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Driver Fittings are a MUST

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By rlgosnell,
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golfro Great Member

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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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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)
Wedges: 52*...

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golfro Great Member

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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.

DST Tour 9.5 Diamana Whiteboard
909F3 15* 3 FW stock Aldila Voodoo
909F3 18* 5 FW stock Aldila Voodoo
'09 X-Forged 3-PW Project-X 6.0 Flighted
CG15 56* X-Tour 60* Abaco

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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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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*...

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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*...

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soloredd Dedicated Member

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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

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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
'09 X-Forged 3-PW Project-X 6.0 Flighted
CG15 56* X-Tour 60* Abaco

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soloredd Dedicated Member

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

Tough crowd.

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Ruckus Well Established Member

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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.
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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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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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