Fitting: Which One Should I Do?

[klineka]

  On 2/27/2019 at 6:26 PM, Cantankerish said:

How important is the look of the club, really?

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That's going to vary by the individual, but personally it matters quite a bit for me. If I'm going to spend $1,000 for a set of new irons for $500 for a new driver you better believe I'm going to buy ones that I like to look at.

I'd much rather take driver X that I love the look of that carries 265 yds with a 40 yd dispersion over driver Y that I cant stand the look of but carries 270 with a 37 yd dispersion.

 

[Cantankerish]

  On 2/27/2019 at 6:37 PM, klineka said:

That's going to vary by the individual, but personally it matters quite a bit for me. If I'm going to spend $1,000 for a set of new irons for $500 for a new driver you better believe I'm going to buy ones that I like to look at.

I'd much rather take driver X that I love the look of that carries 265 yds with a 40 yd dispersion over driver Y that I cant stand the look of but carries 270 with a 37 yd dispersion.

 

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Wow.  I did not expect to read that response.  I suppose we are just different in that sense.

I will gladly use a beat up old driver with "Joe's big toe" scratched on the head that gets 1% better results for me with pink golf balls that get 0.5% better results for me even if I have to listen to the snickering of my mate in the golf cart for all 18 holes.

Honestly, I might change my mind if I ever get to the point of having your index.  At the moment, there is no room for pride in my bag.

[3jacker]

Really?  I remember when the square driver heads came out, my buddy from a major publication tried to give me one to try out.  Nope.  Nope. Nope.  Get it out of here, and if you play with that thing I'll be looking the other way.  Then when he hit it sounded like men's league softball...God what a turd it was.  But it did perform (not better, thank God). I'm glad that idea fizzled relatively quickly.  

But that's just me. I have passed on many excellent clubs that I just can't stand the looks of. Too many good choices out there to go with something you don't like the looks of.

Then there were the Cleveland VAS irons. I'd rather quit the game than play those things:

Edited February 28, 2019 by 3jacker

[billchao]

  On 2/26/2019 at 8:56 PM, chspeed said:

For anyone curious, Trackman data is below. All 7 iron. Followed by the specs. "Gamer" is my current 10 year-old Mizuno MP-58s. One thing that really struck me is how poor my swing consistency was (even the fitter agreed). I hit some balls pretty well, but they would be followed by some terrible swings. The reality is, this happens on the course too, so I guess the numbers are somewhat representative. However, choosing specs based on a data set that is so widely dispersed with a relatively small number of swings seems like it could be off.

 

 

Specs:

JPX 919 HM

5-PW

2 UP

2 WEAK

STND LIE

MOD 105 REG

STND GRIP

52 AND 56 TO 57 F VOKEY TO MATCH

 

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I agree with @klineka. The G410 seems to perform better for you. The JPX919HM, if I'm looking at it correctly, doesn't look much different from your current gamers if you throw out the two outliers.

  On 2/26/2019 at 9:40 PM, chspeed said:

I happened to be swinging better and hit fewer shots during that stretch. But yes, those numbers were good.

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The G410s should be slightly more forgiving than the JPX919. Your stretch of "good swings" might actually be the club doing what it's designed to do.

That said....

  On 2/26/2019 at 9:40 PM, chspeed said:

I don't like their looks nearly as much though.

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This matters. Buy/play what you like.

  On 2/27/2019 at 6:26 PM, Cantankerish said:

How important is the look of the club, really?

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Depends on the person. Some care a lot, some don't at all. If looks didn't matter, player's clubs wouldn't all look so "traditional."

Personally I'd rather have a set of clubs I like looking at than save 0.5 strokes per round.

[chspeed]

  On 2/28/2019 at 4:07 PM, billchao said:

The G410s should be slightly more forgiving than the JPX919. Your stretch of "good swings" might actually be the club doing what it's designed to do.

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Definitely possible. For now, I'm sticking with my current irons. I'll try some other game improvement irons that look better to me when I get a chance.

 

  On 2/28/2019 at 4:07 PM, billchao said:

Personally I'd rather have a set of clubs I like looking at than save 0.5 strokes per round. 

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Same here. It's not like I do this for a living.

Edited February 28, 2019 by chspeed