TonyN
Money List Winner
And what a great morning I had.
(this is going to be a bit of a long one so if you can't be bothered reading, hit the back button now)
I was booked in for 10.30 and arrived at 10.00, the chap I had my fitting with was called James Davies. Very nice chap good at his job. The range was dead and his last fitting had already gone so we started early. Bonus, He took me to the indoor bay and we had a quick chat about what I was there for, Irons if you didn't already know. I put my shoes on and started to warm up (outside) with my own(x20) 6 iron. And would you beleive it, I was hitting it pretty darn well.
After 20 or so balls James joined me to see what was going on, he agreed with my comments earlier that I didnt have a very consistant ball flight it was launching too low. Quick trip back into the fitting bay to grab some irons and out come the 57's and 52's both with Nippon shafts reg flex.
James had very kindly set up the trackman device outside in the lesson bay so I could see the flight aswell as all the stats, not what they normally do, but can if its quiet.
I started with the 57's and they were lovely but were launch ing a tad too low. (which James told me they would, genius)
Moved onto the 52 and without to much difference in terms of feel, weight, feed back they were popping out like a dream, launching high, climbing, and landing softly. The dispersion from these was excellent with the about 6 of 8 balls landing within a 10 ft radious. I tried the 52's with 5.5's and Dynamic gold's but the nippon was the clear favourite.
The spin from the 6 iron should be 5000rpm, my X20's were only producing 4100. the 52's was 4950.
Carry from X20's was anything between 135 and 160. Roll was far to long at sometimes as long as 15 yards.
James explained that he was trying to improve my carry and decrease my roll,getting the ball to stop quicker, and more accuratly, to do this, it meant getting the landing angle right, with the 6 iron it should of been 45*, the X20's was averaging 35*(thats why the ball was rolling out too far) The landing angle of the 52's was 44* I cant remember what the launch angle was but I know i was only a a degree out at worst.
We popped back to the bay for a coffee and to discuss the the stats, on the way back, James said these clubs/stats were almost as perfect as anyone could hope to get, but he still wanted me to carry on trying out shafts. You would think this guy was charging by the hour but dont forget, the whole session was all free with no obligation to buy.
I did try out some more combinations that I didn't get on with but it just cemented the 52's with the nippons.
Loft and lie check next, and I actually came back as 1/4 upright. The fitting chart also suggested having the shafts shortened but from my posture James was more than happy for me to stay standard lentgh.
We then discussed wedges and after looking at my current set up, he suggested that I drop one of the 4 and go PW, 52, 58. (the 58 playing as a SW come lobwedge) and bin the 60. Makes sense. We went back out onto the range to try the wedges, I loved them (T-series they were)
Wrapped up all the loose ends and got down to numbers, £75 an iron with the wedges at £89. BUT they would do me Bogof on the wedges, fit any grips I wanted (Multicompounds in red obviously) and if I order in 30 days, I can pick up any bettinardi putter for £50 fitted (rrp £200) Needless to say, I was taken. But I havn't ordered......yet. But I will do soon.
Almost finished now guys dig deep, stay with me.
I would strongly suggest anyone who can be bothered getting to the fitting centre should definitly give it ago. After all it is free and at no point do they try and sell you ANYTHING. The trackman software amazing and I prefere it to the Vector any day. Its a really good way to learn and understand all the specs you are hitting, and what you should be hitting.
If you are serious about golf, this is the only way to buy clubs.....and no one does it better than the guys at Clays Mizuno. I also got an info pack with a mizuno hat clip and ball marker!
(this is going to be a bit of a long one so if you can't be bothered reading, hit the back button now)
I was booked in for 10.30 and arrived at 10.00, the chap I had my fitting with was called James Davies. Very nice chap good at his job. The range was dead and his last fitting had already gone so we started early. Bonus, He took me to the indoor bay and we had a quick chat about what I was there for, Irons if you didn't already know. I put my shoes on and started to warm up (outside) with my own(x20) 6 iron. And would you beleive it, I was hitting it pretty darn well.
After 20 or so balls James joined me to see what was going on, he agreed with my comments earlier that I didnt have a very consistant ball flight it was launching too low. Quick trip back into the fitting bay to grab some irons and out come the 57's and 52's both with Nippon shafts reg flex.
James had very kindly set up the trackman device outside in the lesson bay so I could see the flight aswell as all the stats, not what they normally do, but can if its quiet.
I started with the 57's and they were lovely but were launch ing a tad too low. (which James told me they would, genius)
Moved onto the 52 and without to much difference in terms of feel, weight, feed back they were popping out like a dream, launching high, climbing, and landing softly. The dispersion from these was excellent with the about 6 of 8 balls landing within a 10 ft radious. I tried the 52's with 5.5's and Dynamic gold's but the nippon was the clear favourite.
The spin from the 6 iron should be 5000rpm, my X20's were only producing 4100. the 52's was 4950.
Carry from X20's was anything between 135 and 160. Roll was far to long at sometimes as long as 15 yards.
James explained that he was trying to improve my carry and decrease my roll,getting the ball to stop quicker, and more accuratly, to do this, it meant getting the landing angle right, with the 6 iron it should of been 45*, the X20's was averaging 35*(thats why the ball was rolling out too far) The landing angle of the 52's was 44* I cant remember what the launch angle was but I know i was only a a degree out at worst.
We popped back to the bay for a coffee and to discuss the the stats, on the way back, James said these clubs/stats were almost as perfect as anyone could hope to get, but he still wanted me to carry on trying out shafts. You would think this guy was charging by the hour but dont forget, the whole session was all free with no obligation to buy.
I did try out some more combinations that I didn't get on with but it just cemented the 52's with the nippons.
Loft and lie check next, and I actually came back as 1/4 upright. The fitting chart also suggested having the shafts shortened but from my posture James was more than happy for me to stay standard lentgh.
We then discussed wedges and after looking at my current set up, he suggested that I drop one of the 4 and go PW, 52, 58. (the 58 playing as a SW come lobwedge) and bin the 60. Makes sense. We went back out onto the range to try the wedges, I loved them (T-series they were)
Wrapped up all the loose ends and got down to numbers, £75 an iron with the wedges at £89. BUT they would do me Bogof on the wedges, fit any grips I wanted (Multicompounds in red obviously) and if I order in 30 days, I can pick up any bettinardi putter for £50 fitted (rrp £200) Needless to say, I was taken.
But I havn't ordered......yet. But I will do soon.Almost finished now guys dig deep, stay with me.
I would strongly suggest anyone who can be bothered getting to the fitting centre should definitly give it ago. After all it is free and at no point do they try and sell you ANYTHING. The trackman software amazing and I prefere it to the Vector any day. Its a really good way to learn and understand all the specs you are hitting, and what you should be hitting.
If you are serious about golf, this is the only way to buy clubs.....and no one does it better than the guys at Clays Mizuno. I also got an info pack with a mizuno hat clip and ball marker!
