chrisd
Major Champion
So, I travelled up to Callaways fitting centre at Chessington today to have a custom fit, and to see for the first time, the new XR irons that are to replace the X2 Hot irons in about 10 days time
I have been very happy with the X2's so there needed to be a reason to swap to the new clubs and I wasnt particularly worried about more distance although I'd never turn down an extra yard or two. I loved the look of the bog standard heads over the X2's and would happily play with them as they looked fine at address. So, I was soon on Trackman and hit 7 or 8 shots with my 7 iron for a base reading to compare the readings that would follow. As it turned out the stats were fine and showed that my odd poor shot was a pull left or odd push. My club head speed was (I think) 74 mph and carry average about 155 yards. A 7 iron was mocked up by Matt the fitter, with the Speed Step 90 shaft as it closely matched my 85's and the results were similar and we switched to the KBS shaft for a bit more weight.
He felt that they straightened out my shot a tad more and the poorer strikes still travelled well, he decided to add 1/2" to the length and I hit some good shots with them. Although I wasn't unduly worried about more distance I was looking for a reason to change and a tighter dispersion rate was one that might sway me. After some tweaking Matt was happy, and said that my dispersion was 5 yards tighter on average with the KBS shaft and 1/2" extra length. The claim that they go a club further is apparently based on the previous model to the X2's and there was no noticable improvement in distance on the well hit shots!
We looked at my hybrid (X2 Hot) and 3 wood ( Mizuno) and he admitted that nothing went any better than what I already have, and that the gapping was the best I could achieve. We then moved to the driver, I have an X2 Hot driver and couldn't find a setup that went better in the new range after hitting several balls and swapping shafts.
So the conclusion is that if I change, in theory, I could gain an average 5 yard dispersion. I have offers to buy my current clubs so I need to ponder the choices.
Sorry for the long post. Any views?
I have been very happy with the X2's so there needed to be a reason to swap to the new clubs and I wasnt particularly worried about more distance although I'd never turn down an extra yard or two. I loved the look of the bog standard heads over the X2's and would happily play with them as they looked fine at address. So, I was soon on Trackman and hit 7 or 8 shots with my 7 iron for a base reading to compare the readings that would follow. As it turned out the stats were fine and showed that my odd poor shot was a pull left or odd push. My club head speed was (I think) 74 mph and carry average about 155 yards. A 7 iron was mocked up by Matt the fitter, with the Speed Step 90 shaft as it closely matched my 85's and the results were similar and we switched to the KBS shaft for a bit more weight.
He felt that they straightened out my shot a tad more and the poorer strikes still travelled well, he decided to add 1/2" to the length and I hit some good shots with them. Although I wasn't unduly worried about more distance I was looking for a reason to change and a tighter dispersion rate was one that might sway me. After some tweaking Matt was happy, and said that my dispersion was 5 yards tighter on average with the KBS shaft and 1/2" extra length. The claim that they go a club further is apparently based on the previous model to the X2's and there was no noticable improvement in distance on the well hit shots!
We looked at my hybrid (X2 Hot) and 3 wood ( Mizuno) and he admitted that nothing went any better than what I already have, and that the gapping was the best I could achieve. We then moved to the driver, I have an X2 Hot driver and couldn't find a setup that went better in the new range after hitting several balls and swapping shafts.
So the conclusion is that if I change, in theory, I could gain an average 5 yard dispersion. I have offers to buy my current clubs so I need to ponder the choices.
Sorry for the long post. Any views?
