Dan Burnfield is Augusta's only TPI Level 3 certified golf professional, combining professional instruction with precision club fitting and custom club building. With 15 years of professional experience and a background as a licensed engineer, Dan provides a comprehensive approach to game improvement.
Professional Golf Instruction
As a TPI Level 3 Golf Professional, Dan uses Sportsbox 3D motion analysis technology and the Player Development Index assessment system to deliver data-driven instruction. Every lesson plan includes comprehensive swing analysis, physical assessment through TPI movement screening, and personalized improvement plans based on your body-swing connection. Dan's certifications include TPI Level 3 Golf, Sportsbox 3D Certified, Player Development Index Certified, US Kids Golf Coach, USGTF Associate Teaching Professional, National Academy of Sports Medicine Golf Fitness Specialist, and International Golf Psychology Association Mental Coach.
Custom Club Fitting
Professional club fitting sessions utilize multiple launch monitor systems including SkyTrak Plus and Swing Caddie SC4 for comprehensive ball flight analysis. Dan measures swing speed, ball speed, launch angle, spin rates, and shot dispersion to determine optimal club specifications. Each fitting includes video analysis, lie and loft measurements, and shaft selection based on your swing characteristics and physical capabilities.
Custom Club Building
Dan builds custom clubs using proprietary shaft stiffness profiling techniques unavailable anywhere else. Using engineering-based analysis, he measures and matches shaft flex profiles to your swing dynamics. Augusta Custom Clubs is an authorized fitter for Tom Wishon Golf Technology, specializing in EQ1-NX single-length irons, along with EPON forged irons, Tour Edge Exotics, and Alpha Golf premium components.
Certifications and Credentials
Dan is certified by the Titleist Performance Institute as Level 3 Golf (the highest certification level), Sportsbox 3D Certified, Player Development Index Certified, by Golf Lab as a clubfitter, by US Kids as a coach, and by Golfworks through the Maltby Clubmaking Academy Fitting, Assembly & Repair Course, the Golfsmith Complete Clubmaker Training, and the Advanced Clubmaker Training School. Additional certifications include the International Golf Psychology Association, the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a Golf Fitness Specialist, True Temper shafts, Grafalloy shafts, and KBS shafts. As a licensed professional engineer and certified health physicist, Dan brings scientific precision to every aspect of golf instruction and club building.
At Augusta Custom Clubs and Swing Analysis we perform your custom club fitting based on your size, strength, athletic ability, and swing characteristics.
Dan uses his in-depth knowledge to precisely tune up your clubs with loft, lie, and length adjustments tailored to your specifications.
Dan Burnfield is a licensed engineer and a professional health physicist. He is also a retired naval officer and an avid golfer. He believes in a holistic approach to golf. It is his philosophy that there are six ways to improve your golf game:
I try and help with each of the aspects of the improvement process as best I can.
As a TPI Level 3 Golf Professional, Dan can review videos of your swing and determine the best course of action to get you to your top performance. When combined with the TPI Physical Screening, we can arrive at the optimum personalized solution to improve your swing.
As a retired engineer and scientist, Dan has developed processes to improve your feel and optimize the shaft that are used nowhere else in the world. These unique scientific approaches to golf clubs absolutely must be tried to be believed.
The goal for custom club fitting is to get the perfect driver head with the correct shaft and the proper specifications. Your new driver is guaranteed to give you more confidence off the tee.
Custom club fitting helps golfers find equipment tailored to the way they impact the ball. Club fitting can help correct a tendency related to the angle of the clubface, the path of the clubhead, or the location where the ball is being struck.
By changing the tip profile of the shaft and shortening the length of the driver, the impact is focused on the center of the face. This results in better trajectory, lower spin, and consistent straight shots
Without making major compensations to distance, accuracy, and consistency, we can make modifications to equipment recommendations so the clubs feel more comfortable and alleviate pain.
