TPO77
Club Champion
Hi all,
I've been having lessons from a pro that I met through my girlfriends dad. I've had 4 lessons with him and 3 rounds with him and my gf's dad that have basically been playing lessons. I've certainly learnt a lot in a sort space of time playing with single figure players and from getting lessons from a pro that teaches me in a way that suits me.
Anyway, after the first round we had my pro commented that my irons were a bit long and a bit heavy for my swing and that I'd probably benefit from getting custom fit. So it was decided that my birthday present from my girlfriend and her family would be some new custom fit irons. So on Monday evening I went and had my fitting. I tried a few different irons and settled on the Wilson Staff Ci11s. As you can probably see from my sig I'm a fan of Wilson stuff and truthfully I'd had my eye on Ci11s since I got to hit a playing partners ones a few months ago. Maybe not the biggest or best brand but they work for me.
Now the bit that surprised me with the fitting was what my pro recommended club set-up wise. I had initially been planning on getting 4-PW and doing a like for like replacement. Instead he recommended that I get 5 - GW, 1/2" shorter with regular flex graphite shafts. The numbers on the trackman supported his claim pretty well. The gaps were fairly consistent through the bag down until the 3h - 5i gap but this was still only around 20 yards. The GW was around about the 100 yard mark which is a distance I end up with quite a lot and struggle with fabricating the shot to get the distance. I had assumed that the idea was that I'd have the PW, GW and then maybe a 54 and 58 degree and get another hybrid. My pro however suggested I keep the wedge set-up as it is since it's working for me and rather than think of the PW and GW as wedges think of them as 10 and 11 irons for full shots and the wedges as 85 yards and in clubs.
Obviously he's seen me play a few rounds and he is correct in saying that I'm not that accurate from distance and that I usually lay up or at least play safe if I have more than a 6 iron to the green anyway. A 100 yard club will help my score but I still can't quite get my head around the prospect of carrying 5 wedges regardless of the consistent gap between them and jacked lofts. Has anyone else been recommended anything like this or seen anyone with a set up like this? Or anyone got any other opinions on this? I have 3 weeks to decide before I order since he's away on holiday and I can always add a 4 iron or hybrid later for the 60 if I find I need it. Just looking for some golfers opinions since all the golfers I know IRL also know the pro. I don't want to look as though I'm criticising his judgement.
I've been having lessons from a pro that I met through my girlfriends dad. I've had 4 lessons with him and 3 rounds with him and my gf's dad that have basically been playing lessons. I've certainly learnt a lot in a sort space of time playing with single figure players and from getting lessons from a pro that teaches me in a way that suits me.
Anyway, after the first round we had my pro commented that my irons were a bit long and a bit heavy for my swing and that I'd probably benefit from getting custom fit. So it was decided that my birthday present from my girlfriend and her family would be some new custom fit irons. So on Monday evening I went and had my fitting. I tried a few different irons and settled on the Wilson Staff Ci11s. As you can probably see from my sig I'm a fan of Wilson stuff and truthfully I'd had my eye on Ci11s since I got to hit a playing partners ones a few months ago. Maybe not the biggest or best brand but they work for me.
Now the bit that surprised me with the fitting was what my pro recommended club set-up wise. I had initially been planning on getting 4-PW and doing a like for like replacement. Instead he recommended that I get 5 - GW, 1/2" shorter with regular flex graphite shafts. The numbers on the trackman supported his claim pretty well. The gaps were fairly consistent through the bag down until the 3h - 5i gap but this was still only around 20 yards. The GW was around about the 100 yard mark which is a distance I end up with quite a lot and struggle with fabricating the shot to get the distance. I had assumed that the idea was that I'd have the PW, GW and then maybe a 54 and 58 degree and get another hybrid. My pro however suggested I keep the wedge set-up as it is since it's working for me and rather than think of the PW and GW as wedges think of them as 10 and 11 irons for full shots and the wedges as 85 yards and in clubs.
Obviously he's seen me play a few rounds and he is correct in saying that I'm not that accurate from distance and that I usually lay up or at least play safe if I have more than a 6 iron to the green anyway. A 100 yard club will help my score but I still can't quite get my head around the prospect of carrying 5 wedges regardless of the consistent gap between them and jacked lofts. Has anyone else been recommended anything like this or seen anyone with a set up like this? Or anyone got any other opinions on this? I have 3 weeks to decide before I order since he's away on holiday and I can always add a 4 iron or hybrid later for the 60 if I find I need it. Just looking for some golfers opinions since all the golfers I know IRL also know the pro. I don't want to look as though I'm criticising his judgement.
