Annhl8rX
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I’ll be brief with the background. I’ve been playing for close to a decade and am still terrible. Breaking 100 is a great day for me. I’ve recently been taking lessons, which have been helpful. My instructor has also confirmed what I’ve always really known, which is that off the rack clubs aren’t even close to right for me (I’m 6’4” and awkward as all get out). They have also revealed that I have high club head speeds and my R flex shafts are also probably drastically wrong for me. So I went for an iron fitting today.
I did the fitting with PXG since I qualify for their Heroes program. I warmed up with my own clubs, and was hitting the ball terribly. Mostly tops with a chunk mixed in here and there. I just couldn’t find a consistent bottom (which isn’t unheard of for me but has become pretty rare). It was one of those deals where if I had just been at the range I would have left half my bucket there and come back on another day.
Once the fitting started, nothing changed. I was just hitting poor shot after poor shot. Every now and then I’d make good contact, but nothing consistent. We tried a bunch of different options, and he finally settled on one for me. It was the 0211 heads with X-stiff C Taper shafts +1” and 1* upright.
I didn’t walk away with any confidence that I’d hit the ball any better with those than my current clubs though. It definitely didn’t convince me I need to drop a grand on them.
Is there anything I can take away from this? Should I write it off as time wasted and keep plugging away with what I’ve got?
Ideally I’d like to get fit by somebody offering different makes, but I don’t want to pay a bunch of money for a fitting just to show up and have another terrible day that doesn’t result in any useful data. So, how does a terrible golfer find the right clubs?
I did the fitting with PXG since I qualify for their Heroes program. I warmed up with my own clubs, and was hitting the ball terribly. Mostly tops with a chunk mixed in here and there. I just couldn’t find a consistent bottom (which isn’t unheard of for me but has become pretty rare). It was one of those deals where if I had just been at the range I would have left half my bucket there and come back on another day.
Once the fitting started, nothing changed. I was just hitting poor shot after poor shot. Every now and then I’d make good contact, but nothing consistent. We tried a bunch of different options, and he finally settled on one for me. It was the 0211 heads with X-stiff C Taper shafts +1” and 1* upright.
I didn’t walk away with any confidence that I’d hit the ball any better with those than my current clubs though. It definitely didn’t convince me I need to drop a grand on them.
Is there anything I can take away from this? Should I write it off as time wasted and keep plugging away with what I’ve got?
Ideally I’d like to get fit by somebody offering different makes, but I don’t want to pay a bunch of money for a fitting just to show up and have another terrible day that doesn’t result in any useful data. So, how does a terrible golfer find the right clubs?