How to measure

Every Stance Mirror is cut to one golfer. Nothing about the fitting is a tape-measure exercise — what we are capturing is where you stand and what a straight line looks like from your eyes. Two golfers in the same position genuinely see different things, which is why an off-the-shelf mirror can never quite work.

It takes about ten minutes, once, and the calibration lasts a lifetime.

What you will need

  • The measuring map — download the PDF
  • A printer, set to 100% (no "fit to page")
  • Tape
  • A hard, flat surface
  • A pen
  • Your putter
  • A golf ball — optional, you can use the printed circle instead
  • An Aim Bar, if you are being fitted for a Stance Mirror Pro or Tour

Print and lay out the map

  1. Print the measuring map. Single sided, A4, at 100%. Check it has printed correctly by measuring the grid squares — they should be exactly 1cm × 1cm. If they are not, your mirror will not match your stance.
  2. Lay it out at your target. On a hard surface, line the sheet up so the "Place the ball" circle points at your target. Position the two grid sections at the bottom, making sure the letters A and B on the bottom sheets align with the matching letters on the top sheet.
  3. Tape it down. Tape the paper to the floor so it cannot shift while you take your stance. Even a small slip will throw the coordinates off.
  4. Place a ball, or use the circle. Put a ball on the printed circle, or simply use the circle itself as your reference.

Find your address position

Club Stance Mirror

Step onto the paper and address the ball exactly as you normally would. Settle in properly rather than posing — this is the position the mirror is going to hold you to. When you are comfortable, move on to marking your feet.

Stance Mirror Pro and Stance Mirror Tour

The Pro and Tour are fitted to your perception, not just your stance, so there is a step before you mark anything.

  1. Set the Aim Bar down pointing directly at your target, with the ball at one end.
  2. Take your address position and look along the bar.
  3. Ask yourself whether it genuinely looks straight, or whether it looks slightly left or right of the target. If it does not look straight, you have a visual bias — and it is that bias which causes the putter face to be aimed poorly.
  4. Adjust and look again. How far you stand from the ball, how much you bend your neck, how much you tilt it and how much your head is rotated all change what "straight" looks like. Small changes make a real difference.
  5. Keep working through eye position, posture and stance width until the bar looks true and the setup feels natural. That is the position your mirror gets built around.

Take your time here. Everything else is measurement; this is the part that makes the mirror yours.

Mark your feet and read off your coordinates

  1. Mark your toe positions. Holding your address position, mark on the paper where the inside corner of each big toe sits.
  2. Read off your coordinates. Each grid has letters down the side and numbers across the top. Read the coordinate for each big toe — for example, D12 for one foot and D-17 for the other.
  3. Enter them at checkout. Type the two coordinates into the boxes on the product page. Those numbers are what your base mirror is built from.

Choose your top mirror options

The base holds your position. The top is what you look at, so it is chosen to suit your eyes and your stroke.

  • Club — supplied with its matching top; nothing further to choose.
  • Pro — the placement, number and length of the alignment lines, and the hole location.
  • Tour — as the Pro, plus the putting template matched to your stroke arc, with the face angle dimensions and hole locations personalised to you.

You will also be asked for your putter blade width, and your hand. Handedness is built into the mirror and cannot be changed once it is made, so check it before you add to cart.

Not sure you have got it right?

Send your measurements to enquiries@smartmonkeygolf.com before you order and we will check them for you. We look at every set before anything is cut — if something looks wrong we come back to you rather than making it. We would far rather spend two minutes checking than have you practising over a mirror that does not match your setup.

Tips

  • Always calibrate on a hard, flat surface. Carpet moves under you.
  • Check the printed grid squares are 1cm before you do anything else.
  • Tape the paper down properly.
  • Settle into your setup fully before you mark your toes — a posed stance gives you a mirror you will never quite match.
  • If the Aim Bar does not look straight to you, trust the bar, not your feel. That is the whole point of the test.

Watch it done

Phil Kenyon's fitting walkthrough for the Club Stance Mirror

Phil Kenyon on the Stance Mirror Series

Once your mirror arrives