Yesterdays Fittings

Typhoon

Yesterday we were at Granite Links… incredible place and the range is like a nightclub. 4 hours we had probably 16 people. One of those days where everyone that came up had such ill fitted or outdated equipment. A lot of mini lessons given. Some people you can’t fit if the ball doesn’t go in the air. Most people buy, some people book a time and I can’t believe they don’t buy…. Don’t know why they sign up. This one guy had a Sim max driver with a smoke shaft in stiff. Ball speed 155, hitting it too high, too much spin and getting 270 total. Clubhead speed of 118. The set up I put him in….
Clubhead speed went to 125
Ball speed 180
Spin under 3000
Total distance 328

Didn’t buy anything, went back to his bay hitting moonballs with his GF

rsvman2

Typhoon Ridiculous.

sdandrea1

Typhoon Didn’t buy anything, went back to his bay hitting moonballs with his GF

He's gonna look for the same setup at Play It Again Sports 🤣

Par4QC

Typhoon getting 270 total. Clubhead speed of 118. The set up I put him in….
Clubhead speed went to 125

Total distance 328

Smart man, he was.
I'm not buying that shit either.

I've tried a ton of drivers/shaft combos through the years. Just going to say no club is going to do that for anyone.
This is a 'machine' putdown, not a 'fitter' putdown, btw.😉

garyt1957

Typhoon Didn’t buy anything, went back to his bay hitting moonballs with his GF

Then he went on the internet and bought a used model.

Sparky

Par4QC Smart man, he was.
I'm not buying that shit either.

I've tried a ton of drivers/shaft combos through the years. Just going to say no club is going to do that for anyone.

True for you..... because you have tried a ton. You know what kind of works.

I'm the same now. But 20 years ago I had my first fitting as I had a two week business trip with some time to kill, so I went to see Dana Upshaw. I was a 2 HDCP at the time, so I figured I would be pretty close to optimal. Nope, Dana was able to get me 25 more yards on the driver, 20 yds on the 5 iron, down to 10 yards on the wedges. I was using the completely wrong shafts for me (Project X), and switching to a Rifle 5.5 made that much difference.

I expect to see many people get a 20-25 yard improvement for their first fitting. After that, no.

Typhoon

Par4QC Machine …😂, ok Mr. Eastwood….

FYI, he hit both clubs on the same “machine” . And you know you can see the difference

Typhoon

garyt1957 Then he went on the internet and bought a used model.

He had no idea what he was hitting 🙄. He said ,”are you going to email me what I was hitting?”….. idiot…. Oh yeah, let me send you exactly what you were hitting so you DON’T buy it from me, yeah… that’s why I’m here.

Bravopilot

Sparky Agree based in your HDCP at the time--a well above average player. If I the average player (roughly 14) I don't know if me or the clubs. I assume part of a fitting has a lesson on there???

Par4QC

Sparky Did Dana have a 'machine' that showed all that, or did he take you outside? Did your speed increase a lot, in just several minutes?

I'd bet the fella that John had was skeptical of the machine, as I would be. jmo, but yes, you can gain distance, without that 7 mph in swingspeed. I'm assuming after the distance was seen, the machine just computed what 'should' be the speed. Even seeing the distance increase in actuality does not mean he was swinging that much faster. He was merely 'hitting;' better.

Sparky

Par4QC Did Dana have a 'machine' that showed all that, or did he take you outside? Did your speed increase a lot, in just several minutes?

Yep, a machine. Here was the 5 iron data. Swing speed was 2 mph higher, ball speed was up 5.8 mph. Spin was down 600. Carry distance went from 171.5 to 191.6. Same loft 5 iron. I was just launching the old 5 iron (Maltby M05 with PX 5.0) way too high and too much spin. Same loft/length on the new club (Golfsmith P2 and Rifle 5.0).

Bought those clubs and got the distances on the course that Dana showed.

Par4QC

Typhoon

Gained 7 mph speed just by using a different driver.......and 58 yds. in distance.......🤔and did not buy.....

I'm sorry you had Rex as a customer. 🤣

Typhoon

Par4QC Haha… yea he’d have been a Rex if he only thought 7 mph of “speed” did it.

garyt1957

Typhoon. You get me 58 yards and I'm buying on the spot, tipping you $100 and naming first born son after you.

Typhoon

garyt1957 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Par4QC

Typhoon 🤔Yeah must have been all the extra speed it gave me, the reason I got rid of the TM driver so quickly.
Didn't realize til now what I had.

Aren't you the ringmaster of those that say players are fools, when looking at new equipment for a better game???😲

Typhoon

The funny thing is 2 of the people I had I gave a mini lesson to because one guy couldn’t get it off the ground and the other was quick snap hooks into the ground. Both bought… set of irons and a driver.

backinit

The girlfriend was holding the money.

sdandrea1

backinit The girlfriend was holding the money.

Now THAT makes sense.

Typhoon

Par4QC Aren't you the ringmaster of those that say players are fools, when looking at new equipment for a better game???😲

Ringmaster of buying equipment that isn’t going to help them. Some people just keep buying blindly and it does nothing for them.

Would he get better and shoot lower scores? Maybe…. But there was proof of it being better, not just a blind purchase like he told me his Sim max was

DC300

Typhoon f… wish I was closer, I’d come let you find me 7 mph and proper numbers, I’ll buy.