Is Shaft Fitting Overrated?

No one is listening to one another.... Why does this subject evoke such reactions???
 
MGL said:
Personally, I think that your comments about the TT DG shaft are about as short sighted as they can get. I do not think for one second that custom fitting is a panacea to all problems for a golfer. FWIW, my view is that it has to go hand in hand with professional lessons, good practice and playing rounds.

You do not have to be fitted with 'exotic' shafts to see an improvement but to say that everyone would benefit from just using TT DG is quite clearly wrong.
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very true
, ive picked up 4 or 5 different iron shafts and after a long time testing them. i can tell what is best for me and could probably tell you which shaft is what with the stickers off. my TTDGxp reg have served me well 21 - 11 handicap but with a high flight. hopefully my kbs tour stiff well help me get to single figures. i like the lower pentrating flight and tighter dispersion
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Alex1975 said:
No one is listening to one another.... Why does this subject evoke such reactions???
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That was my last point Alex. I do understand the need for custom fitting to get the correct lie, length, flex and a shaft that more or less suite your desired ball flight. But I dared to ask the question of, do we really need to be going for exotic shafts that these custom fits are advising us to have?
 
MadAdey said:
to be honest I think you need to get the ability to read a post and understand it! You are a golfer that believes spending a fortune on custom fitting can make you a better golfer then that is your choice, I am just expressing my opinion.

If you actually decided to read the post rather than the first line and jump all over it,you would see that I say that people do benefit from custom fitting. By getting a shaft that is the correct length, flex and provides a flight that suits them is important. But the fine tuning that these machines give is to me a waste of time for most club golfers. How many people on here could go and get fitted on 3 consecutive and produce a set of figures that would tell them to take this exact shaft each time?

I know that a heavy shaft promoting a lower ball flight is best for me. Do I need to go on a fitting bay and pay someone £50 for the benefit of them telling me that is what I need? If I had a go on a launch monitor it may tell me to take a shaft that will cost me a £100 upgrade on my irons, or I tell you what I will stick with a shaft that is standard fit on clubs and save the money.

One last point..... how many people on here had very low handicaps when all you did was choose the flex and your pro would then make a quick lie and length check before ordering your clubs?
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I did read your whole post. I didn't actually comment on your first line - I commented on your second line.

Where did I state - at any point in my reply - that, as per your highlighted quote above, that I am a golfer that believes spending a fortune on custom fitting ONLY can make you a better golfer.

I would suggest, IMHO, it is you that actually needs to read a whole post before being so quick to castigate!
 
MGL said:
I did read your whole post. I didn't actually comment on your first line - I commented on your second line.

Where did I state - at any point in my reply - that, as per your highlighted quote above, that I am a golfer that believes spending a fortune on custom fitting ONLY can make you a better golfer.

I would suggest, IMHO, it is you that actually needs to read a whole post before being so quick to castigate!
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Now you are starting to get boring. Highlight it then try reading it, yet again not understanding what you are reading. That line you have highlighted does not state ONLY custom fitting can make you better. I think you have just made my point about you not reading peoples posts correctly.....:rofl:
 
MadAdey said:
That was my last point Alex. I do understand the need for custom fitting to get the correct lie, length, flex and a shaft that more or less suite your desired ball flight. But I dared to ask the question of, do we really need to be going for exotic shafts that these custom fits are advising us to have?
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What exactly do you class as an exotic shaft then, as that seems to be what you have the issue with according to this post?
 
MGL said:
I did read your whole post. I didn't actually comment on your first line - I commented on your second line.

Where did I state - at any point in my reply - that, as per your highlighted quote above, that I am a golfer that believes spending a fortune on custom fitting ONLY can make you a better golfer.

I would suggest, IMHO, it is you that actually needs to read a whole post before being so quick to castigate!
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Another thing is you are commenting on my first line as that is where I made the comment about TTDG shafts and why waste money on exotic custom fitting.
 
MadAdey said:
Now you are starting to get boring. Highlight it then try reading it, yet again not understanding what you are reading. That line you have highlighted does not state ONLY custom fitting can make you better. I think you have just made my point about you not reading peoples posts correctly.....:rofl:
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Is English your first language?
 
There is a hell of a lot of information out there and a huge amount of it is miss understood by the masses. There is also a large part of the golf community who do not want to understand it and some who do not need to understand it.

What is the adage about a little bit of Knowledge.... It's dangerous.

I suggest we all keep learning or don't learn anything. Learning can be complicated and ignorance can be bliss.
 
MadAdey said:
Another thing is you are commenting on my first line as that is where I made the comment about TTDG shafts and why waste money on exotic custom fitting.
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For "line", read "Sentence" not "Paragraph". Yawn.

Your basic viewpoint was that everyone would be just as well off with TT DG rather than something "exotic" - whatever "exotic" is in your mind.
 
Alex1975 said:
There is a hell of a lot of information out there and a huge amount of it is miss understood by the masses. There is also a large part of the golf community who do not want to understand it and some who do not need to understand it.

What is the adage about a little bit of Knowledge.... It's dangerous.

I suggest we all keep learning or don't learn anything. Learning can be complicated and ignorance can be bliss.
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Agree 100%. Sweeping generalisations help nobody. Best to keep an open mind.
 
MadAdey said:
If in doubt start with the insults, that makes a change on here doesn't it. Also I will apologise if I do not feel the need to use a dictionary or thesaurus every time I post to try and make myself feel intelligent.

Get a life you sad little man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sorry mad, but I think you started the mud throwing with the "boring" remark. It could be worse and probably will get worse when Mr cut and paste throws in his tuppence. He's the authority you know!
 
Adey and I have exchanged PM's, apologised to each other for being A**holes and moved on!

I don't think I'm that little either - sad perhaps - but nearly 6 foot lol!
 
I think shaft fitting is vastly overrated, certainly for the 99% of golfers who don't swing the club the same two times in a row.
Custom fitting is getting a bit obsessive.
Get some decent clubs, enjoy your golf and if you're hitting the ball keech, blame your dodgy swlngs. Not the shafts.

:rant:
 
I was reading through this and thought " oh no this is degenerating into a slanging match and I'm going to have to put my mod hat on, and crack a few heads

Happy to see that it has been sorted in a mature adult way

Hat back on the peg :)

Fragger
 
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