Ever Had a Club Fitting You Regretted?

[Morfeen75]

Many years ago i was going through a really bad time with my irons and i decided new irons would fix me. I got fitted up for a set of Benross from AG and they only made me worse. I only had them 3 weeks then i went to an independent club fitter who fixed me up for a set of Mizuno MP33's and i never looked backed.

 

[Robster59]

Not one I regretted. The fitting I got for my Callaway XR's I think went pretty well as I got clubs that I hit straighter and more consistently. Changed to graphite shafts and 2° flat.
But before my fitting I went to the Scottish Golf Show and tried the quick fitting service they were offering on the various stands. All were pretty OK except for the American Golf stand where the lad there reckoned I should be using heavier shafts. When I mentioned this to the Mizuno fitter there was a very raised eyebrow. Totally the wrong recommendation.

 

[Captain_Black.]

Sometimes club fittings work wonders
Sometimes not.

My with was fitted for a full set earlier in the year & it has improved her golf massively.

I went for a fitting (after trying a large number of driver head & shaft options from our pro shop out on the course)
So I sort of knew what suited me & what didn't.
After hitting quite a few shots, the fitter said I should go with the regular shaft, but it just didn't feel right at all.
I ended up walking out with a new driver with a stiff shaft, which is performing brilliantly.
Yesterday for a bit of fun, I took my old driver (regular shaft) up the course & sprayed the ball everywhere.

 

[Orikoru]

Fair point. I am pretty average physically it all respects, so those black dot Pings with standard length, regular flex shafts were probably right for me.
But I have to say that getting custom built irons made me hope there would be a leap in performance - alas it was not to be.

The only significant difference the Orkas made was that the new grooves shredded balls much quicker than the Pings

Yeah, I get it. There's no miracle sticks. But the way I see it, you hit a club well when you have confidence in it. And doing a fitting and selecting the best club is a shortcut to getting that confidence - at least in the short term before it all goes wrong.

 

[Burnsey]

My latest fitting has been a little disappointing, as the irons are out of stock at Titleist, so god knows when they'll arrive.

 

[sjw]

I enjoy the fact that my irons are usually 2 or 3 clubs weaker than my PPs.
I'm one of the longer hitting seniors at the club so it makes me smile when they look incredulously at me when I tell them what iron I hit.

This happened to me the other day with the "new" blades. Someone had seen that I was quite long off the tee, so on the next par 3, he said, "what was that, a wedge for you?" The look on his face when I told him it was an 8 iron was one of complete befuddlement lol

Yeah, I get it. There's no miracle sticks. But the way I see it, you hit a club well when you have confidence in it. And doing a fitting and selecting the best club is a shortcut to getting that confidence - at least in the short term before it all goes wrong.

Exactly why I'm looking forward to my driver fitting. When I'm hitting my current driver well, it's great, but as soon as I hit a couple of leaky ones, my confidence in it just drains away. It's not that I think a new driver is going to be perfect every time, but if a club is fitted for you then you know that if you hit a poor shot, it's on you, and that gives you more confidence in the shot you're about to play. It's just one variable fewer.

 

[harpo_72]

I think I am average my first fitted clubs were ping zing2 black dot 1/2” longer.. I have fluctuated between 1 degree flat and 2 degrees upright on my fittings.
To be honest it’s me, no club is causing the issue. I just need to work out what it is that is making it go which way, then have a little fiddle and dial in.
The G430 irons I have are blue dot 1/2” longer and I have been left of target but when you see the set up or static impact position I am shut. So I can compensate and have the face open or I can weaken my grip. I don’t want to weaken my grip so I will work on the face angle. The red dot i15 irons just set up to target and go straight so I will use those for a few rounds and see how I get on.

I think the honest ones among us know that we can vary from day to day and actually lie angle really isn’t that much of a game changer if your a bit random. The shaft stuff does a bit more and it’s about weight to get timing and feel.