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Reader fitting opportunity (Scotland) - Nike Vapor drivers

So it's 2 jocks and a northerner for this one? Happy days, that should stop them whinging about all the southern opportunities for a while ;)

Joking aside, well done lads hope your new toys turn out to be the business :) :thup:
 
Val said:
Well done lads, we'll get to see IanG in action with his at the Gailes and Jocko I'll be well impressed if you get more distance, you hit it far enough already.
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That assuming it proves more controllable that my old titleist 907 which has been behaving itself remarkably well of late. Maybe it saw my lingering glances at the shiney new 915s and decided to make an effort.

Intrigued to see how much technology has moved on, and how much help driver fitting can be. Can I get one that is immune to East Lothian wind please? :whistle:
 
Well done all of you:)

We already need to use binoculars to see where Iain's drives go now so lord knows what we'll do if he gets even more distance with this one;)
 
IanG said:
and how much help driver fitting can be
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This is what interests me the most. I can pick up a club, hit it and decide if I like it. That doesn't mean that it's the best a club could be for me.

Looking forward to meeting you guys :thup: I'm actually quite glad that you're both called Ia(i)n, because I'm terrible with names :D
 
Looks like the Truth is coming out about Jockos top bombin'.
He's been playing it down for a while now calling himself a peashooter when all that have played with him know different.
I just hope the range is big enough! With the perfect shaft he could be putting them in the Firth of Forth ;)

Enjoy it fellas,Sounds like a great day :thup:
 
Wow.

Could stop there but I'll expand!

Never been to Archerfield before so when I rolled in this morning wasn't sure what to expect. It really is some place, you drive past the main house, extremely posh looking lodges and the spa before you get to the clubhouse and Nike fitting centre.

Met Jake and Gary Nicol (and someone else who's name I've forgotten!) in the bar for a coffee. Was good to hear the stories of when Rory had been there last year and how ridiculously good he is! I assured them they would see a different sport altogether with me in the fitting bay!! :rofl:

Made our way over to the fitting centre and were given out Nike golf shoes, shirt and jacket. New Lunar Control 3 shoes are very comfortable :thup:

I was in the first group and warmed up hitting the new Pro Combo irons. I know we weren't there for them but they are very impressive. Very compact and forgiving. Might have to have a closer look at some point.... :whistle:

Onto the drivers, and hit a few with my own first. I'm swinging as well as I ever have at the moment and the fitter, Ally, admitted he would have his work cut out to improve too much on distance but my own driver was spinning too much (high 3000's) and launching too low so would look to address that.

I started with the Speed head and a few different shafts (Elements (?), Aldila and a couple of Diamana ones). Interestingly this head with the Elements shaft felt the best to to me but gave the worst results!!

The spin was still a bit high so moved to the Pro head with a few different shafts aswell. This is a great looking driver, smaller than the Speed version but plenty forgiving.

I was hitting this with the Diamana Blue shaft really well, spin was down in the low/mid 2000's and higher launch. Gained a few yards but the dispersion was very right with this and I was hitting it very consistently. Re-tried a few other combinations to make sure that was the best fit for me which it was :thup:

The set up there is incredible, 4 different screens showing all of the Trackman data in various forms and Ally was really good, explaining what he was looking for with each change then going through the results of each. Really informative and educational, the instant feedback on Trackman really helps understand what is happening, why and how it can be addressed (both swing and equipment wise).

After my fitting was playing around with the putters and we had group photos etc taken.

Was great to meet Paul (and dad) and Ian aswell, really nice gents and good to have a chat with them before/after the fittings, if you're ever in the North West give me a shout for a game. :cheers:

Sorry for the long post, really was a "Carlsberg" day, helped with the surroundings as Archerfield is an incredible place. Will need to go back and play there at some point.

Looking forward to getting the driver in a couple of weeks and getting it out on the course.

Thanks to GM, was a great experience :thup:
 
Back in front of the screen after a great day out courtesy of GM and the Nike fitting centre at Archerfield. Luckily for me this is only 5 mins up the road so a lie-in compared to a normal working day was a wee bonus. White and crispy at dawn and it continued that way all day - fortunately the three lucky Jocks arrived well layered up.

