He started simply, making basic golf clubs; his interest blossomed as he began to study the effects of spines in golf shafts on shot dispersion. It was as if a dam had burst: Suddenly, Mike wanted to know about everything related to club making: how frequency (flex) affects playability; the differences between no matching, matching by swingweight, and matching by moment-of-inertia; how to match a set for frequency characteristics; how to match the playing characteristics of older clubs with new clubs.

His studies took him everywhere: Sources on the internet, books, trial and error in clubmaking to determine the effect various combinations had on playability. He tweaked clubs and took them to the range to see how they performed. He used his newfound knowledge on his own clubs, seeing his handicap drop as he replaced his OEM clubs with those of his own creation. He began to acquire tools to do this research, tools such as the Club-Scout III frequency meter, which enables him to assess and match the frequency of golf clubs.

Eventually, he took and passed the accreditation exam offered by Golfsmith.

This research, combined with the state-of-the-art equipment, allows him to create golf clubs that perform like no others. Reactions from golfers like "I don't have to fight the shaft anymore" or "It feels like I'm swinging it on rails" are common.

Today, he does clubmaking for others mostly through word-of-mouth, or via golfers who know him through his participation in the Usenet Newsgroup Rec.Sport.Golf. He has made golf clubs for people all over the globe, including golfers in England, Japan, Switzerland, California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Minnesota and Pennsylvania.