chrisd
Major Champion
I've never come across Gary in my travels, what makes you use him?
Full bag fitting, on proper range.
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I've never come across Gary in my travels, what makes you use him?
Ash567
New member
My coach Gary has said my swing is now where he thinks it needs to be. So I should go and be fitted. No major changes necessary, it's fairly neutral swing with a draw bias. Just got to work with the mental side of the game, losing concentration. My last game at st.Augustine I was level par after the first six holes a bogey at the first and birdie on the 6th. 1/3 of a perfect round lol. But the par fives let me down ended up 18 over. I alway seem to have a good front 9 and poor back nine. Dont know if its lack of fitness or just the lack of concentration for 18 holes.
spongebob59
Journeyman Pro
He seems to me to have a very simplistic approach, explains everything very well in what he wants you to do and why he'd like you to do it.
Uses trackman and explains the numbers and how they fiit in with what youre doing and what he's like to see change in relation to the swing changes.
And more importantly hes a very nice fella
http://www.gbgolfcoaching.co.uk/
Ash567
New member
Gary was recommended to me as he does coaching in psychology side of the game. I get very nervous when playing golf infront of people. Playing through a group was a nearly impossible for me to hit a ball. But I'm getting better, working alot on the mental side of the game.
But as for changing my swing cant fault him. Its unrecognisable to what I had before. Hitting so much straighter and more consistent.
But as for changing my swing cant fault him. Its unrecognisable to what I had before. Hitting so much straighter and more consistent.
evemccc
Well-known member
If the teaching pro you have lessons with uses GC Quad, and you’re used to looking and interpreting that data, would it not make sense to get fit on the same launch monitor— and to not use a fitter with Trackman? Or does it not matter as we are not the ones really making the fitting judgement calls?
VVega
Assistant Pro
I’d advise to break up fitting sessions into driver/woods-hybrids/irons/wedges. A single fitting for all clubs is going to be exhausting and not effective as the tiredness starts affecting the shots.
I’d start with the driver, then wedges then blending them into irons at the desired distances.
Ash567
New member
I think you might be right about fatigue. The driver is the one club I could never get on with so that would be a good place to start. Also I only have a sw and pw so the other end of bag would be usefull, but if I did either end of the bag how easy would it be to fit the other clubs inbetween to get the right gaps.
spongebob59
Journeyman Pro
I would have thought driver is fine on its own. , But would do irons and then work out what gaps you have after that. Modern PW's are more like 9 irons somyoud probably need gap wedge and sand wedge.
bobmac
Major Champion
How tall are you?
VVega
Assistant Pro
The reason I suggested wedges, or more precisely speciality wedges (not part of the irons set) as I think it’s easier to choose them first and then decide what (if any) wedges should come with the set of irons.
E.g. can have 58 and 54 special and then 50/Pw in the set. Depending on the lowest loft of the speciality you can choose your set wedges/order them in a particular loft etc.
Doing irons first is fine too, but you’d need to make the decision on wedges in the irons set without knowing what you are getting in speciality wedges.
Ash567
New member
I see, cheers ty
Ash567
New member
Ty everyone for all your input, very much appreciated. I think I will go to manston and start with a driver and work my way through my bag. Looking forward to it ?. If anyone has any other advice about fitting, it would be appreciated.
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
When I got fitted for the driver at Precision golf, I think I hit maybe 50 balls or so in an hour and a half. Which sounds like nothing, but I was promised I didn't need to lash at hundreds, as I wouldn't be able to cope. Pretty sure he was right. I only needed 3 balls each for the SIM2 and Epic to know it wasn't right for me.
Trust your fitter is the key, and don't be surprised if you don't hit many balls. They don't need to see that many to know if it's working or not. Listen to what they tell you, not what you want to hear. I'm now in what is essentially an anti-slice driver, but I can still hit a fade without issue, and am driving the ball so much better.
Good advice on here about everything, including not having a full bag fitting in one go. I'd be exhausted!
Only thing I'd disagree with is the wedges first. Depending on which lofts of specialist wedges you went for, you may really struggle to find a GW, PW and 9iron with enough variation in loft to work. You may get lucky and match them all beautifully, but there are some really quirky iron lofts out there now, so be careful.
Good luck and enjoy!
Trust your fitter is the key, and don't be surprised if you don't hit many balls. They don't need to see that many to know if it's working or not. Listen to what they tell you, not what you want to hear. I'm now in what is essentially an anti-slice driver, but I can still hit a fade without issue, and am driving the ball so much better.
Good advice on here about everything, including not having a full bag fitting in one go. I'd be exhausted!
Only thing I'd disagree with is the wedges first. Depending on which lofts of specialist wedges you went for, you may really struggle to find a GW, PW and 9iron with enough variation in loft to work. You may get lucky and match them all beautifully, but there are some really quirky iron lofts out there now, so be careful.
Good luck and enjoy!
Oddsocks
Ryder Cup Winner
You after a date Bob?
evemccc
Well-known member
Interesting
My (very limited) understanding is that with Drivers it is all about the shaft mostly with fittings
DanFST
Head Pro
Irons first, most used clubs in the bag.
You can then work out your gapping for your wedges and woods/hybrids.
You can then work out your gapping for your wedges and woods/hybrids.
bobmac
Major Champion
Nah, I thought I might be able to save the OP a few hundred quid.
Smiffy
Grand Slam Winner
Selling up Bob???
bobmac
Major Champion
No, too young. Maybe when I'm your age
Bratty
Princess Pouty (Queen of Fish Lips)
I didn't go into all the details of the fitting, but you're right in so much as I tried four shafts with different heads.
We started with my own driver for baseline, then moved to the Radspeed in one shaft he'd picked out. After 8 shots with that, he said he could tell I struggled to square the face consistently, but the swing itself was pretty repeatable. That told him, head-wise we should look at the Ping G425 Max and SFT, but also the latest (and cheaper) PXG heads. He then grabbed another 3 shafts and we played around with the Pings first, and once we'd found the right shaft, we then tried other heads, as previously mentioned.
Shaft choice was between and Oban and an Aldila NV Green, and then heads ended up between the Max and the SFT. Numbers were better with the NV Green and SFT head, and he said I could play the Max, but it wouldn't be as consistent for me.
Don't get me wrong, a bad swing means a bad result, because no driver can sort that, but I'm in play far more now.
So there was about as much shaft fitting as head fitting.
