUB
Opened initially as a 9-hole course in 1954, Cartersville Country Club was redesigned as an 18-hole championship course in 1972, by World Golf Hall of Famer Gary Player, and has undergone a number of upgrades in the years since. The club hosts a wide variety of tournaments and clinics for Juniors through Seniors. Cartersville Country Club also features elegant rooms and beautiful grounds that provide a memorable backdrop for lavish, large-scale events as well as for smaller, more intimate occasions.
ABOUT SCOTT HAMILTON GOLF ACADEMY
Cartersville Country Club is home to the Scott Hamilton Golf Academy. Scott has been teaching at the club for 30 years and works with many of the top PGA and LPGA players in the country. The academy utilizes leading technology such as Trackman, Swing Catalyst and Gears Golf.
ABOUT TRUE SPEC GOLF
True Spec Golf is based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The premium brand-agnostic club fitting company was founded in 2014 and now has 30 studios around the world. True Spec Golf’s fitting matrix stocks more than 50,000 possible combinations of clubheads and shafts from all leading equipment manufacturers. Their expertise has been validated by some of the most well-known PGA, LPGA and Champions Tour players around the world. True Spec Golf strives to offer the best possible experience, providing every player with clubs that maximize their potential and performance.
In 2018, the company was acquired by golf entrepreneur and philanthropist Howard Milstein, and is now part of Milstein’s 8AM Golf family. In addition to True Spec, other 8AM Golf companies include the Nicklaus Companies; GOLF Magazine and the GOLF.com website; legendary handmade club maker Miura Golf; Golf Logix, the most-downloaded GPS app in golf; Club Conex, a global leader in the design and manufacture of adjustable golf club adapter systems; Fairway Jockey, which provides golfers with the ability to buy custom clubs online; and Chirp, a free-to-play gaming app that lets golfers wager on the outcome of pro golf tournaments, rounds, and shots.
For more information, visit www.truespecgolf.com.
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