Driver Custom Fitting for a novice?

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I have been playing for a year now. My driving is pretty erratic to say the least, am currently using a Nike Vapor which I picked up cheap on the net last year.

Am thinking of booking a fit this week and trying out a few different drivers. There is a place near me which is shutting down as the owner is retiring, they have a good rep for fittings and was hoping I might pick up a bargain.

would I benefit from getting fitted now, or should I leave it until I am a bit more competent?
 
rudebhoy said:
I have been playing for a year now. My driving is pretty erratic to say the least, am currently using a Nike Vapor which I picked up cheap on the net last year.

Am thinking of booking a fit this week and trying out a few different drivers. There is a place near me which is shutting down as the owner is retiring, they have a good rep for fittings and was hoping I might pick up a bargain.

would I benefit from getting fitted now, or should I leave it until I am a bit more competent?
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Tricky one if there's a bargain to be had but if you buy now and then change the swing there's a danger the fit may not be right for you down the line. If you get lessons and improve with the Nike then you'll potentially miss a good club (although Nike isn't bad itself).

Personally, I think I'd be sticking, looking to improve my driving and then looking for a fit or a bargain so where down the line but there are merits to getting a fit now
 
Go for a fitting. I struggled for a couple of years with an RBZ driver. Went for a fitting and ended up with a G30 SF tec. It completey changed my driving from
never knowing where the ball would end up to down the fairway or into the semi rough.
Pointless try to change you swing to a club that doesn't suit you.
 
I would say lessons before a fit if I were you, try and get a couple in just for driver within a few weeks with some range trips, hopefully you can get a better driver swing then go for a fit still before he retires, and if it is a couple of weeks later he might be even cheaper!
 
Lessons before a bit defiantly. When I got my irons I didn't have them fitted because I was still learning the game and now they fly pretty much perfect.

lessons will change your swing especially if your irratic with the driver so don't get custom fit for a poor swing
 
Defiantly go with lessons, there are always bargains to be had equipment wise when you feel more confident about your swing.
 
I do not think you have to defiantly go with lessons, but they are not a bad thing to get into the habit of taking

If you are improving custom fit IMO is not worth it, your swing is changing you are so inconsistent that todays fitting and tomorrows will no doubt be different.

Pick the club you like best, match the shaft to your swing speed and save a proper custom fitting for when you are consistent
 
I have had quite a few lessons, and my swing is reasonably consistent now. Am hitting my irons well about 70% of the time. It's really my driving that I struggle with. The majority go reasonably straight, but the flight varies from low, to very low to ballooning them well up in the air but hitting them really short. I do snatch at a few, close the club face and it goes low and left, but that is pretty rare these days, maybe once in a round.
 
I agree about not getting a custom fit.

However do consider trying a few models out on a launch monitor to see if you can reduce spin.

I tried a handfull and went down from over 5k with my old driver to under 2500. I bought the stock club without any custom fit and could leave the shot with it in my hands.

Even a beginner can benefit from getting a driver that spins less, probably put you with an offset driver or SF tech one which you might grow out of but you will know when that happens.
 
TonyN said:
What if the issue isn'tisn't with the club?
By the sound of it, it isnt.
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Unless he goes for a fitting he won't know.
He doesn't HAVE to buy.

I had a lesson with my RBZ and still struggled until I got fitted. The G30 fs tec was an instant hit. The shaft is a quarter inch shorter than the rbz anyway but I had it shortened another half inch. The SF tec helps me close the face consistently and sits nicely behind the ball (the RBZ I could never feel confident with whether it was square or not)
Having played with the G30 for 6 months I tried the RBZ again out of interest, I still couldn't control the ball. Case closed, the RBZ IS NEVER COMING OUT AGAIN.
 
If you've got your eye on a new driver, then I say go for it.

Drivers have so much adjustability now, I'd be surprised even after a swing change if you couldn't find a setting to fit your swing.

Dont underestimate confidence in your clubs.
 
rudebhoy said:
I have been playing for a year now. My driving is pretty erratic to say the least, am currently using a Nike Vapor which I picked up cheap on the net last year.

Am thinking of booking a fit this week and trying out a few different drivers. There is a place near me which is shutting down as the owner is retiring, they have a good rep for fittings and was hoping I might pick up a bargain.

would I benefit from getting fitted now, or should I leave it until I am a bit more competent?
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Playing for a year? I would buy a decent second hand driver and leave the fitting for a couple of years. Your swing will change and render today's fitting useless.
 
Ethan said:
Playing for a year? I would buy a decent second hand driver and leave the fitting for a couple of years. Your swing will change and render today's fitting useless.
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It's only 25 quid for the fitting if I don't buy. Am tempted by the Cobra Fly Z driver which they are doing for £149, but even if I don't buy, I assume I will learn some useful info from the session?
 
Ross61 said:
Go for a fitting. I struggled for a couple of years with an RBZ driver. Went for a fitting and ended up with a G30 SF tec. It completey changed my driving from
never knowing where the ball would end up to down the fairway or into the semi rough.
Pointless try to change you swing to a club that doesn't suit you.
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maybe a lesson would have helped before buying that SF rubbish

The SF is correcting a swing fault..

it is boring but have a lesson with a pro first
maybe ask him if you can try what he has in the shop


trust me iv been through about 8 drivers before i had a lesson.. The lesson was what transformmed my swing.
 
Ross61 said:
Unless he goes for a fitting he won't know.
He doesn't HAVE to buy.

I had a lesson with my RBZ and still struggled until I got fitted. The G30 fs tec was an instant hit. The shaft is a quarter inch shorter than the rbz anyway but I had it shortened another half inch. The SF tec helps me close the face consistently and sits nicely behind the ball (the RBZ I could never feel confident with whether it was square or not)
Having played with the G30 for 6 months I tried the RBZ again out of interest, I still couldn't control the ball. Case closed, the RBZ IS NEVER COMING OUT AGAIN.
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Mate i would have a lesson
 
Lessons over fit every time. However, if you can spare the cash a time spent with a professional, specialist, club fitter is bound to be interesting.
 
I found fitting a great help. However first of all I found a driver that felt good and gave me more straight shots than the others.

I found that a Cobra Amp (the orange one) with a light flex was quite good straight off the rack.


Can't remember the Nike therefore was not on my shortlist. I do recall that the Benross Gold range was very high on the list and you can get them at a very reasonable price.

Therefore my suggestion is get yourself a driver you feel comfortable with and then have it dialled in (I chose the Cobra Amp as it has interchangeable shafts with minimum amount of adjustability) ended up having it dialled in on a Trackman now use the Cobra Amp with a regular Cobra S2 shaft shortened by an inch with an oversize grip

Hope this helps
 
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