Soo... I went to get my clubs fitted today...

[shaank0]

As the subject says I went to get my clubs fitted. I am 5'6 and i think my wrist to floor length is 32 if i remember correctly. From what i gathered i needed an inch taken off my clubs and my lie of them need to be -3 degrees.

He says this all depends because of where the head is at impact. Which makes sense to me i guess so he said we were just going to cut the length down.

So i go in there he has me warm up by hitting 30 balls or so. while i am doing this I explain that i feel i have adjusted my swing more upright because of having to lift the club to be flat yada yada yada... So right away he tells me my clubs aren't really forgiving and that hitting the sweet spot is key. ( I am thinking Duh!!!) So he puts the tape on 6 of my clubs and i hit 5 balls or so each off them.
I started with my longer irons down to my pitching wedge. I hit dead nuts on the sweet spot with my 3 iron (which was my best ball striking out of all of them.) Going through the clubs i didn't make any crazy mishits but i did stray a little in the middle when i was getting tired from hitting right after another. Now i also want to say this was my first time hitting balls since mid November.
after observing he measures wrist length and tells me my shaft flex is good for my irons which are Regular and that we will start by cutting i believe an inch of the clubs and see how that goes.

Now i start asking questions about my driver and 3,5 wood. my driver is a regular flex shaft which i hit avg of 265. He says the shaft flex is good ( i wanted to goto a stiff shaft.)

my 3 and 5 wood are spine aligned with prolaunch shafts, hella heavy and hella stiff ( i bought them for 100.00 all together couldnt pass that deal up)

So i asked about re aligning the shaft so they were not spine aligned and he said we will just cut them down and see how it goes (These clubs are the hardest for me to hit. When i play i just dont feel comfortable hitting them unless teed up they just feel so stiff and heavy.)

but i go in tommorow to hit some balls again and see if we need to adjust the lie of the clubs.

My question to you guys is this a similar experience when you had your clubs fitted?

[luckyluke699]

Nope, when I went for club fitting I didn't get anywhere near as much attention as you did there! Needless to say I won't be going back to the same shop for fitting again!!

[rebby]

2 questions for ya...

- Did you do anything to adjust swingweight after cutting the irons down? Cutting an inch off the shaft can drop the swingweight by as much as 6 points (ie: D2 to C6). Depending on how low the swingweight ends up, it could be difficult to "feel" the club head. You might want to try to some lead tape and/or lighter grips to help offset this. Cutting the shafts down will also soften the flex just a hair, this might prove to be a good thing in your fairway woods.

- Why would you want to spin the shafts in your fairway woods? Spine aligning is a good thing. All of my clubs (save my putter) have been spine aligned and I wouldn't get another set that wasn't.

Good luck with your fittings. Having a set of clubs that is fit to you and your swing is the best thing that you can do w/equipment. Just be sure to understand all of the things that are affected by simple modifications and account for them accordingly. In the end, you'll have your ideal set.

[shaank0]

2 questions for ya...

The shafts being spine align allows for a very stiff shaft from what I have read. The Guy said I should be in regular. So i am com back to test the clubs out and make the necessary adjustments. Thanks for the wieght statement I will ask about it

[shaank0]

I just got back from the place I got fitted from (dicks sporting goods) and they had me hit more balls. He had to adjust he lie of my clubs -3degrees and bam I'm hitting fantastic. I asked about the.the weight and flex Jeff said its spot on for my swing speed and such so I am majorly happy. The biggest surprise was my feel to the putter. It was 35" he cut it to 33 1/2" and a oversized grip I love it I feel so much more stable and control over it. Driver was cut down an 1 1/2" and its a lot more stiff and feels great. Big props to dicks sports in Brighton for any michigan people looking to get fitted

[MikeLowry5]

I'd love to get my clubs fitted for me. I have thought about doing it but am not sure where to go here in STL. I'd prefer someone that will take a good amount of time out, give me an idea of what my swing speed, ball speed, ball spin, etc are. For all I know I could be swinging the club at 95MPH or 110MPH and even if I did I'd have no idea what flex, torque, kickpoint to choose.

If anyone out there knows of anywhere I could go in STL that I wouldn't have to swing in front of alot of people and take some time out for a detailed fitting I'd really appreciate it. I've hit a few irons with the PX Flighted shafts and would love to try them out with my irons and I'd like to have all of the clubs fitted with the Iomic white grips as well.

[rebby]

The shafts being spine align allows for a very stiff shaft from what I have read.

Flex is not affected much by upon alignment. Once the shaft flex has been determined and tipped accordingly, you can affect flex a little bit depending on how/where you align the spin of the shaft. This is going to have a very minimal affect however, likely not enough to notice much of a difference in stiffness. Depending on how your shafts where aligned, they may be playing to their "soft" side already.