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RIP Jake 8/17/01-9/21/14
This year for my birthday my wife got a fitting with Tim Mosel in Denville, NJ http://www.timmosel.com/. Periodiucally he runs a $75 special for a set analysis/fitting. His shop is small but he has his launch monitor and bay in the back and all his club building equipment up front. He has a busy operation with many people stopping in while I was there (almost 2.5 hours).
He is a component builder and a big fan of Miura irons and Wishon woods and hybrids but will take OEM clubs and adjust to spec. for shafts he is a big fan of Matrix because for fitters they do flex by frequency and have upwards of 20 flexes to pinpoint the right shaft setup based on speed and loading. He said I was more of a swinger building speed via a smooth gradual swing vs a super aggressive hitter move. He uses a GolfAchiever II laser launch monitor for the analysis.
First up was irons and he actually has you hit his clubs that are built to his specs and will swap out clubs based on what he sees and gets for data. After about 30 balls (after warming up) across the three 5 irons (there were noticeable differences across the three clubs. After a short break I hit his driver (no knowledge of spec) but also compared it to the three drivers I had with me (in signature). He put the XL Custom in his frequency and told me the shaft was way too soft so that will be going in the marketplace. The Classic was frequency wise a bit stiff but I really like the head so I may have him put one of the recommended shafts in the head. Last was my Cobra which he about two degrees higher lofted than stamped but the NV-65 shaft I am using was right in the middle of the frequency he would put me in.
Because of THP we were able to have really educated conversations about the process and equipment etc. While explaining my results he put some of my stuff on his machines. Some interesting points:
My R flex 3W shaft is actually 30cpm stiffer than my driver shaft recommendation and I should go softer. My existing irons are only 1/4" long of his rec but the flex is actually by cpm senior though marked R.
HIS REC'S:
Undersized Grips (I wanted this going in)
Driver:
44" @ 12* actual loft with a 243cpm frequency shaft (his recommendations Matrix Kujoh 65W, Radix 7321, White Tie)
Irons:
38" 5-iron with KBS Tour 90 shafts at 287 cpm. 62* Lie angle.
Kujoh 85i or KBS Tour 90 shafts at 287 cpm.
The only full clubs he recommended was a 4H head built to 4i spec to go 4i distance because I am a little inconsistent with my 4i. Additionally he would have scrap my 3W and go with a 20* 5W to spec to fill the driver to 3H gap. His club prices are reasonable so I pose a question to the forum.
For the iron work specifically should I just reshaft and regrip my Burners (a few year old model that I bought last year for $349 new) for $50 a club or spend about $500-600 for a whole new set from him? I could always sell the burners to help defray the cost of the new clubs.
He is a component builder and a big fan of Miura irons and Wishon woods and hybrids but will take OEM clubs and adjust to spec. for shafts he is a big fan of Matrix because for fitters they do flex by frequency and have upwards of 20 flexes to pinpoint the right shaft setup based on speed and loading. He said I was more of a swinger building speed via a smooth gradual swing vs a super aggressive hitter move. He uses a GolfAchiever II laser launch monitor for the analysis.
First up was irons and he actually has you hit his clubs that are built to his specs and will swap out clubs based on what he sees and gets for data. After about 30 balls (after warming up) across the three 5 irons (there were noticeable differences across the three clubs. After a short break I hit his driver (no knowledge of spec) but also compared it to the three drivers I had with me (in signature). He put the XL Custom in his frequency and told me the shaft was way too soft so that will be going in the marketplace. The Classic was frequency wise a bit stiff but I really like the head so I may have him put one of the recommended shafts in the head. Last was my Cobra which he about two degrees higher lofted than stamped but the NV-65 shaft I am using was right in the middle of the frequency he would put me in.
Because of THP we were able to have really educated conversations about the process and equipment etc. While explaining my results he put some of my stuff on his machines. Some interesting points:
My R flex 3W shaft is actually 30cpm stiffer than my driver shaft recommendation and I should go softer. My existing irons are only 1/4" long of his rec but the flex is actually by cpm senior though marked R.
HIS REC'S:
Undersized Grips (I wanted this going in)
Driver:
44" @ 12* actual loft with a 243cpm frequency shaft (his recommendations Matrix Kujoh 65W, Radix 7321, White Tie)
Irons:
38" 5-iron with KBS Tour 90 shafts at 287 cpm. 62* Lie angle.
Kujoh 85i or KBS Tour 90 shafts at 287 cpm.
The only full clubs he recommended was a 4H head built to 4i spec to go 4i distance because I am a little inconsistent with my 4i. Additionally he would have scrap my 3W and go with a 20* 5W to spec to fill the driver to 3H gap. His club prices are reasonable so I pose a question to the forum.
For the iron work specifically should I just reshaft and regrip my Burners (a few year old model that I bought last year for $349 new) for $50 a club or spend about $500-600 for a whole new set from him? I could always sell the burners to help defray the cost of the new clubs.