tallpaul
Head Pro
In around 2003 I purchased a set of Taylormade RAC OS irons. At the time I had a £99 set of clubs from the local golf shop and knew that at 6'4" they weren't ideally suited to my height. I went to my local pro-shop and was duly fitted for the RAC's.
My recollection of the experience was the fitter scratching his chin and saying 'you're tall so let's go +0.5" and you've long fingers so lets stick plenty of tape under the grips' I hit a few off a strike plate and he prescribed 2° upright.
In the intervening years I played Football on both Saturdays and Sundays so Golf was a fun activity for the occasional summer weekend. Fast forward to today and I've recently joined a club and am playing every week. My game is improving and I enjoy every minute I'm out on the course.
My quandary is that I'm unsure how well suited my irons are. Particularly that they are so upright. I've read a lot about the merits of correctly fitting equipment but in my area I'm unsure of where to go to have my setup properly (and quantifiably) assessed. I'm happy to pay for having the assessment done, but it seems everybody does it differently. I like the idea of a launch monitor of some description, as the stats are something tangible but it seems there is a large degree of subjectivity to these, as the results can be equipment setup/operator dependant.
I'm based in Cambridgeshire and foremost like to know how well my current irons are suited to me. From there I would consider altering or replacing them, if real benefits could be demonstrated.
My recollection of the experience was the fitter scratching his chin and saying 'you're tall so let's go +0.5" and you've long fingers so lets stick plenty of tape under the grips' I hit a few off a strike plate and he prescribed 2° upright.
In the intervening years I played Football on both Saturdays and Sundays so Golf was a fun activity for the occasional summer weekend. Fast forward to today and I've recently joined a club and am playing every week. My game is improving and I enjoy every minute I'm out on the course.
My quandary is that I'm unsure how well suited my irons are. Particularly that they are so upright. I've read a lot about the merits of correctly fitting equipment but in my area I'm unsure of where to go to have my setup properly (and quantifiably) assessed. I'm happy to pay for having the assessment done, but it seems everybody does it differently. I like the idea of a launch monitor of some description, as the stats are something tangible but it seems there is a large degree of subjectivity to these, as the results can be equipment setup/operator dependant.
I'm based in Cambridgeshire and foremost like to know how well my current irons are suited to me. From there I would consider altering or replacing them, if real benefits could be demonstrated.
