Stuey01
Journeyman Pro
So I went for a long game fitting at Celtic manor titleist national fitting centre on Saturday. I spent 2 hours bashing away with trackman and a pro.
I was dissatisfied with my current driver but also the whole make up of the top end of the bag, so I decided to go see a proper fitter and get sorted out.
I was fit into:
Driver: 915d2 8.5 degree, whiteboard 70 stiff
FW: 915fd 15degree 3w, whiteboard 80 stiff
Hybrid: 915fd 17.5 degree 2hy, whiteboard 90 stiff
I was thinking of a 5w but the 2hybrid won out, a little shorter but for me it was automatic, straight and pretty long, certainly long enough to give me a really good tee option and par 5 2nd shot option.
The rest of my bag is mph4 3i then 4-pw mp64 irons, 52, 58 mpt11 wedges.
I bought the hybrid there and then, as they had it in stock and I got the fitting money taken off the price. I am ordering the 3w today.
So the configuration of my bag is now sorted, going to stop messing about with 4woods and 5 woods and 2iron etc.
Now my dilemma, I recently bought an r15 with TP stiff shaft. In the fitting I actually hit this longer than the titleist. BUT I hit the titleist much straighter, I didn't have any real wide ones like I did with the TM, but best shot for best shot the r15 was better.
So I am inclined to go with the titleist, more fairways, consistency through the top end of the bag. There are two things making me pause:
1) the r15 is going to lose me money, i paid £400 for it with the upgraded shaft and I reckon I'm going to lose £150 at least upon selling it.
2) the r15 was longer on my best shots...
What would you do?
I think the answer is obvious, but I am struggling to commit to it.
Cheers
Stu
I was dissatisfied with my current driver but also the whole make up of the top end of the bag, so I decided to go see a proper fitter and get sorted out.
I was fit into:
Driver: 915d2 8.5 degree, whiteboard 70 stiff
FW: 915fd 15degree 3w, whiteboard 80 stiff
Hybrid: 915fd 17.5 degree 2hy, whiteboard 90 stiff
I was thinking of a 5w but the 2hybrid won out, a little shorter but for me it was automatic, straight and pretty long, certainly long enough to give me a really good tee option and par 5 2nd shot option.
The rest of my bag is mph4 3i then 4-pw mp64 irons, 52, 58 mpt11 wedges.
I bought the hybrid there and then, as they had it in stock and I got the fitting money taken off the price. I am ordering the 3w today.
So the configuration of my bag is now sorted, going to stop messing about with 4woods and 5 woods and 2iron etc.
Now my dilemma, I recently bought an r15 with TP stiff shaft. In the fitting I actually hit this longer than the titleist. BUT I hit the titleist much straighter, I didn't have any real wide ones like I did with the TM, but best shot for best shot the r15 was better.
So I am inclined to go with the titleist, more fairways, consistency through the top end of the bag. There are two things making me pause:
1) the r15 is going to lose me money, i paid £400 for it with the upgraded shaft and I reckon I'm going to lose £150 at least upon selling it.
2) the r15 was longer on my best shots...
What would you do?
I think the answer is obvious, but I am struggling to commit to it.
Cheers
Stu