Bad driver fitting

[Tdog88qc]

Have you ever been fitted with a driver and the performance on the course doesn’t match what you were use to hit?

 

I got fitted last year with a TM Stealth 2 plus driver and my drives are shorter and everywhere from my old TM R11 . I was wondering if any of you have ever experienced bad fitting? I feel like my fitter just wanted to sell me a Stealth 2 plus. Hope to read your fitting experiences. Have a day!

[GolfSpy_APH]

Were you indoors or outdoors for your fitting?

[Josh Parker]

1 hour ago, Tdog88qc said:

Have you ever been fitted with a driver and the performance on the course doesn’t match what you were use to hit?

 

I got fitted last year with a TM Stealth 2 plus driver and my drives are shorter and everywhere from my old TM R11 . I was wondering if any of you have ever experienced bad fitting? I feel like my fitter just wanted to sell me a Stealth 2 plus. Hope to read your fitting experiences. Have a day!

Need some more background. Indoor/outdoor?  What was discussed with the fitter on expectations?

Fittings are very dependent on communication between all parties. How a club feels or shaft reacts. 

[Jcvanslyke]

I agree with the gentlemen above. Testing indoors vs Outdoors makes a difference. I had a friend who played the TM M5 and he went to get fitted for a Stealth 2. He's a decent player and ball striker, and when he was doing the fitting, it was the aesthetics that threw him off on the new stealth. He preferred the M series but they pulled out an Demo Sim2 head and he preferred that. Also, was there a shaft change? Loft? Grip?

What was the setup of your R11? Is it similar to the Stealth? Or did you get everything changed?

 

[Wheelieb]

Did you hit other drivers? Or was that the only head he had you hit?

[skraeling]

1 hour ago, Tdog88qc said:

Have you ever been fitted with a driver and the performance on the course doesn’t match what you were use to hit?

 

I got fitted last year with a TM Stealth 2 plus driver and my drives are shorter and everywhere from my old TM R11 . I was wondering if any of you have ever experienced bad fitting? I feel like my fitter just wanted to sell me a Stealth 2 plus. Hope to read your fitting experiences. Have a day!

With my irons I got fit at the end of the season.  They didnt get delivered till the middle of winter.  It took me probably a solid month or two to get re-aquainted with them at the start of the next season.

How long has the struggle been going on for you?  Might just need more time.

Edited February 20 by skraeling

[Tdog88qc]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Were you indoors or outdoors for your fitting?

Indoors. No breeze

[GolfSpy_APH]

Just now, Tdog88qc said:

Indoors. No breeze

That's likely the biggest thing. Fittings inside are great to take out variables, bit for some golfers (myself included) we have slightly different swings and tendencies indoors vs outdoors. 

I don't think I'll ever do a true fitting indoors when an outdoor fitting I'd available. To see ball flights and more is just do important.

[Tdog88qc]

46 minutes ago, Wheelieb said:

Did you hit other drivers? Or was that the only head he had you hit?

I hit 3 other brands but the numbers with the stealth were the best. Love the design but ultimately might of been influenced by the marketing pitch of TM and the fitter. 

[GuessWho78]

I just had a fitting at Golftec. Honestly, I could not recommend it. I was getting fit for 3W and 3H. He only had me hit one head for each and only 1 shaft on each. The 3W had a driver shaft on it so I had to grip down on it. I've only been playing since July 2023, so I was kinda surprised that the head he had me hitting was the Qi 10 Tour for both 3W and hybrid. I only hit maybe 6 shots for each club. He then tried to sell me on both clubs. Overall, it was just a rather poor experience and waste of money.

[BallsLeon]

I like the idea of an outdoor fitting, but can't think of any place near me that offers that (maybe some of the private clubs).

Additionally, I would argue that the majority on the GD Top Fitters list don't offer this either. Doesn't seem like a must-have for a fitting, could see feedback from turf interaction being important, but ideally you aren't hitting through the turf with your driver.

 

Edited February 20 by BallsLeon

[cnosil]

3 hours ago, Tdog88qc said:

Have you ever been fitted with a driver and the performance on the course doesn’t match what you were use to hit?

 

I got fitted last year with a TM Stealth 2 plus driver and my drives are shorter and everywhere from my old TM R11 . I was wondering if any of you have ever experienced bad fitting? I feel like my fitter just wanted to sell me a Stealth 2 plus. Hope to read your fitting experiences. Have a day!

