Got fitted for irons today and made an order

Went to the local range to get fitted for irons this morning. This was the first time I had been fitted for clubs, my last set being right off the shelf. I had made my swing fit the clubs and it was time to change that.

I was originally looking at: X-22, X-22 tour, Burners, Burner TP. I hit the Burners and we fitted the shaft and lie first on those clubs. Then I hit the others, but wasn't really impressed with any of those. Hit all of Nikes clubs and liked their blades, but I wasn't real consistent with them.Then I tried Cobras forged CB irons and that was something I liked. Then we moved to Titleist and tried the AP-2 and ZM. I didn't hit the AP-2 well and I hit the ZMs better. At that point I determined I must have forged irons.

So he pulled the Titleist ZB out on a Project-X shaft and it was good, but ball flight was too high. So he switched shafts to the Nippon Pro launch and it got better. Ball flight was still a little high, but I hit the ZB better then anything else. It had just enough bad feel on mishits, but still got the ball out there. This was the only club that I didn't have any nasty hits off of. When I hit that head/shaft combo a few time, it was obvious what was best for me. He checked the lie again to make sure it had stayed the same.

I ended up ordering 4-W set of the ZBs with 2 deg upright and 1" longer shaft for a 4 deg upright lie. Nippon Pro launch 100 shafts, stiff flex. To lower my ball flight a little, he decided to lower the loft by 2 deg on each club. I ordered the Tour Velvet cord grips in red +1/16" grip size.

The club fitting was free if I ordered through them, so it cost $693 for the set, plus tax. They should be in when I get back from vacation next Thursday.

I recommended everyone get fitted for clubs. The models I wanted, I ended up not hitting well. I didn't think I was good enough for forged clubs, but I hit them the best and they felt the best to me by far. You'll never know how easy a club can be to hit until you have it fit to your swing. I'll never buy off the rack clubs again. Can't wait to play again when I get them in.

where did you go for the fitting?

A local driving range that does club fitting.

What range did you go to man? The range by me is like a 15 minute ordeal....

Sounds like your fitting was very detailed.

Was it the range that Bob Van Sweden works at?

Ya know I was thinking of going to golftec just because they were big etc. But the guy at my local range here in Honolulu is super cool, quick, and good with what I've given him so far. I asked about fitting and he said dynamic putter and irons fitting was only $60! I forget the prices on the driver fitting and other things they do but it seemed really reasonable to me.

It was as US1 Golf Center in Rockledge.

The whole process took about 2 hours. It could have ended earlier, but it happened that the best head for me was the last one we tried.

You got a pretty good deal on those irons too by the way... Don't they retail for like 900 bucks?

Yeah, I somehow ended up getting them for $100 less, including tax, then I could have gotten them from Golfsmith for. He charged me $99 per club. I was expecting to pay $800 for them because I wasn't getting a 3 iron and was pleasently surprised when he told me the final price.