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Or did I make the sensible choice?
I went to Westerham GC today to take part in the Ping Demo Day, and to take advantage of the Ping offer to give me a brand new driver for nowt.
I had a slightly different experience to Homer in as much as I felt a bit rushed to get on with it and to give everyone else a chance to have a go. Don't get me wrong, noone was anything other than totally polite, but I could hear lots of 'whispered' conversations about running late, and keeping on track, etc.
So I only got to try the drivers.
It went a bit like this :
I was asked a few questions about my game ( h/c 18, slicer, short off the tee, etc ) and the immediate suggestion was the K15.
I was rather hoping to hit a few with my current driver to see how it compared with the Ping stuff, but what the heck.
Ok, so on with the K15. It's ugly, and very light, and very, very ugly. But it looked easy to hit, so I whacked one off. Morgan, the man from Ping, gave me some numbers. Basically, given the sort of numbers we were trying to achieve, the K15 was right in the middle of them, first shot. So I hit a few more. It's very easy to hit, and you have to put a bad swing on it to slice it.
If you are a 90mph, 18 h/c, middle aged swinger, like me, it's the perfect club.
So I asked to try the I15.
But that's for better golfers, came the reply. So I tried it anyway. 1st shot you could tell it was a good club. But after a few hits it was obvious that the good hits were slight better than the K15, but the worse hits were a lot worse.
The stats were not dissimilar to the K15, so the recommendation was the K15, still.
Ok, but can I try the G15? Quick glance at the queue, very slight intake of breath, then switch on the smile, and 'of course'. Immediately it put too much backspin on the ball, so I rejected it straight away.
Overall the recommedation is for the K15. But it's ugly, says I, and a good hit off the I15 feels better. So I try the K15 with the shaft from the I15. By now Morgan has totally given up on worrying about the time, and is encouraging me to take as long as I need, which, conversely, makes me feel even more guilty about delaying everyone else.
It doesn't work, so back to the K15 in it's original setup. The numbers are perfect.
Before I make a final choice, I just want to try a few more shots with the I15.
So I hit my last 6 shots of the day. Inconsistantly. I walk off the tee saying that I've tried them both, and I'll trust Morgan's advice.
He's been suggesting the K15, all the time, but looking at the computer for the final glance, it has suddenly changed it's advice to the I15.
So which choice should I make?
A) The K15 is far and away the most consistant of the two and it is designed to help with my weaknesses.
B) The I15 is a much better looking club. When I hit a good shot it feels much better than the K15, but anything other than a good swing is slicing badly.
Or did I make the sensible choice?
I went to Westerham GC today to take part in the Ping Demo Day, and to take advantage of the Ping offer to give me a brand new driver for nowt.
I had a slightly different experience to Homer in as much as I felt a bit rushed to get on with it and to give everyone else a chance to have a go. Don't get me wrong, noone was anything other than totally polite, but I could hear lots of 'whispered' conversations about running late, and keeping on track, etc.
So I only got to try the drivers.
It went a bit like this :
I was asked a few questions about my game ( h/c 18, slicer, short off the tee, etc ) and the immediate suggestion was the K15.
I was rather hoping to hit a few with my current driver to see how it compared with the Ping stuff, but what the heck.
Ok, so on with the K15. It's ugly, and very light, and very, very ugly. But it looked easy to hit, so I whacked one off. Morgan, the man from Ping, gave me some numbers. Basically, given the sort of numbers we were trying to achieve, the K15 was right in the middle of them, first shot. So I hit a few more. It's very easy to hit, and you have to put a bad swing on it to slice it.
If you are a 90mph, 18 h/c, middle aged swinger, like me, it's the perfect club.
So I asked to try the I15.
But that's for better golfers, came the reply. So I tried it anyway. 1st shot you could tell it was a good club. But after a few hits it was obvious that the good hits were slight better than the K15, but the worse hits were a lot worse.
The stats were not dissimilar to the K15, so the recommendation was the K15, still.
Ok, but can I try the G15? Quick glance at the queue, very slight intake of breath, then switch on the smile, and 'of course'. Immediately it put too much backspin on the ball, so I rejected it straight away.
Overall the recommedation is for the K15. But it's ugly, says I, and a good hit off the I15 feels better. So I try the K15 with the shaft from the I15. By now Morgan has totally given up on worrying about the time, and is encouraging me to take as long as I need, which, conversely, makes me feel even more guilty about delaying everyone else.
It doesn't work, so back to the K15 in it's original setup. The numbers are perfect.
Before I make a final choice, I just want to try a few more shots with the I15.
So I hit my last 6 shots of the day. Inconsistantly. I walk off the tee saying that I've tried them both, and I'll trust Morgan's advice.
He's been suggesting the K15, all the time, but looking at the computer for the final glance, it has suddenly changed it's advice to the I15.
So which choice should I make?
A) The K15 is far and away the most consistant of the two and it is designed to help with my weaknesses.
B) The I15 is a much better looking club. When I hit a good shot it feels much better than the K15, but anything other than a good swing is slicing badly.
