I'm also a golfer who got really into to golf equipment in the last 5 or so years. I can now build a matched set of custom clubs using MOI and frequency techniques as good clubbuilder should. The more I learn about golf and clubmaking the more I learn that the local golf shops have no clue.

Try walking into Golf Galaxy and asking if the the builder will MOI match your irons to your favorite 7-iron. They'd look at you like you were speaking latin. Or spout off some bs about how they custom fit yada yada. In my entire state I bet there is maybe one or two professional clubmakers and fitters that actually know what they are doing and stay up on new advancements in the art. Most would rather sell you a set of Pings straight off the rack assembled by chinese kids in a factory with no weight matching of components what so ever. Also made for a standard length that fits only a certain % of people. And proclaim that a custom made component club forged in the same factory hand assembled to exacting specs to fit that golfer is inferior in some manner because it isn't advertized between Tiger Woods shots.

The more I learn about bikes, I'm realizing this fact isn't only a problem with the golf industry. Sorry if I went on a tangent here but I think in essence it relates to your thread.