I had my first true fitting. This may be different then what others have gone through for a fitting but I enjoyed my experience. I live in South Jersey and there are not too many club fitters around here. When deciding to get fit for new irons i wanted to make sure the fitter used Trackman so I looked around. There was one fitter 5 minutes from my house who is a Golf Digest Top 100 fitter. I have been in his shop a few times for different things and just knew our personalities didn't sync up to do a club fitting. I found another fitter about 80 miles away with a trackman and called the shop. After talking with the fitter on the phone I knew this is where i wanted to go.
I showed up for the fitting the first weekend in March and it was actually a beautiful day after the terrible winter we are still going through. I go into the shop and he has a great back room set up for fittings. The room was a golf man cave we all dream of or the place where we could all see ourselves hanging out on a rainy or cold day to get our golf fix in. It had a leather couch for anyone who would come with you or even yourself to relax and recoup on, a bar on one wall no drinks though, and practice green area for putter fittings, two bays with the trackman set up on one and tool chests with his other fitting tools around the hitting bays.
The first thing he does is have me warm up while he sets up the Trackman. He allowed me to use the B330 S I am testing so I could get numbers for the review. While I was warming up we talked about my game and created a very relaxed atmosphere with no pressure.
I went for a iron fitting, a driver fitting to fine tune my driver and 3 wood, as well as gapping for my bag and wedge selection. The only new clubs I was going to walk out with were new irons and new wedges. I also knew i would most likely be reshafting my driver.
While I was warming up he went through my bag and check the spec on the clubs I would be testing with that day. After watching me warmup he was able to narrow me down to 4 shafts off the bat. KBS C-taper S, KBS Tour S, TT S300, and Project X 6.0. The project X was the last one and he did that just to see but knew that it wasn't the fit for me. After hitting the two shafts it came down to the C-Taper and the KBS Tour. Both felt very smooth to me but the KBS Tour felt the best to me it just felt right.
Now to deciding which head was the one for me. I hit the AP2, Apex Pro, and MP-54. All three heads felt great. I could have walked out with any of the three and been happy. So for me it became nitpicking. The AP2s were taken out of the equation because of the price of the upcharge for the KBS tour shafts. It then came down to the MP-54 and the Apex Pro. Both felt great, smooth, crisp, and performed great. It seemed like I couldn't miss a shot with them. He also let me take them both outside to the range to hit them on the range with some real balls so i could see the flight outside. Long story short on the Iron choosing it came down to look and sound and price since performance was nearly the same and the winner is the Apex Pro. No upcharge and great feel.
Next we went to the driver fitting where used my Ping G25 head and the fitting shafts he had. Once again he speced everything right in front of me and told explained what he was doing answer all my questions. Working within my budget he found a 3 wood and driver combo for me of the Diamana Ahina 70 g driver shaft and 80g 3 wood. The heavier shaft was just great.
I can't say enough good things about my experience. While i was hitting the irons i mentioned how i wanted to try the Pure DTX grip so he had his other employee go and put one on one of the fitting shafts I would be using to try. I though i would get to feel it but not swing with it.
He also helped gapped out my 4 iron, hybrid, and 3 wood. I cannot say enough good things about my experience. I got exactly what i was hoping out of it. I was not looking for other clubs i knew what i was looking at and he helped set me up in the best combo.
That looks awesome!! The matte finish is gonna look great!!!