After a welcome coffee to warm the insides we got kitted out in the gear Nike generously provided us in case we ruined any of the photos with clashing branding. The latest Lunar Control 3 shoes, a nice blue polo and a matching wind-cheater tidied us up nicely. Even my glove was found worthy of replacing.

The facility at Archerfield is really world-class, excellent service and plenty of space around to enjoy. We got down to business with European Tour coach Gary Nicol assigned to do my driver fitting while the other Iain had his done in the other Trackman bay. After warming up with a few hits with my Titleist 6 iron which I had smuggled in, I hit a few balls with my current Titleist 907 driver to get a baseline on the trackman stats. It was no surprise to me to see that I was hitting down on the ball instead of on the upswing, as my local pro has been telling me that regularly! Gary seemed very keen to fix that before we proceeded too far with the fitting. So I started with the stock shaft VaporSpeed head and we spent 20 mins in a mini-lesson which was great. Really interesting to hear another take on my swing and see that reflected in the trackman numbers. Eventually after a number of tweaks, all of which were well explained, I managed a few positive angle of attack numbers and could see the benefit on the carry numbers.

Having got to that point we tried the VaporPro head which looked much nicer (to me) behind the ball and gave a bit more feedback on the strike (and the mis-strike). At that point we started to play with some shaft options, the original one Gary had chosen felt a little light and whippy, and the next was too heavy, and finally we found one in between which felt right. I’m almost ashamed to admit that I don’t remember exactly which one it was as there were so many more interesting things to talk about that the model numbers. Hopefully the trackman improvements can translate onto the course when the new big stick arrives in 2-3 weeks time.

After the fitting I hit some balls while Paul had his fitting and then a nice lunch in the very comfortable Archerfield clubhouse rounded out a great morning.

Thanks to GM, Jake, the Nike staff and my co-winners Iain and Paul ( and his Pa) for making it a very enjoyable experience
 
chellie said:
Sounds like a great day. What distances did you get Iain with the new driver.
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Only a few yards more but much more consistent. Less spin aswell so much better in the wind than my current one.

Was much straighter so will use driver more often this summer when the rough is crazy again!!
 
Sounds like a great day guys. Archerfield is indeed an impressive set up although I haven't seen the Nike Lab.

Great photos on FB too and nice touch to also be given a new Nike wardrobe
 
Just to reiterate what Ian and Iain said... what a day :) The whole Archerfield complex is just magnificent, and the Nike fitting centre is amazing. Many thanks to Jake and the GM team, John, Ally and Gary from Nike and the PR lady from Archerfield who's name I forget :)

I turned up at about the same time as Ian and Iain, and was given the Nike goodies as per the other fellas. As I was last to be fitted, John suggested that I have a putt on their indoor putting green and to have a go with any of the putters that I fancied. So I did, and decided that I NEED one of them in my spare room :rofl:

Anyhoo, down to my fitting with Ally. I had a few warm up swings with a Vapour 7 iron that felt quite nice, then onto the drivers. I hit four or five balls with my current K15 and then had a chat with Ally about it. Trackman is illuminating, and there's no way to hide from this... I hit it MUCH shorter than I thought, and the dispersion was all over the place, however Ally mentioned that my smash factor was good (between 1.48 and 1.52 on most hits). The launch rate and spin were quite low (about 4.5* and 2000rpm), so Ally handed me a Vapour Speed with the stock Fubuki shaft and asked me to hit a few more. This was quite a lot straighter, even on miss hit shots, while being just as 'long' as my K15.

We went through a few different shafts, but none felt or gave as good numbers as the first. After this, Ally tweaked the loft up a bit, as the launch angle was still a bit low, and this gave some improvements again.

I found the whole experience fascinating, and would have loved to be able to spend the whole day there. It's probably a blessing that it lasted an hour, because I seemed to have hurt my left shoulder blade. I'm clearly not used to hitting 30 or 40 drives in an hour :D

Once again, many thanks to all involved. Your hospitality and generosity were amazing, Ian and Iain were great company and this all adds up to a day that I'll never forget :)
 
Wow looks like you had a superb time. Look forward to read the reviews of the drivers once you get them. Out of interest did you all get fitted for the same model and if not was there a major difference in them?
 
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