At some point, not necessarily in the near future nor intermediate term, I would like a new set of irons
Having bought mostly second-hand, I did use a v highly-rated fitter for a driver purchase last year (along the same ballpark as Tour X, Precision Golf, Golf Principles, and Scott Gourlay). I am very pleased with the results, and my expectation was certainly met...I have zero regrets about the purchase and fitting. Obviously I paid a lot more than I would have done, had I gone to a standard (not AG) fitting and bought a standard shaft. I don't think I am an outlier in terms of my swing, and I'm sure I could have found a suitable shaft from the myriad standard offerings from the OEMs ---but there's no way of KNOWING that
So, as I was impressed with the specialty fitter's skills, when I do go for an iron fitting I am inclined to go back to the same place....my question is twofold:
1) Are standard PX, KBS steel shafts offered by these speciality fitters, or is that not really a thing', and there is a similar range of expensive (better-suited??) exotic shafts in the iron-sets as there is in Driver fits, at these specialty fits? Meaning if I were to purchase a set of irons with steel shafts, I would pay approx the same as I would in a speciality fitting compared to a local pro fitting?
2) More generally, the places I've seen online suggest a 1 hr iron-fit, maybe 90 mins max....realistically, how many iron brands am I likely to test in that time, and how many shafts? Having seen the 2nd Swing and TXG videos showing the same player going through 5 different shafts with the same clubhead, if I was to test two or three models of clubhead plus shafts within the same OEM offering, it quickly adds up in terms of tiredness (negating the science of a fitting), and also in terms of time taken in my fitting.
Basically, how do iron fittings work in terms of how the time is used at these places?
Thanks
Having bought mostly second-hand, I did use a v highly-rated fitter for a driver purchase last year (along the same ballpark as Tour X, Precision Golf, Golf Principles, and Scott Gourlay). I am very pleased with the results, and my expectation was certainly met...I have zero regrets about the purchase and fitting. Obviously I paid a lot more than I would have done, had I gone to a standard (not AG) fitting and bought a standard shaft. I don't think I am an outlier in terms of my swing, and I'm sure I could have found a suitable shaft from the myriad standard offerings from the OEMs ---but there's no way of KNOWING that
So, as I was impressed with the specialty fitter's skills, when I do go for an iron fitting I am inclined to go back to the same place....my question is twofold:
1) Are standard PX, KBS steel shafts offered by these speciality fitters, or is that not really a thing', and there is a similar range of expensive (better-suited??) exotic shafts in the iron-sets as there is in Driver fits, at these specialty fits? Meaning if I were to purchase a set of irons with steel shafts, I would pay approx the same as I would in a speciality fitting compared to a local pro fitting?
2) More generally, the places I've seen online suggest a 1 hr iron-fit, maybe 90 mins max....realistically, how many iron brands am I likely to test in that time, and how many shafts? Having seen the 2nd Swing and TXG videos showing the same player going through 5 different shafts with the same clubhead, if I was to test two or three models of clubhead plus shafts within the same OEM offering, it quickly adds up in terms of tiredness (negating the science of a fitting), and also in terms of time taken in my fitting.
Basically, how do iron fittings work in terms of how the time is used at these places?
Thanks