The Iron Shaft Challenge

Official Terms and Conditions

Valid September 1 – October 17, 2026 • U.S. Club Champion Studios Only

By booking or participating in The Iron Shaft Challenge (the “Challenge”), participants agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. Club Champion may modify, suspend, or cancel the Challenge as provided in Section 10.

1. Eligibility

The Challenge is open to all individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age as of the date of participation and attend a Club Champion fitting studio located in the United States. There is no new-customer requirement — existing Club Champion customers are welcome to participate.

• Employees, officers, and directors of Club Champion and their immediate family members and household members are not eligible to participate.
• Participation is limited to one (1) Challenge attempt per person during the Challenge period. A participant may not retake the Challenge.

Club Champion may verify eligibility using its customer records and may disqualify any participant who provides inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.

A valid fitting appointment is required to participate. The Challenge may be completed as a standalone 30-minute appointment or during any regularly scheduled Club Champion fitting appointment of any kind. Walk-in customers may participate only if fitting availability permits, as determined by the fitter in their discretion. The fitting must be both booked and completed during the Challenge period.

2. Equipment Scope

The Challenge evaluates iron shaft performance only. The participant’s current iron set is brought in as the baseline, and the Club Champion fitter will recommend and test an optimized shaft against it. The iron head is not the subject of the Challenge — only the shaft is evaluated.

The participant’s current irons — referred to throughout as the “Gamer” — must be brought to the fitting session. The Challenge cannot be conducted without the participant’s Gamer present.

For the Challenge, the participant must use a 6-iron as their Gamer benchmark. The fitted comparison shaft will be matched to the same club number.

The Gamer must be a commercially produced, conforming club. Non-conforming, prototype, or novelty clubs are not permitted as the Gamer baseline.

3. What “Winning the Challenge” Means

Winning the Challenge requires the Club Champion fitter-recommended shaft to outperform the participant’s Gamer shaft in at least one (1) of the following three performance categories. Satisfying any one category is sufficient for Club Champion to win the Challenge.

Club Champion wins: the fitted shaft outperforms the Gamer in at least one category. Customer wins: it does not. Ties or results showing no improvement in any category go to the customer. The fitter’s recorded data is the sole basis for determining results, and their determination is final, subject to these Terms and Conditions.

4. Measurement Protocol

4.1 Equipment

All measurements shall be conducted on a Tour-grade launch monitor as designated by Club Champion (e.g., Trackman). The same launch monitor must be used for both the Gamer and the fitter-recommended shaft. No alternative measurement tools or methods will be accepted. If a launch monitor, power, or other equipment failure prevents completion of the official measurement session, no Challenge result will be declared for that incomplete session, and no reward will be awarded unless the participant wins a completed rescheduled session.

4.2 Warm-Up

Participants will be given up to five (5) warm-up swings with their Gamer before the official measurement session begins. Warm-up swings do not count toward the official average.

4.3 Gamer Baseline

Following warm-up, the participant must hit a minimum of ten (10) official shots with their Gamer. The Club Champion fitter may, at their sole discretion, discard the single highest and single lowest result from the ten-shot session to account for variance. The remaining shots will be averaged to establish the Gamer Baseline across all applicable categories.

If a participant hits more than ten (10) official shots, the fitter will select the ten most representative valid shots for averaging. Shots that are clearly mishit — topped, shanked, or otherwise aberrant — or that result in incomplete or erroneous launch monitor readings may be discarded and re-hit at the fitter’s discretion. The fitter’s determination is final.

4.4 Fitted Shaft Measurement

The Club Champion fitter will conduct a full iron shaft fitting, selecting the optimal shaft based solely on launch monitor data and professional expertise. The participant does not select the comparison shaft. The fitted shaft must be a commercially available, conforming shaft stocked or orderable through Club Champion.

The participant will be given up to five (5) warm-up swings with the fitted shaft before official measurement begins. The participant must then hit a minimum of ten (10) official shots. The same discard and averaging rules from Section 4.3 apply.

4.5 Determining the Result

The fitter’s recorded measurements and calculations are final. Results will be reviewed and the outcome declared by the fitter at the conclusion of the session.

5. How It Works

The Challenge is free to enter and free to complete. No fitting fee will be charged for the Challenge session, and no purchase is required, regardless of outcome.

