The power of club fitting

[Ultimate Junior Golfer]

I played a round with my new golf instructor yesterday, and I could not drive the ball straight at all. I did not feel that I was swinging bad, and my instructor said I was swinging well. He concluded it was a club problem. I had a lesson this morning where he fit me for a new driver. Below are the specs of my old driver and my new one:

OLD: Titleist TS3 10.5* Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 55g stiff flex 45"

NEW: Callaway Maverick Sub Zero 10* Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70g XX-stiff 44"

All of the sudden, my misses are in the fairway, I'm hitting my driver 20 yards farther, and on a much more favorable trajectory. 

It blew my mind how much just changing a club has changed my confidence on the tee.

[NM01]

Were you fit for your old driver?

 

[SlowNLow]

On 11/7/2020 at 8:51 PM, Ultimate Junior Golfer said:

I played a round with my new golf instructor yesterday, and I could not drive the ball straight at all. I did not feel that I was swinging bad, and my instructor said I was swinging well. He concluded it was a club problem. I had a lesson this morning where he fit me for a new driver. Below are the specs of my old driver and my new one:

OLD: Titleist TS3 10.5* Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 55g stiff flex 45"

NEW: Callaway Maverick Sub Zero 10* Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70g XX-stiff 44"

All of the sudden, my misses are in the fairway, I'm hitting my driver 20 yards farther, and on a much more favorable trajectory. 

It blew my mind how much just changing a club has changed my confidence on the tee.

Good to see it work out for you.   This is evidence of how a good fitting can make a difference.  

[Ultimate Junior Golfer]

2 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Were you fit for your old driver?

 

Yes, my swing speed has jumped about 15mph in one year. 

[NM01]

10 hours ago, Ultimate Junior Golfer said:

Yes, my swing speed has jumped about 15mph in one year. 

That’s a nice pickup in speed in a short time

[cnosil]

That’s a nice pickup in speed in a short time

The joys of still being a teenager and growing physically. Most of us seem to be going the other way

[cnosil]

That’s a nice pickup in speed in a short time

The joys of still being a teenager and growing physically. Most of us seem to be going the other way

[NM01]

17 minutes ago, cnosil said:

The joys of still being a teenager and growing physically. Most of us seem to be going the other way

So true 

[RI_Redneck]

On 11/7/2020 at 8:51 PM, Ultimate Junior Golfer said:

I played a round with my new golf instructor yesterday, and I could not drive the ball straight at all. I did not feel that I was swinging bad, and my instructor said I was swinging well. He concluded it was a club problem. I had a lesson this morning where he fit me for a new driver. Below are the specs of my old driver and my new one:

OLD: Titleist TS3 10.5* Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 55g stiff flex 45"

NEW: Callaway Maverick Sub Zero 10* Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70g XX-stiff 44"

All of the sudden, my misses are in the fairway, I'm hitting my driver 20 yards farther, and on a much more favorable trajectory. 

It blew my mind how much just changing a club has changed my confidence on the tee.

Time to look at those fairway woods now. There's a good chance a nice 75-85g shaft in those will give you far better results.

BT