AG fitting today huge thanks again....

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Hi folks, just some feedback about my trip today.
Firstly, huge thanks to Paul and Tom, and also AG and Golf Mothly for the opportunity.

Arrived an hour early, so went to Starbucks... great start to the day :)

Got back to Ag and after meeting Paul, Tom and Dave, I was introduced to Gary who would be fitting me for my clubs. Gary is a pro, and was a very pleasant chap.
We hit a few balls with my own 7 iron to give a starting point, and had a look at the stats on the monitor. Gary and I then discussed what irons interested me, and we filled a form in with some details about me and my game.
I said I would like to try the mp59s and the ap2s, and gary suggested that I try the ping I 20s.
I got set up and stared with the mp59s, they had s33 shafts. hit a few balls and then we discussed the results on the monitor, what we noticed immediately was that the carry had improved by 7 or 8 yards with the mizunos over my own irons, but what I really liked was the dispersion was much better and was half what my own irons were into 6 yards. Great start.
Tehn on the the i20s with the ping shaft. I didnt really like thse as much, still felt ok, but didnt feel as good as the mp59s. after hitting them again over to the monitor and the dispersion was out to 14 yards and distance wise was out to with 20 yards between the longest and shortest ball.
Next came the ap2 again with s300's, liked these to butthe launched higher and were around 10 to 15 yards shorter than the mizuno and again the dispersion was out.
After going trough all the results, on the monitor, we decided the mp59s would be best, then we did a lie check and found that 3 deg flat was what I needed, so the irons were sent to be sorted whilst I spoke to Paul.

It was a great time, the staff were helpful and friendly and I would certainly reccomend the process. I was a bit disappointed that I never got to try the irons with a px shaft, but I never asked and the results with the s300 were very favourable.
After we finished, I went and played 18 at Galgorm, played ok, hit some good shots with the irons, they are like a knife through butter... awesome.... but will take a bit getting used too, I am getting a higher ball flight and was hitting a cut, so some work to do, but excited about it.

MASSIVE thanks again for the opportunity, very nice to meet everyone, I am a very grateful chap.

:)
 
Super jealous that I didn't get to go but congratulations and nice to see that you're happy with your results and feedback!
 
I wondered why you were tested and chose your irons and only then checked the lie angle? Surely you need the correct lie angle before you test, or your stats are compromised ?
 
I wondered why you were tested and chose your irons and only then checked the lie angle? Surely you need the correct lie angle before you test, or your stats are compromised ?

My thoughtsbas well. Defeats the putpose if you ask me.

If the results were so good with Std lie, why change them 3° flat?
 
I wondered why you were tested and chose your irons and only then checked the lie angle? Surely you need the correct lie angle before you test, or your stats are compromised ?

I was thinking this as well.

I would have thought that 3° too upright would have seen the ball off to the left a bit, but you were hitting them straight and then they alter them?

Glad you had a good time though and hope they work out well for you. :)
 
They are very nice sticks, just have to get used to them!
Think the shaft is a major diff though, the s300 feels a lot different to the px 6.0 I have been used to!
 
Sounds great and thanks for the write up. Big shame you were not offered other shafts as the Mizuno cart has lots. Was this laziness AG? Or was it a case of you getting to take what they had in stock?

Great to have some lovely MP-59s!
 
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Really not sure al, I love tge flight of my px shafts, its flat and bores through the wind. They seemed to think that the 6.0 was to stiff for me, and that the s300 would allow me to work the ball more.
I kinda of wishing I had the option of px 6.0 or 5.5 but maybe I'm just greedy, playing Sunday and Monday so will give a wee update.
I hit my old irons straight, so hoping I get used to these and can keep the flight under control.
The short iron shots I hit yesterday were bang on, just the 4,5 and 6 I need to work.
Still really excited about them, but with Ulster cup matches against portrush coming up may have to put them by for a couple weeks until I get used to them.
 
PX6 and S300 feel and play so differently but it sounds like the results may have been better for you. With two forged heads like your X Forged and the MP 59 being of pretty similar dimensions the shaft must have played its part in your gain in dispersion and distance.

The S300 is 10 grams heavier than the PX6 so they might take a little getting used to, thats like a 1p and a 2p coin extra weight in each shaft.

Look forward to the update and props to AG & GM.
 
PX6 and S300 feel and play so differently but it sounds like the results may have been better for you. With two forged heads like your X Forged and the MP 59 being of pretty similar dimensions the shaft must have played its part in your gain in dispersion and distance.

The S300 is 10 grams heavier than the PX6 so they might take a little getting used to, thats like a 1p and a 2p coin extra weight in each shaft.

Look forward to the update and props to AG & GM.

S300 equates to 6.2 on the PX scale
 
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