If Club Champion wins — the fitted shaft outperforms the Gamer in at least one of the three categories — the participant’s fitter will provide a promo code at the conclusion of the Challenge session for one (1) complimentary iron fitting with Club Champion, valid through November 30, 2026. No purchase is required to redeem the complimentary iron fitting.

If the participant wins — the fitted shaft does not outperform the Gamer in any category — the participant will receive a complimentary ball fitting conducted on the spot during the same session, at no charge.

6. Rewards

6.1 If Club Champion Wins

The participant’s fitter will provide a promo code at the conclusion of the Challenge session for one (1) complimentary iron fitting, redeemable at any U.S. Club Champion fitting studio. The promo code is valid through November 30, 2026, is non-transferable, has no cash value, may not be redeemed for cash, and is subject to appointment availability. No purchase is required to redeem the fitting.

6.2 If the Customer Wins

The participant receives a complimentary ball fitting conducted on the spot during the Challenge session, at no charge. The ball fitting is subject to available session time.

6.3 General Reward Conditions

• No reward will be issued to disqualified participants.
• In the event of a tie or no improvement in any category, the result goes to the participant and the customer reward (Section 6.2) applies.
• Rewards have no cash value, are non-transferable, and may not be substituted except as expressly provided in these Terms and Conditions.

7. Payment Terms

The Challenge is free to enter and free to complete. No fitting fee will be charged for the Challenge session, regardless of outcome. No purchase is required at any time in connection with the Challenge.

8. Conduct & Integrity

• Participants must make a genuine effort to perform at their normal ability level with both the Gamer and the fitted shaft throughout the session.
• Intentional sandbagging — defined as deliberately underperforming with the Gamer to artificially lower the baseline — is prohibited.
• Club Champion fitters are authorized to disqualify a participant’s session if, in their professional judgment, there is evidence of intentional sandbagging, misrepresentation, ineligibility, violation of these Terms and Conditions, or unsportsmanlike conduct. A disqualified participant is not eligible for any reward. The fitter’s determination is final and not subject to appeal.
• Participants must follow all range safety rules and fitter instructions throughout the session.

9. Dates & Locations

The Iron Shaft Challenge is available only from September 1, 2026 through October 17, 2026. To qualify, the fitting must be both booked and completed during this period.

• The Challenge is available at all Club Champion fitting studios located in the United States, subject to appointment availability. Club Champion locations outside the United States are excluded.
• Appointments are subject to availability. Club Champion does not guarantee Challenge availability for walk-in customers.

10. General Conditions

Club Champion reserves the right to modify, suspend, or cancel The Iron Shaft Challenge, in whole or in part, if fraud, technical failures, legal requirements, operational constraints, or other circumstances impair the integrity, administration, availability, or lawful operation of the Challenge. Any modification, suspension, or cancellation will apply prospectively and will not materially affect rewards already earned, except where required by law or where the reward was affected by fraud, error, ineligibility, or violation of these Terms and Conditions.

• Club Champion’s decisions regarding eligibility, measurement, results, and rewards are final in all matters.
• The Challenge is void where prohibited by law.
• These Terms and Conditions are governed by the laws of the state in which the participating fitting session occurs, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, subject to any non-waivable consumer protection rights that may apply.
• Club Champion may collect and use personal information, customer records, appointment information, launch-monitor data, fitting data, purchase information, and Challenge results to administer the Challenge, verify eligibility, provide services, fulfill rewards, communicate with participants, and maintain business records in accordance with Club Champion’s privacy policy. Club Champion will not use a participant’s name, likeness, photos, videos, testimonials, or identifiable fitting results for advertising or promotional purposes without the participant’s express written consent obtained at the time of the fitting.
• By participating, each participant acknowledges that golf swings and fitting activities involve physical movement and equipment use, and the participant represents that they are physically able to participate safely. Each participant assumes responsibility for following all fitter instructions, studio rules, and safety requirements.
• To the fullest extent permitted by law, each participant releases Club Champion and its parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, successors, and assigns, from claims, losses, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising out of or relating to participation in the Challenge, any fitting session, any disqualification or outcome determination, and any reward or use of a reward, except to the extent caused by conduct that cannot be released under applicable law.
• Club Champion is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, inaccurate, misdirected, corrupted, or unavailable information; technical, equipment, power, network, or system failures; human error; unauthorized intervention; or events beyond Club Champion’s reasonable control that may affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper operation of the Challenge.
• If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect to the maximum extent permitted by law.