I was underwhelmed by my club fitting because …..

[GolfSpy_APH]

Unfortunately I can't say I have had a single fitting where I was blown away impressed..in the end they were all fine but none have left me with the ultimate confidence and experience I had been hoping for.

[Jim Shaw]

18 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Unfortunately I can't say I have had a single fitting where I was blown away impressed..in the end they were all fine but none have left me with the ultimate confidence and experience I had been hoping for.

I feel a bit that way as well, the one takeaway from my iron fitting was more about “feedback” with the numbers that I am doing the right things with my swing. 
and how degrees of loft can really be adjusted to delive the required results carry distance wise. 

[RickyBobby_PR]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Unfortunately I can't say I have had a single fitting where I was blown away impressed..in the end they were all fine but none have left me with the ultimate confidence and experience I had been hoping for.

But it’s you come away with some be knowledge? Whether it’s what shafts RIR heads don’t work for you or do work for you? Maybe tendencies you have.

what to ask or look for in your next fitting? 
 

I’ve come away with some nugget of information or maybe a couple from all my fittings. 

[Donn lost in San Diego]

My first was excellent, DOT Golf, Bob Brown, in San Leandro Calif, near the Tony Lima course.  1995, he was near the end of his career I guess beause he disappeared a few years later.  I was on a budget, not a good physique for golf.  He fitted me with knockoffs of the original Big Bertha irons on Paragon shafts.  I used them for a long time.  Next 2 fittings were also good.  Living next to Carlsbad CA, where golf clubs are king, makes fittings a high probabiity of success, no room here for mediocre.  2018, Dan at Carlsbad Golf Center fitted me with Ping I 500 irons on Recoils.  Later Cole Dorfman with PXG fitted me with a PXG 0211 driver in 2021.  3 for 3 Never had a bad experience.  Unlike some lessons, I had a few where I never went back.  Got lucky in lessons twice, Brian Bobbitt in Mira Mesa, and Rob Manning now in Encinitas.  Again, living in golf heaven, I am lucky.  I do lots of reading, scrounge around at thrift stores for bargains, and learn a lot that way too.  I buy clubs to give away to schools.  I go to the range, hit them, then clean them and donate them.  I think Tom Watson's "The Timeless Swing" is the best instruction book, better even than Hogan and Nicklaus.

[Donn lost in San Diego]

1.  Besides doing some research ahead, I think going in you put away all your planned brand preference.  If there are several fitters at your location, ask for advice which one is best for your age, skill, gender, etc.  A fitter who is expert for scratch golfers might not be the best choice for a beginner or a high handicapper.  Get a personality match.

 

2.  Plan a trip here to San Diego and get fitted within spittin' distance of Callaway, Titleist, Taylormade, Cobra, Honma, Aldila, Evnroll, Indi Wedge and Torrey Pines.  If you are going to go somewhere for a vacation, might as well make it a twofer.  Five Golfmart stores here, all with good people, the Del Mar and Carlsbad have outdoors.  

[cnosil]

Interesting responses.  I asked why you DIDN'T like your fitting and were underwhelmed and most people are responding that they had good fittings.  

Basically the reason people  are underwhelmed seems to be that they didn't have a big enough selection and only hit a 6/7 iron.     I find that interesting since I probably would have asked/researched  prior to my fitting what the process was.   

[RickyBobby_PR]

2 hours ago, cnosil said:

Interesting responses.  I asked why you DIDN'T like your fitting and were underwhelmed and most people are responding that they had good fittings.  

Basically the reason people  are underwhelmed seems to be that they didn't have a big enough selection and only hit a 6/7 iron.     I find that interesting since I probably would have asked/researched  prior to my fitting what the process was.   

Some people think they need hours to find a good fit if a club. instead don’t realize a good fitter is going to narrow down the head and shaft choices with in the first 30 mins if it’s a multi vendor fitting like a TruSpec or similar. If it’s a single oem fitting it’s probably 15 mins 

the rest of the fitting is going to be dialing in the choices and starting to eliminate the few options of shafts that aren’t working

 

[cnosil]

1 hour ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Some people think they need hours to find a good fit if a club. instead don’t realize a good fitter is going to narrow down the head and shaft choices with in the first 30 mins if it’s a multi vendor fitting like a TruSpec or similar. If it’s a single oem fitting it’s probably 15 mins 

the rest of the fitting is going to be dialing in the choices and starting to eliminate the few options of shafts that aren’t working

 

Don't disagree.  we read about people that want to hit lots of shots with clubs to get the feel.   We also read about people that want to see ball flight and indoors vs. outdoors.    The point of my post was that the things people are not happy with are things they could have found out prior to even doing the fitting. 

[RickyBobby_PR]

42 minutes ago, Evelyn242 said:

80% of custom-fit golfers hit the ball more accurately and consistently based off of launch monitor tracking data. Golfers who were custom-fit were 22% more likely to see an improvement in their scores of 2 strokes or more per round, and 56% more likely to see an improvement of more than 5 strokes per round.

Source or sources for this data?

[cnosil]

35 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Source or sources for this data?

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