Real eye opener.

[buteman]

I went for a fitting for Ping irons yesterday,,three hours and twenty minutes later we ( the club fitter and I ) had not come up with an iron that we were comfortable with.

He took the video of my swing and talk about ugly,,,yes my swing sure was ugly,,,looking at it I wondered out loud how I could hold my nine handicap with that swing.

The fitter laughed at that remark and told me he's seen players with a much worse golf swing that had lower handicaps than mine.

Oh sure he liked my grip, my setup and my takeaway that was really solid but once I got to waist high I flattened my swing,,,made a good turn okay but barely cleared my left hip on the downswing and had what he called a " chicken wing " at impact,,,,not good at all.

The fitter advised that we tweek my swing before we move on and fit me with a good set of Pings, anyone ever had a struggle correcting a flat swing or had issues clearing the left hip on the downswing ??

[james_hirshfield]

everything and anything can be corrected. Just need to know the correct information in the right order.

This is part of the reason so many irons are TOO many degrees upright, even for people that AREN'T tall.