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Driver Fittings are a MUST

rlgosnell

By rlgosnell,
in Clubs, Grips, Shafts, Fitting

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golfro Great Member

golfro

  scgolf said:
How much did you pay for that fitting? It sounds like in a local pro shop doing for club fittings where they do them exclusively for living. My buddy's son has worked in that kind pro shop for period of time, the shop is just plainly fitting clubs for you. It doesn't sell golf balls, gloves etc.

no...thats what a typical driver fitting is at just about any shops around where i live...

and its free (if you buy the driver or shaft there)...or at the most $30, if you don't buy from them.

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scgolf Member

scgolf

  golfro said:
no...thats what a typical driver fitting is at just about any shops around where i live...

At GolfSmith?

Driver: Cleveland Launcher 9.5* (UST Proforce V2 65 R)
#3, #5, #7 and #9 Wood: Cleveland Launcher (Cleveland Gold, UST Proforce and Grafalloy ProLaunch regular shaft)
Hybrid irons: 5-6, Adams (Graphite Design YS+ Graphite R)
Irons: 7-PW, Adams Tech OS Hybrid (True Temper GS75 steel R)
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golfro Great Member

golfro

  scgolf said:
At GolfSmith?

i went to Golf Galaxy. spent a good hour or so hitting a bunch of different drivers with different shaft combinations that they already had prepped. Albeit, they didn't have the exact combo with the driver head but the important part was comparing the numbers from the shaft changes, which is drastic difference from one shaft to another. had 2 guys helping me out. went to pay and they said just pay for the shaft and called it good.

only time i got charged was when I got fitted for my irons, they charged me $30 for fitting since I didn't buy the irons there. If you buy the irons there, they'll do the fitting for free.

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909F3 18* 5 FW stock Aldila Voodoo
'09 X-Forged 3-PW Project-X 6.0 Flighted
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IcemanYVR Dedicated Member

IcemanYVR

  scgolf said:
How much did you pay for that fitting? It sounds like in a local pro shop doing for club fittings where they do them exclusively for living. My buddy's son has worked in that kind of pro shop for period of time, the shop is just plainly fitting clubs for you. It doesn't sell golf balls, gloves etc.

It was free, and it was done by a major club manufacturer, not a store. I was fit by their tour van, at the time, arranged for me by a friend who played on the Nationwide Tour.

I wouldn't get it done at a golf store, or trust the accuracy of their equipment. Paying $100 for a proper fitting... totally worth it if it helps or improves your game.

Cheers, Allan

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scgolf Member

scgolf

  golfro said:
i went to Golf Galaxy. spent a good hour or so hitting a bunch of different drivers with different shaft combinations that they already had prepped. Albeit, they didn't have the exact combo with the driver head but the important part was comparing the numbers from the shaft changes, which is drastic difference from one shaft to another. had 2 guys helping me out. went to pay and they said just pay for the shaft and called it good.

Golf Galaxy, that's nice.

Driver: Cleveland Launcher 9.5* (UST Proforce V2 65 R)
#3, #5, #7 and #9 Wood: Cleveland Launcher (Cleveland Gold, UST Proforce and Grafalloy ProLaunch regular shaft)
Hybrid irons: 5-6, Adams (Graphite Design YS+ Graphite R)
Irons: 7-PW, Adams Tech OS Hybrid (True Temper GS75 steel R)
Wedges: 52*...


scgolf Member

scgolf

  IcemanYVR said:
It was free, and it was done by a major club manufacturer, not a store. I was fit by their tour van, at the time, arranged for me by a friend who played on the Nationwide Tour.

I agree with that.

Driver: Cleveland Launcher 9.5* (UST Proforce V2 65 R)
#3, #5, #7 and #9 Wood: Cleveland Launcher (Cleveland Gold, UST Proforce and Grafalloy ProLaunch regular shaft)
Hybrid irons: 5-6, Adams (Graphite Design YS+ Graphite R)
Irons: 7-PW, Adams Tech OS Hybrid (True Temper GS75 steel R)
Wedges: 52*...


soloredd Dedicated Member

soloredd

My driver fitting was not even close to the described experience. I spent hundreds of dollars at the driving range over about 3 years working with just this one Callaway driver. I adjusted my grip, gripping down (taking off 1/2"), playing it further up in stance, blah blah blah. Now it's one of the most confident clubs in my bag!

In all seriousness, I hit my driver roughly 10 times a round, it's the last club I'm going to go changing out all the time, spending money and frustration trying to find something that "feels good that day". Maybe I'm just being cynical.

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golfro Great Member

golfro

  soloredd said:
My driver fitting was not even close to the described experience. I spent hundreds of dollars at the driving range over about 3 years working with just this one Callaway driver. I adjusted my grip, gripping down (taking off 1/2"), playing it further up in stance, blah blah blah. Now it's one of the most confident clubs in my bag!

So what was your driver fitting experience like? What you described is just practicing.

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909F3 18* 5 FW stock Aldila Voodoo
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soloredd Dedicated Member

soloredd

  golfro said:
So what was your driver fitting experience like? What you described is just practicing.

Tough crowd.

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Ruckus Well Established Member

Ruckus

I don't get the hostility. The dude plays to a 13, he is not on tour. If his fitting yielded a driver that improves his game, who gives a damn how much he was charged or how many shaft combinations he tried. If he is happy with his fitting, then it is an experience worth sharing.

sean_miller Incredible Member

sean_miller

  Ruckus said:
I don't get the hostility. The dude plays to a 13, he is not on tour. If his fitting yielded a driver that improves his game, who gives a damn how much he was charged or how many shaft combinations he tried. If he is happy with his fitting, then it is an experience worth sharing.

Dude starts a thread titled something is "a MUST" even though he didn't actually experience the thing that he's posting about. Semantics.

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tws1098 Dedicated Member

tws1098

  sean_miller said:
Dude starts a thread titled something is "a MUST" even though he didn't actually experience the thing that he's posting about. Semantics.

agreed, it was basically a demo session in which he went with a stock club that worked that day.

Now don't get me wrong, as posted many many times, it certaintly pays to demo clubs, but that is not a fitting.

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