Alex1975
Tour Winner
I was lucky enough to attend a driver fitting as a gift at Golf Principles yesterday. I had originally intended to use Precision Golf but my contact with them was not satisfactory and with so many cowboys in the golf industry Jason at Golf Principles is a no nonsense breath of fresh air!
The remit was simple. In early 2012 Piece (a forum member here) posted about his premium, money no object driver fitting and it’s taken me until now to make that a reality for myself. It is silly money, I am a handicap golfer, for most it’s not worth it but this is what I wanted to do and was a gift.
My father and I arrived 5 minutes late and Jason the proprietor and equipment guru met me with a warm hand shake and passed me the not yet out King Cobra Ltd heads as he and I had previously chatted about them on the phone with him. Within a moment I was on the matt and hitting shots with my own driver, 3 or 4 good shorts with good numbers too, might as well make him work for it.
For approximately the next 30 minutes activity was frantic. Jason wandered around his studio putting heads and shafts together and passing them to me. I was taking between 1 and 5 shots before he was passing me the next combo. He would occasionally encourage me to “keep goingâ€.
So many clubs came through my hands that I was hardly taking note of what I was hitting but Jason was trying to manage my spin. He remarked that I swing a slightly heavier shaft faster than lighter. I saw the Parsons driver head(£££), lots of Oban shafts, kiyoshi gold being the nicest one of them for me, Speeders Hand rolled PX shafts, and lots more that most people will never have herd of. Both Callaway BB heads, a Srixon, both King Ltd, TM M1 460 & 430 and so on.
I could not see the direction we were going but Jason clearly could. I was hooking the ball more and more but was encouraged to “just keep doing what you doâ€. He passed me a shaft that he said was robust but had loads of feel. It felt really nasty; if it was robust it was hiding it very well. And then it happened. The next combo was 100% in the other direction, stout shaft that was tip stiff, made a snap at impact with the hideous looking TM M1 460 head and flew straight down the target line. “Keep goingâ€. SNAP down the target line 2 or 3 more times and “That is your honey†Jason said with a little wince on his face. “That shaft has EVERYTHING in it, every technology you can think of†“trouble is it’s a £400 shaft so an £800 driver†– For the first time my father spoke “WHATâ€â€¦.
Alex “Ok, have you something with this profile that is a little more…..?†Jason “ Ye ye, I am already lookingâ€.
Down comes the Accra FX 260 in 04 Flex (Stiff) and is duly bolted into the M1 head. It feels exactly the same and has exactly the same result, ripped it down the line, great launch, spin and flight. “That’s your new driverâ€
At this point I was asked about my ball position and my perception of where it was. I was asked to move it forward an inch and not hang back on my right side. I was encouraged to be as aggressive as possible and enjoy myself. I hooked few and was told that I had the tool I needed to no longer try and guard against the hook so to get it out of my head and just go after it down the right side. For the next 5 or 6 minutes I just clobbered them down the target line, Great fun! What Jason had given me was an anti hook aid. The ball will turn over but it’s just a baby draw.
Job done: TaylorMade M1 460 9.5* head set to 8.5 (to open it up a little). Wight set right in the toe and the other set right forward to keep the spin down. Accra FX 260 04 Flex tipped an inch and playing 44.75â€. The shaft is a true mid launch, mid spin driver with enough tip to give a little feel but robust to get after it.
Its a pig!! Ugly head with a yellow and red shaft that clashes with the ugly head!
A fantastic experience and I can’t wait for it to arrive!
The remit was simple. In early 2012 Piece (a forum member here) posted about his premium, money no object driver fitting and it’s taken me until now to make that a reality for myself. It is silly money, I am a handicap golfer, for most it’s not worth it but this is what I wanted to do and was a gift.
My father and I arrived 5 minutes late and Jason the proprietor and equipment guru met me with a warm hand shake and passed me the not yet out King Cobra Ltd heads as he and I had previously chatted about them on the phone with him. Within a moment I was on the matt and hitting shots with my own driver, 3 or 4 good shorts with good numbers too, might as well make him work for it.
For approximately the next 30 minutes activity was frantic. Jason wandered around his studio putting heads and shafts together and passing them to me. I was taking between 1 and 5 shots before he was passing me the next combo. He would occasionally encourage me to “keep goingâ€.
So many clubs came through my hands that I was hardly taking note of what I was hitting but Jason was trying to manage my spin. He remarked that I swing a slightly heavier shaft faster than lighter. I saw the Parsons driver head(£££), lots of Oban shafts, kiyoshi gold being the nicest one of them for me, Speeders Hand rolled PX shafts, and lots more that most people will never have herd of. Both Callaway BB heads, a Srixon, both King Ltd, TM M1 460 & 430 and so on.
I could not see the direction we were going but Jason clearly could. I was hooking the ball more and more but was encouraged to “just keep doing what you doâ€. He passed me a shaft that he said was robust but had loads of feel. It felt really nasty; if it was robust it was hiding it very well. And then it happened. The next combo was 100% in the other direction, stout shaft that was tip stiff, made a snap at impact with the hideous looking TM M1 460 head and flew straight down the target line. “Keep goingâ€. SNAP down the target line 2 or 3 more times and “That is your honey†Jason said with a little wince on his face. “That shaft has EVERYTHING in it, every technology you can think of†“trouble is it’s a £400 shaft so an £800 driver†– For the first time my father spoke “WHATâ€â€¦.
Alex “Ok, have you something with this profile that is a little more…..?†Jason “ Ye ye, I am already lookingâ€.
Down comes the Accra FX 260 in 04 Flex (Stiff) and is duly bolted into the M1 head. It feels exactly the same and has exactly the same result, ripped it down the line, great launch, spin and flight. “That’s your new driverâ€
At this point I was asked about my ball position and my perception of where it was. I was asked to move it forward an inch and not hang back on my right side. I was encouraged to be as aggressive as possible and enjoy myself. I hooked few and was told that I had the tool I needed to no longer try and guard against the hook so to get it out of my head and just go after it down the right side. For the next 5 or 6 minutes I just clobbered them down the target line, Great fun! What Jason had given me was an anti hook aid. The ball will turn over but it’s just a baby draw.
Job done: TaylorMade M1 460 9.5* head set to 8.5 (to open it up a little). Wight set right in the toe and the other set right forward to keep the spin down. Accra FX 260 04 Flex tipped an inch and playing 44.75â€. The shaft is a true mid launch, mid spin driver with enough tip to give a little feel but robust to get after it.
Its a pig!! Ugly head with a yellow and red shaft that clashes with the ugly head!
A fantastic experience and I can’t wait for it to arrive!
