Orikoru
Tour Winner
I know we've had a thread on RMW and probably ones on Orka, but I watched this last night and there were a couple of discussion points to be had I felt. Obviously there are a few Orka fans on this forum, and they come out of this very well, and probably less RMW fans, but I felt he did them a great service here with this video. Suspicions that getting a good deal might have something to do with that, but he does seem genuinely impressed by the process.
'Tis a half hour video, but to summarise the main points:
Firstly, they measure they loft and lie of his current clubs (which I think they later reveal to be TaylorMade) and the lofts are all stronger than what the specs are meant to be, plus the lie angle is slightly off as well. This was a bit of an eye-opener that they were as much as 2.5 or 3 degrees out on loft?? I wasn't a big TM fan anyway but this is a bad look for them. Alex in the video suggests they are not the only manufacturer he finds this with though.
Moving on to the actual custom fit, the difference he gets yardage-wise is staggering. 25-30 yard gains with a club which was actually 1° weaker than his old one?? That's mad, if it's to be believed. Seemingly all it took was bring his spin numbers down. But will he find it harder to stop balls on the green now potentially?
The video gave me a lot of food for thought, and when I replace my irons (probably not for a couple of years realistically) I would really like to do something like this if money allows, but that's a big 'if' for me unfortunately.
'Tis a half hour video, but to summarise the main points:
Firstly, they measure they loft and lie of his current clubs (which I think they later reveal to be TaylorMade) and the lofts are all stronger than what the specs are meant to be, plus the lie angle is slightly off as well. This was a bit of an eye-opener that they were as much as 2.5 or 3 degrees out on loft?? I wasn't a big TM fan anyway but this is a bad look for them. Alex in the video suggests they are not the only manufacturer he finds this with though.
Moving on to the actual custom fit, the difference he gets yardage-wise is staggering. 25-30 yard gains with a club which was actually 1° weaker than his old one?? That's mad, if it's to be believed. Seemingly all it took was bring his spin numbers down. But will he find it harder to stop balls on the green now potentially?
The video gave me a lot of food for thought, and when I replace my irons (probably not for a couple of years realistically) I would really like to do something like this if money allows, but that's a big 'if' for me unfortunately.