CROUSE99

Sure, why not? The individual can decide if it is worth it to do another fitting. If the objection to the first fitting is because you may end up needing to do another fitting then you are making an economic decision. In that case, buy an inexpensive off the rack set and enjoy yourself. In my observation playing for 35 years, some folks will do whatever they can to improve. Some will do absolutely nothing to improve and still enjoy playing the game. I do think a high handicap player can benefit from a fitting.

Look at Sub 70. They have some nice forged irons that are well under $1000. Unfortunately, there aren’t many places that carry the fitting heads but you can order a couple of demo irons and try them for a couple of weeks for $20.

This is my first post in a very long time. I just went through a couple of fittings and have a set of G430’s. On the way. Fingers crossed that they work as well off grass as off a mat in a launch monitor. You mention getting inconsistent yardages. This is the big downside of GI and SGI irons. If you haven’t, go to the Cool Clubs website and watch their review videos using a swing robot. The front to back dispersion between the best strikes and the worst strikes is typically 20 yards or more with GI irons. I’m willing to work with that because my swing is inconsistent enough that I also get huge variables with players irons in the mid irons. However, my ball striking in the shorter irons is pretty consistent. I’m hoping that means I won’t get those huge variations in the short irons. We’ll see.

I need irons that are 2 to 3 degrees more upright than most manufacturers standard lies. In my case, swinging a club that is too flat definitely results in distance loss because of bad contact. As someone else said, the shaft can play a big role in how far you hit the club and, although it may be counter-intuitive, a lighter shaft does not always result in a faster swing.

That ball is designed to be low spin.

If shortening the shafts had a significant effect on distance, one length iron sets wouldn't work. I think you may simply have the wrong clubs for your swing. The 6 iron in that set has 24 degrees of loft, which would be a traditional 4 iron. I would think you would be better off having the lofts bent to get tighter gapping. Going just by the distances you get with your driver, you probably have tour level speed. I don't think you mentioned the shaft, but the stock stiff shaft in the Rogue X is a light weight KBS which I can't see matching someone with such a high swing speed. You might need a heavy weight x flex shaft.

The difficulty for me is moving my hips laterally without my entire body moving laterally. In other words, moving my head in front of the ball. For some of us, it is not a natural move at all. Perhaps by saying he wants to keep the right shoulder quiet, he is saying how do you move the hips without laterally without also moving the shoulders laterally?

My impression from reading about the SLDR is that the position of the center of gravity on the SLDR makes the effective loft lower than the stated loft. If that's the case, the 12 degree may play like a 10.5 degree. To the OP's question, I am a low ball hitter and have benefited from using higher lofted drivers. My TM R1 is set @ 12 degrees.