Ok, I liked the 7 iron!

[nickjdavis]

Bloke i used to see would fit you on the basis of a 7iron, built the required set, have you in to fine tune and tweak lofts and lies for each individual club, send you away to play for a month or so with your new bats and then have you come back and give him your thoughts as to what was/wasnt working and further tweaking/adjustment would be done from there.

Think the cost was £50 and it was taken off the price of the clubs.

 

[Mel Smooth]

The youth did his work experience at a golf club recently - one of the last things he did was throw a bunch of Titleist 7 iron heads used for club fitting in the bin.

I had sadness when he told me....

 

[nickjdavis]

The answer would seem to me to be that one should learn to be a fitter and then do the fitting yourself.

Ohh if only (and I know that you know this) it was THAT easy.

Theres a world of difference between a fitter who goes through his entire range of shafts looking at the numbers until he's got one that is better then the rest, and a fitter who looks at the furst couple of shafts that you hit and instantly knows, through experience, that he can discount shafts X,Y and Z immediately and focus on A,B, J and M.

I think my very first fitting, long before LM's were even Bryson's biggest wet dream, was done using a Titleist system which had a standard shaft with sensors at various points in the shaft, physically hardwired to a computer system. You actually had to swing the club, with this cable attached and running up inside your arm sleeve so it didnt snag on anything. The sensors measured shaft flex at various points and guided the fitter to a shortlist of possible shafts that might suit...that would have been around 2005/6 if memory serves me correctly....was a reward to myself for getting to single figures!!

Fitting has certainly come a long way...but there are still "average" fitters out there who have got themselves a Launch Monitor and think they are now a golf club fitter and all they need to do is to throw every combination of shaft/head at a golfer and see which give the best "numbers"

 

[Beezerk]

I don’t even have a 7 iron in my bag so I’m stuffed

 

[Orikoru]

I don’t even have a 7 iron in my bag so I’m stuffed

Did you lose it??

 

[KenL]

Ohh if only (and I know that you know this) it was THAT easy.

Theres a world of difference between a fitter who goes through his entire range of shafts looking at the numbers until he's got one that is better then the rest, and a fitter who looks at the furst couple of shafts that you hit and instantly knows, through experience, that he can discount shafts X,Y and Z immediately and focus on A,B, J and M.

I think my very first fitting, long before LM's were even Bryson's biggest wet dream, was done using a Titleist system which had a standard shaft with sensors at various points in the shaft, physically hardwired to a computer system. You actually had to swing the club, with this cable attached and running up inside your arm sleeve so it didnt snag on anything. The sensors measured shaft flex at various points and guided the fitter to a shortlist of possible shafts that might suit...that would have been around 2005/6 if memory serves me correctly....was a reward to myself for getting to single figures!!

Fitting has certainly come a long way...but there are still "average" fitters out there who have got themselves a Launch Monitor and think they are now a golf club fitter and all they need to do is to throw every combination of shaft/head at a golfer and see which give the best "numbers"

Never heard of this system at all.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Ohh if only (and I know that you know this) it was THAT easy.

Theres a world of difference between a fitter who goes through his entire range of shafts looking at the numbers until he's got one that is better then the rest, and a fitter who looks at the furst couple of shafts that you hit and instantly knows, through experience, that he can discount shafts X,Y and Z immediately and focus on A,B, J and M.

I think my very first fitting, long before LM's were even Bryson's biggest wet dream, was done using a Titleist system which had a standard shaft with sensors at various points in the shaft, physically hardwired to a computer system. You actually had to swing the club, with this cable attached and running up inside your arm sleeve so it didnt snag on anything. The sensors measured shaft flex at various points and guided the fitter to a shortlist of possible shafts that might suit...that would have been around 2005/6 if memory serves me correctly....was a reward to myself for getting to single figures!!

Fitting has certainly come a long way...but there are still "average" fitters out there who have got themselves a Launch Monitor and think they are now a golf club fitter and all they need to do is to throw every combination of shaft/head at a golfer and see which give the best "numbers"

Ah, I see.

One needs to learn to be a good fitter, not a poor or average one, and then do the fitting oneself.

 

[Burnsey]

Surprising. SGGT take the fitting charge off if you make a purchase.

They don’t actually.

 

[Burnsey]

If you attend a proper fitting and the fitter pulls out a 7 iron as your only option, it’s not a fitting.

 

[adasko]

They don’t actually.

They do. Had multiple fittings and never paid fitting fee

 

[KenL]

They don’t actually.

 

[Burnsey]

Burnsey

I wish it was only £150

They do. Had multiple fittings and never paid fitting fee

Strange.

I booked my friend a fitting at Chesterfield for his birthday and attended with him. He spent a fortune and the fitting fee wasn’t refunded/deducted. And I asked for it.

 

[Hobbit]

My last fitting, around 10 years, was with TM who visited the club with a big truck and several fitters. It was the usual here’s a 7 iron. Once I was happy with that I asked if he had any long irons in the truck. He disappeared off to the truck and came back with a 4 iron.

He was brilliant. He actually said that he wished more people would ask for a 4 or 5 iron first. His view was if they could find a 5 iron that you’re comfortable with you’ll definitely be comfortable with the full set.

 

[howbow88]

A lot of responses on here are 'that's the how it has always been.' Whilst that is true, it doesn't make it right.

A few years ago when a new set of irons was a few hundred quid, OK. But we're now often talking a grand for a new set. For that sort of money, I want to experience what a high, mid, and low iron is going to feel like.

No one would hit a driver well in a fitting and then just buy the matching 3 wood without trying it out. But if you hit a 7 iron well, that won't necessarily translate to hitting a 4 iron particularly well.

 

[howbow88]

The youth did his work experience at a golf club recently - one of the last things he did was throw a bunch of Titleist 7 iron heads used for club fitting in the bin.

I had sadness when he told me....

Why on earth didn't someone at the club stick them on ebay?!

 

[moogie]

They do. Had multiple fittings and never paid fitting fee

Ive had 3 fits at SGGT and never paid a fee
Due to purchasing

 

[moogie]

SGGT fit with PW, 7i and 4i, I believe.
And they can put any grip on an iron too.
Most will fit with a 7i or 6i, and the fitter should be able to know how that will translate up and down the bag... if they're a good fitter.

Not trying to correct you coz you're nearly right
SGGT fit irons, using, 4,6,8, and PW.

 

[kp17]

Went for a iron fitting on Thursday. Narrowed it down to a couple of possibles. Although the recommendation was for a slightly lighter shaft, no (hooray) mention of graphite!

However, all the test heads were 7 irons. I really wonder what the 5 iron or gap wedge feels like!

Seems an anomaly to me.

What irons did you like Ian?

 

[4LEX]

This is why custom fitting for irons is basically a scam.

The difference from a 4 iron to a PW is huge, yet they don't bother to test those. The only way to be custom fit for irons is to hit every club or at least 4, 7 and PW.

 

[IanM]

O

What irons did you like Ian?

Ping i530 (I currently have i210) and Callaway ai200 ..

Going back to test a different shaft option..