Was the Stealth better than your R11 when you did the fitting and compared them side by side?

 

Edited February 20 by cnosil

[bens197]

Yes I have.  It's no fun but there are also circumstances attached to my issue.

I've been changing my downswing into impact and that has played a role in how this driver performs.  It makes sense since I am not swinging the same as I did that day during the fitting.

[NM01]

Have never had a driver fitting where I didn’t get the same on course experience as I did in the fitting.

I have done indoor fittings and outdoor fittings. If a driver didn’t give me numbers as good or better than my current driver it don’t get bought and if the numbers werent in the right range i didnt buy

2 hours ago, Tdog88qc said:

I hit 3 other brands but the numbers with the stealth were the best. Love the design but ultimately might have been influenced by the marketing pitch of TM and the fitter. 

What numbers?

[revkev]

1 hour ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Have never had a driver fitting where I didn’t get the same on course experience as I did in the fitting.

I have done indoor fittings and outdoor fittings. If a driver didn’t give me numbers as good or better than my current driver it don’t get bought and if the numbers werent in the right range i didnt buy

What numbers?

Ditto

And also there are fittings and fittings - was this really a fitting or a demo day?  Big Difference there.  

I saw a respondent say he had a bad fitting at Golftec - I believe it because not all Golftec's are alike.  I was fit at my local Golftec last year and it was a great experience.  I particularly appreciated the follow up - by the time I had my driver in hand I knew it was what I was fit for.  So that's another possibility of the OP - have you brought the driver in to be sure that you got what was ordered?  The gap in technology between a R11 and Stealth 2 is so great that it is hard to imagine how you wouldn't see a benefit unless you were completely missfit, there were something wrong with the way the club was built or something has gone side ways with your swing - that happens too - I've been unhappy with a new set of irons that I purchased last summer - they were great at first and then I started having issued - had to be their fault, right?  

 

Not so fast there Indian, it was clearly me, I'm swinging much better and guess what.  All of a sudden the irons aren't so bad as I thought they were.  Actually there are pretty sweet - I'm glad I didn't sell them as I threatened to a couple of months ago.

 

Any way - I'm wondering if the driver came in differently from what was ordered.  

[NM01]

34 minutes ago, revkev said:

Ditto

And also there are fittings and fittings - was this really a fitting or a demo day?  Big Difference there.  

I saw a respondent say he had a bad fitting at Golftec - I believe it because not all Golftec's are alike.  I was fit at my local Golftec last year and it was a great experience.  I particularly appreciated the follow up - by the time I had my driver in hand I knew it was what I was fit for.  So that's another possibility of the OP - have you brought the driver in to be sure that you got what was ordered?  The gap in technology between a R11 and Stealth 2 is so great that it is hard to imagine how you wouldn't see a benefit unless you were completely missfit, there were something wrong with the way the club was built or something has gone side ways with your swing - that happens too - I've been unhappy with a new set of irons that I purchased last summer - they were great at first and then I started having issued - had to be their fault, right?  

 

Not so fast there Indian, it was clearly me, I'm swinging much better and guess what.  All of a sudden the irons aren't so bad as I thought they were.  Actually there are pretty sweet - I'm glad I didn't sell them as I threatened to a couple of months ago.

 

Any way - I'm wondering if the driver came in differently from what was ordered.  

Exactly. Not all fitters are good fittings and not all fittings are good fittings. Also what the golfer says to the fitter or doesn’t say plays a role in how the fitting goes and what the fitter has the golfer try.

Example saying I want more distance. That’s not too hard to do. Get spin down and launch up and total distance can increase over the current club. Doesn’t mean that launch and spin will be playable on the course.

[TylorJudd]

9 hours ago, GuessWho78 said:

I just had a fitting at Golftec. Honestly, I could not recommend it. I was getting fit for 3W and 3H. He only had me hit one head for each and only 1 shaft on each. The 3W had a driver shaft on it so I had to grip down on it. I've only been playing since July 2023, so I was kinda surprised that the head he had me hitting was the Qi 10 Tour for both 3W and hybrid. I only hit maybe 6 shots for each club. He then tried to sell me on both clubs. Overall, it was just a rather poor experience and waste of money.

I had a poor experience at GolfTec in 2022 and am going through refitting now with my local CPGA pro because of it