sjw
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I went today to PXG London South for the driver fitting that I bought in the H4H auction. Came away with mixed feelings....
To get straight to the point, I haven't come away specced for a new driver.
After a brief discussion about what my miss was etc, I hit a few shots with my current driver. They were either solid shots that I would be happy with on the course, or a bit leaky right. I was having real trouble finding the middle of the club face consistently, which has been my problem recently.
Unfortunately, the same happened with every combination he fit me into. Heavier, lighter, shorter shafts all came and went and the result was the same. What I did find was that, while I was suffering with a heely strike, the consistency of strike points with the stiffer shafts he was fitting me into was much better. But everything was either straight then right, or starting right and going further right. I just could NOT hit anything left, even if I tried my absolute hardest.
What was interesting to see was my numbers, which I'd never seen before with driver. The miss was caused not by super high spin but by super high launch, caused my my lower body firing too quickly and getting stuck under the ball, which meant a high push. I have an attack angle of about 8 degrees up, and a low point about 8 inches before the ball. I tried everything, from standing further to the ball, closer, taller, but every time my swing won out - I was never going to change it in the 90 minutes I was in there.
The fitting became more of a lesson, and what was really annoying was I could understand what he was trying to tell me, and I'd felt good swings on the course before, but today I just couldn't get my body to put it into practice.
In the end, I think I hit ONE ball that out-performed my current driver, but it outperformed it by some distance, so I do think that it is in there somewhere and I just have to harness it.
It's frustrating for a few reasons:
1) I had a 2 hour drive to get there
2) I did feel a little frustrated that I wasn't just fit FOR my swing - i felt like a lower loft/closed head would have helped, but maybe the club couldn't be closed more, I don't know
3) It means that the conscious effort I've put into practicing hitting up on the ball has led to me going too far the other way and now I'm going to have to work on bringing it back down
However, on the flip side:
1) I'm glad I wasn't just fit for the sake of it
2) I now have my number and know what to work on
3) I'm grateful for the patience shown and the non-pushy sales from the fitter
4) They made a good cup of tea
I'm told that it happens reasonably often that people go away and come back another day - but the guy's mouth dropped open at the end as I was about to leave when I said I'd travelled from north of Cambridge
Anyone else had similar experiences that can make me feel a bit better?
To get straight to the point, I haven't come away specced for a new driver.
After a brief discussion about what my miss was etc, I hit a few shots with my current driver. They were either solid shots that I would be happy with on the course, or a bit leaky right. I was having real trouble finding the middle of the club face consistently, which has been my problem recently.
Unfortunately, the same happened with every combination he fit me into. Heavier, lighter, shorter shafts all came and went and the result was the same. What I did find was that, while I was suffering with a heely strike, the consistency of strike points with the stiffer shafts he was fitting me into was much better. But everything was either straight then right, or starting right and going further right. I just could NOT hit anything left, even if I tried my absolute hardest.
What was interesting to see was my numbers, which I'd never seen before with driver. The miss was caused not by super high spin but by super high launch, caused my my lower body firing too quickly and getting stuck under the ball, which meant a high push. I have an attack angle of about 8 degrees up, and a low point about 8 inches before the ball. I tried everything, from standing further to the ball, closer, taller, but every time my swing won out - I was never going to change it in the 90 minutes I was in there.
The fitting became more of a lesson, and what was really annoying was I could understand what he was trying to tell me, and I'd felt good swings on the course before, but today I just couldn't get my body to put it into practice.
In the end, I think I hit ONE ball that out-performed my current driver, but it outperformed it by some distance, so I do think that it is in there somewhere and I just have to harness it.
It's frustrating for a few reasons:
1) I had a 2 hour drive to get there
2) I did feel a little frustrated that I wasn't just fit FOR my swing - i felt like a lower loft/closed head would have helped, but maybe the club couldn't be closed more, I don't know
3) It means that the conscious effort I've put into practicing hitting up on the ball has led to me going too far the other way and now I'm going to have to work on bringing it back down
However, on the flip side:
1) I'm glad I wasn't just fit for the sake of it
2) I now have my number and know what to work on
3) I'm grateful for the patience shown and the non-pushy sales from the fitter
4) They made a good cup of tea
I'm told that it happens reasonably often that people go away and come back another day - but the guy's mouth dropped open at the end as I was about to leave when I said I'd travelled from north of Cambridge
Anyone else had similar experiences that can make me feel a bit better?
I'll bear it in mind next time
