Full bag fitting

[sjw]

I wouldn’t go to my club pro for a fitting, I had my irons fitted at Royal Birkdale which is a performance centre for Mizuno . It was a great fitting tried all top brands , narrowed it down to 3 then went outside on the grass driving range with a portable Trackman . Ended up with Mizuno’s. For driver I went to Scottsdale in Manchester, ended up with a Ping 440 in Stiff , I’ve never been in stiff but it’s been brilliant. I had one fitting with my club pro and it was very disappointing

Well, colour me shocked!

 

[Klimski]

So my 2cts (unasked for perhaps): If your local pro knows your game well - for example they've been your teaching pro for a while, and also knows your on course game - AND is an experienced fitter with multiple brand available: that would be ideal. Why? Because a different fitter will only see what you are doing on that day. Which could lead to being fitted into clubs that don't serve you in the longer term (as we have read about plenty of times here on the forum).

 

[Burnsey]

So my 2cts (unasked for perhaps): If your local pro knows your game well - for example they've been your teaching pro for a while, and also knows your on course game - AND is an experienced fitter with multiple brand available: that would be ideal. Why? Because a different fitter will only see what you are doing on that day. Which could lead to being fitted into clubs that don't serve you in the longer term (as we have read about plenty of times here on the forum).

I'd love to stick to my course pro, but that has changed recently and now with an external one for lessons.

Fitting is so debated and very true how your game changes, but any fitter can really only go off what they see on the day, which should have basic characteristics and you have to fill in the gaps 'my miss is usually low left etc. The course pro won't have likely played with you much, if at all and he will rely on the same data in respect of your stats as the random fitter would.

I had a wonderful fairway wood fitting, hitting everything like a dream. Twice on the course since and it's that bad, it's like someone has chopped my arms off.

Went to my teaching pro today and an hour later, was back where I wanted to be.

 

[Neilds]

I'd love to stick to my course pro, but that has changed recently and now with an external one for lessons.

Fitting is so debated and very true how your game changes, but any fitter can really only go off what they see on the day, which should have basic characteristics and you have to fill in the gaps 'my miss is usually low left etc. The course pro won't have likely played with you much, if at all and he will rely on the same data in respect of your stats as the random fitter would.

I had a wonderful fairway wood fitting, hitting everything like a dream. Twice on the course since and it's that bad, it's like someone has chopped my arms off.

Went to my teaching pro today and an hour later, was back where I wanted to be.

Is is sometimes down to people trying too hard with new clubs? They think they go straighter and longer so try and force the swing instead of doing what they were doing at the fitting and swinging normally?

 

[Burnsey]

Is is sometimes down to people trying too hard with new clubs? They think they go straighter and longer so try and force the swing instead of doing what they were doing at the fitting and swinging normally?

Could be anything I guess, but went to teaching pro the day before my last fitting to get in the good swing zone, swung well and a month later when they arrived, just not swinging well. Went back for a session and he has me back to good.

I'm still improving, so is therefore is fitting even the right thing to do? Between the right lessons and the right equipment I say yes.

I am unlikely to swing any faster at the stage I am at, particularly get any longer, so it is more giving me the best opportunity to shoot a low score, removing the bad things from my game. Add a little course management and that can happen and will become more consistent. I have no natural golf talent, so suppose it is all manufactured.

 

[Klimski]

Is is sometimes down to people trying too hard with new clubs? They think they go straighter and longer so try and force the swing instead of doing what they were doing at the fitting and swinging normally?

I think that for many, the fitting process is exciting and thrilling and can lead to all kinds of outliers in behaviour. So hitting harder than usual, or the opposite, depending on your character.

 

[Springveldt]

Could be anything I guess, but went to teaching pro the day before my last fitting to get in the good swing zone, swung well and a month later when they arrived, just not swinging well. Went back for a session and he has me back to good.

I'm still improving, so is therefore is fitting even the right thing to do? Between the right lessons and the right equipment I say yes.

I am unlikely to swing any faster at the stage I am at, particularly get any longer, so it is more giving me the best opportunity to shoot a low score, removing the bad things from my game. Add a little course management and that can happen and will become more consistent. I have no natural golf talent, so suppose it is all manufactured.

Why do you think you can't swing any faster? Just curious.

I'm 50 this year and I'm much faster now than when I took the game up again in 2016. I'm faster now than when I first bought speed sticks in 2019. I can remember after doing my first winter speed training back then the fastest ball speed I could get out my driver was 151mph, this year I hit 162mph over the winter.

I'm not sure how long you have been playing but I'm sure you could swing faster just through better technique without even doing any speed training.

 

[Burnsey]

Why do you think you can't swing any faster? Just curious.

I'm 50 this year and I'm much faster now than when I took the game up again in 2016. I'm faster now than when I first bought speed sticks in 2019. I can remember after doing my first winter speed training back then the fastest ball speed I could get out my driver was 151mph, this year I hit 162mph over the winter.

I'm not sure how long you have been playing but I'm sure you could swing faster just through better technique without even doing any speed training.

I just think I've reached my peak and also that a couple of mph will not make enough of a difference for the effort. I'll never get more than a smidge faster, but niot saying I will stop speed training etc., just not all in committed.

 

[Springveldt]

I just think I've reached my peak and also that a couple of mph will not make enough of a difference for the effort. I'll never get more than a smidge faster, but niot saying I will stop speed training etc., just not all in committed.

I'm usually not fully committed either, this winter has easily been the most committed to speed training I've been in the last 6 years of doing it and even then it was twice a week at most, sometimes just once a week. Normally I'd do some speed training for about 8 weeks before the season starts just to get back the speed I'd lost over winter.

I also thought I'd reached my peak when I got my handicap down to 9, took a screenshot of it just in case I never made it back.

 

[Burnsey]

I'm usually not fully committed either, this winter has easily been the most committed to speed training I've been in the last 6 years of doing it and even then it was twice a week at most, sometimes just once a week. Normally I'd do some speed training for about 8 weeks before the season starts just to get back the speed I'd lost over winter.

I also thought I'd reached my peak when I got my handicap down to 9, took a screenshot of it just in case I never made it back.

And that deserves a big well done mate!

 

[Springveldt]

And that deserves a big well done mate!

Cheers but the point I was trying to make is if someone as unfit and unathletic as me can somehow keep improving then you should be able to as well.

 

[Burnsey]

Cheers but the point I was trying to make is if someone as unfit and unathletic as me can somehow keep improving then you should be able to as well.

Swing speed is not my focus and maybe one day it will be. I am improving - we just all do that with a different focus - I am getting there...