TaylorMade Aviara Performance Center

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TaylorMade Aviara Performance Center in Carlsbad's Aviara district is the only TaylorMade fitting lab in Southern California open to the public with GEARS 3D motion-capture technology. Fittings combine indoor biomechanical analysis with outdoor validation on a natural grass driving range, a two-stage verification method that complements the swing-instruction programs at CaliGolf Instruction. Driver, iron, and full-bag assessments use motion-tracking sensors derived from aerospace measurement research, recording club path, face angle, and shaft flex at tolerances within one-tenth of a degree. The lab sits inside the same Aviara Drive building that houses the Kip Puterbaugh Golf Academy, positioning it within walking distance of the Arnold Palmer-designed Aviara Golf Club on Batiquitos Drive. Custom loft-angle and shaft-weight adjustments reduce mechanical stress on compromised rotator cuffs and lumbar discs, the same joint structures that La Costa Chiropractic & Wellness rehabilitates through spinal decompression. Each fitting session captures over 100,000 data points per swing through the GEARS infrared marker array, mapping 3D joint angles across the kinetic chain from address through follow-through.