Overwhelmed by fitting experience! $-taper lite equivalents?

[jsyjsyjsy]

Hi everyone,

First post on the site, please be gentle lol. 

I got fitted the other day at my local shop (national chain). Iron head fitting is a story in and of itself but I have a question about shafts. Fitter had me into $-taper lites and turns out I like a heavy weight of D5. Through the whole fitting my guy seemed really rehearsed and robotic. For example, I kept telling him direction was more important than distance to me but he kept emphasizing distance and was trying to get me into the longest irons possible. At one point was trying to suggest the Titlelist CP04 ($500 a head...), WTH. (OK they were long but come on.)

TL;DR -- I got the feeling the guy was trying to push certain products at me. Based on that, I can't tell if he had an agenda or I really do better with KBS $-taper lites. Before I pull the trigger do you all have any suggestions for other shaft models from other companies? For reference, I'm a recreational guy and I didn't really know that a very prolonged shaft fitting was a real thing. I'm not a hard hitter -- was swinging 6i around 75mph. Driver around 88mph. 

Thanks!

[cnosil]

Here are my thoughts and opinions. 

1.  Often people that work in golf shops are on staff with OEMs and they tend to push those products.  That could be why he was pushing Titleist products.  The other perspective is that their job is to push clubs that will work for your swing.  Did you provide a budget so he knew what he was working with?  National Chain doesn't mean much; many national chains don't have the best fitters.  Was it a sporting goods/golf shop or was it a golf club fitting company?

2. a light weight shaft can still have a swing weight of D5.   Total weight and swing weight are two completely different things.  

3.  Fitting processes can seem rehearsed and robotic.  They give you shafts and clubheads and have you see how they work for a couple of swings.  Then they give you another to try to see what it does.   Him not listening to your input about direction would be a red flag also.  If he wasn't answering your questions and didn't provide the fitting you wanted don't buy the clubs and get fitted somewhere else.

4. Did you get a copy of your numbers with current irons and the irons you tried?  You should be able to do your own analysis on the data.  

5. Not a big shaft guy myself; others on here are more knowledgeable,  and can advise on alternatives.   I would explain why you would want an alternative shaft.  

 

 

 

[stephenmatt]

My only advice on this matter would be to collect the information that he fitted you into and go get fit by someone else with or without telling them about the previous experience and outcome and see what they say. Fittings are very customer specific and if you think he was fitting you into things just to make a sale and/or get commission then you may not have gotten the most out of the actual fitting. Just my 2 cents and if I was in your position I would get a second opinion.

[NM01]

1 hour ago, cnosil said:

Here are my thoughts and opinions. 

1.  Often people that work in golf shops are on staff with OEMs and they tend to push those products.  That could be why he was pushing Titleist products.  The other perspective is that their job is to push clubs that will work for your swing.  Did you provide a budget so he knew what he was working with?  National Chain doesn't mean much; many national chains don't have the best fitters.  Was it a sporting goods/golf shop or was it a golf club fitting company?

2. a light weight shaft can still have a swing weight of D5.   Total weight and swing weight are two completely different things.  

3.  Fitting processes can seem rehearsed and robotic.  They give you shafts and clubheads and have you see how they work for a couple of swings.  Then they give you another to try to see what it does.   Him not listening to your input about direction would be a red flag also.  If he wasn't answering your questions and didn't provide the fitting you wanted don't buy the clubs and get fitted somewhere else.

4. Did you get a copy of your numbers with current irons and the irons you tried?  You should be able to do your own analysis on the data.  

5. Not a big shaft guy myself; others on here are more knowledgeable,  and can advise on alternatives.   I would explain why you would want an alternative shaft.  

 

 

 

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also if not satisfied with the fitting find another place and see what comes out of that 

[TR1PTIK]

Short and sweet, if a fitter isn't taking your input into consideration don't buy from them. In all truthfulness, if you've come here to ask about the fitting then you're clearly uncomfortable already and need to trust that feeling. 

[tchat07]

When I get to start talking with the fitter I often like to ask what clubs they are playing. Often gives me a hint to what my get pushed my way.

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[jsyjsyjsy]

thanks for all the info. very helpful. after experiences like that it's easy to forget why i even wanted to get fitted. just gotta remember it's all for the love of the game. everything else is just noise.