mullinsbeachbar
Medal Winner
After reading Oddsocks post there is not a lot left to say! Great write up!
Firstly I was really impressed by the store. The size , layout and especially the new custom fit bay. I've had some really bad customer service in AG over the years and had actually stopped using them, so was looking forward to seeing what they could offer.
My old driver was a Cobra Speed LD (the one that made the horrible noise) and I'd been looking at changing it since last year for a while. I have a very high ball flight (some pilot error to blame!) and wanted something that was more penetrating.
The fitting process was exactly the same as Oddsocks. It started with me hitting own driver on the launch monitor to get some stats on what I was currently using and allow Zee to see my swing.
I was averaging 245 carry with 25-30 yards roll out, but as I already knew the ball flight was very high. Spin was around 3500 which surprised me as I was expecting higher. SS was 110
We then headed into the store to pick some clubs to demo, ended up with the following 6;
Taylormade RBZ
Taylormade R11s
Nike VRS
PIng G20
Callaway razr x black
Yonex Ezone
(all 9.5 stiff shafts)
Went out onto the range and quickly eliminated the R11s, Yonex and Nike and was left with the RBZ, G20 and Razr x black. I was hitting them all well but was leaning towards the Callaway.
After hitting a few more balls I was pretty confident that the Callaway was the one. I was hitting it better than the others, the ball flight was perfect and it was long and straight.
Zee, Oddsocks and Paul agreed so we headed back inside to the launch monitor to look at the numbers.
The launch monitor confirmed what I thought on the range. The Callaway was the one. 255 carry with 25-30 yards roll out, great trajectory and dispersion. Spin was between 2200-2400. The G20's stats were good, but the ball flight was far too high, spin was above 3500. I didn't really like the feel of the RBZ although the stats were ok.
I had not been custom fitted before and I really enjoyed the whole experience. Having now been through the fitting process, and in complete agreement with Oddsocks, it's the only way I would spend money on clubs.
AG have got it spot on at the New Malden store, and if they can replicate the experience across their other stores, I think they will do very well.
Thanks again to American Golf & Golf Monthly for the opportunity. I'll keep the forum updated with how it performs on the course!
Firstly I was really impressed by the store. The size , layout and especially the new custom fit bay. I've had some really bad customer service in AG over the years and had actually stopped using them, so was looking forward to seeing what they could offer.
My old driver was a Cobra Speed LD (the one that made the horrible noise) and I'd been looking at changing it since last year for a while. I have a very high ball flight (some pilot error to blame!) and wanted something that was more penetrating.
The fitting process was exactly the same as Oddsocks. It started with me hitting own driver on the launch monitor to get some stats on what I was currently using and allow Zee to see my swing.
I was averaging 245 carry with 25-30 yards roll out, but as I already knew the ball flight was very high. Spin was around 3500 which surprised me as I was expecting higher. SS was 110
We then headed into the store to pick some clubs to demo, ended up with the following 6;
Taylormade RBZ
Taylormade R11s
Nike VRS
PIng G20
Callaway razr x black
Yonex Ezone
(all 9.5 stiff shafts)
Went out onto the range and quickly eliminated the R11s, Yonex and Nike and was left with the RBZ, G20 and Razr x black. I was hitting them all well but was leaning towards the Callaway.
After hitting a few more balls I was pretty confident that the Callaway was the one. I was hitting it better than the others, the ball flight was perfect and it was long and straight.
Zee, Oddsocks and Paul agreed so we headed back inside to the launch monitor to look at the numbers.
The launch monitor confirmed what I thought on the range. The Callaway was the one. 255 carry with 25-30 yards roll out, great trajectory and dispersion. Spin was between 2200-2400. The G20's stats were good, but the ball flight was far too high, spin was above 3500. I didn't really like the feel of the RBZ although the stats were ok.
I had not been custom fitted before and I really enjoyed the whole experience. Having now been through the fitting process, and in complete agreement with Oddsocks, it's the only way I would spend money on clubs.
AG have got it spot on at the New Malden store, and if they can replicate the experience across their other stores, I think they will do very well.
Thanks again to American Golf & Golf Monthly for the opportunity. I'll keep the forum updated with how it performs on the course!
