Club Champion UK, formerly Golf Principles

North America’s top golf club fitter and builder, Club Champion, has acquired Golf Principles, a custom fitter and builder based in the United Kingdom. This new alignment continues Club Champion’s expansion beyond the borders of the United States, further increasing consumer access to Tour-level fittings for all golfers worldwide. 

“We couldn’t be more excited to welcome Jason [MacNiven] and his team to the family here at Club Champion,” said Adam Levy, CEO of Club Champion. “Their mission to help golfers play their best aligns perfectly with Club Champion and our goals for the future.” The intent behind this latest merger is to bolster that expansion plan while simultaneously enhancing the stellar services that Golf Principles currently provides. 

“We’ve always admired Club Champion’s mission and methodology,” said MacNiven, founder of Golf Principles. “We’re all working toward the same objective: helping more golfers improve through better fitted equipment. This move puts us in an even better position to achieve that goal and expand our services across the UK.” 

MacNiven’s career in club-fitting began when he started working for Callaway in 1996. He quickly amassed over 10,000 hours of experience fitting golfers of all levels – including Colin Montgomerie in his prime – across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. After a lengthy career at TaylorMade, MacNiven founded Golf Principles in 2008 in an effort to bring the best results to every golfer he fits by offering a broad assortment of heads, shafts, and grips from most leading manufacturers. Like Club Champion, they strive to help golfers of any skill level and custom assemble their clients’ clubs via their highly trained builders. 

“The partnership just made sense,” said Levy. “Golf Principles’ incredible reputation and similar fitting philosophy made this decision an easy one, and our shared goal of golf improvement is universal.”