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The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
Had a wonderful couple of hours at the Oxford Golf Acadamy today. In my search for new irons I'd looked at Mizuno's with envious eyes but shyed away being a bit dubious about custom fitting due to my experience with Ping recently. BUt I took the plunge anyway!
Met up with Marc, the Pro, and I hit a few shots with my 6 iron. Too much spin, too high a launch and not enough distance! Then I had a go with the shaft analyser kit - sure enough 3 swings later and the DGS300 was the shaft followed by Project X 5.5 and KBSTour stiff. Several different heads were screwed onto the shaft, MP52, MX200, and MP58, and I tried AP2's, and R9TP's as well.
By far the best was the MP58 - just lovely.
Then onto the length and lie - the bit I was dreading.
Ping fitted me as 2.25 degree upright and 1/2 inch longer.
Mizuno fitted me 1/2 inch longer but 1 degree flat!
Now I'm sure there are some differences in "standard" between Ping and Mizuno but 3.25 degrees?
Marc showed and explained every step of the fitting, even adjusting the lie on one club in front of me to get it right. After about an hour we had the right configuration. It got my spin rate to about 5000, launch angle to about 17 degrees and a carry of 183 yards with a 84mph swing speed from a 6 iron! That's more like it. And the ball flew and flew and flew.
Now I've just got to decide whether I can afford to have the 58's or whether I can afford not to!
Really impressed with the set-up at Oxford. Nice guys, good kit, nice range, good quality Srixon balls and great service.
Now, where's my credit card?
Met up with Marc, the Pro, and I hit a few shots with my 6 iron. Too much spin, too high a launch and not enough distance! Then I had a go with the shaft analyser kit - sure enough 3 swings later and the DGS300 was the shaft followed by Project X 5.5 and KBSTour stiff. Several different heads were screwed onto the shaft, MP52, MX200, and MP58, and I tried AP2's, and R9TP's as well.
By far the best was the MP58 - just lovely.
Then onto the length and lie - the bit I was dreading.
Ping fitted me as 2.25 degree upright and 1/2 inch longer.
Mizuno fitted me 1/2 inch longer but 1 degree flat!
Now I'm sure there are some differences in "standard" between Ping and Mizuno but 3.25 degrees?
Marc showed and explained every step of the fitting, even adjusting the lie on one club in front of me to get it right. After about an hour we had the right configuration. It got my spin rate to about 5000, launch angle to about 17 degrees and a carry of 183 yards with a 84mph swing speed from a 6 iron! That's more like it. And the ball flew and flew and flew.
Now I've just got to decide whether I can afford to have the 58's or whether I can afford not to!
Really impressed with the set-up at Oxford. Nice guys, good kit, nice range, good quality Srixon balls and great service.
Now, where's my credit card?
