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Please bear with me, this is probably going to be a bit long.
Well, I had my iron fitting at Club Champion earlier this week, another great experience, but still has me coming away asking questions. I was at the Sacramento (Roseville), CA store, first appointment of the day, on the second day of business after being closed due to the state Covid-19 shutdown. My fitter, Rob Weizer, was great. We talked a bit about my game, my clubs, my preferences, and my expectations. I let him know that I’m a bit intrigued with hollow body irons, and brand interests include Srixon, Cleveland, Mizuno, and Ben Hogan, but I’m there to see what works best, so no strong allegiance to any particular brand.
After a brief warmup, and hitting some baseline shots with my current 6-iron, we got started with the Callaway Mavrik. Going with graphite shafts, starting light weight and moving towards the heavier end, settled in really well with the Aerotech Steelfiber i95, which I think was the fourth shaft we tried. I hit the Mavrik pretty well with that shaft, but nothing special. So now to the other heads, Ping G710, Taylormade P790, Wilson D7, Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220, and Honma XP-1. The best results were with the Honma, with the P790 not too far behind. During the process Rob eliminated a couple heads he had taken out based on what he was seeing, and I asked about the Cleveland UHX, but he didn’t bring it out.
So it looks like the Honma is the way to go, hit a couple of times on the lie-board to verify that, and then I asked if I could try a few more heads just to satisfy my curiosity, the Mizuno MP-20 HMB and JPX 919 HMP, and the Hogan PTxPro. Just a few swings with each, just did okay with the HMB and PTxPro, but pretty good wit the Hot Metal Pro.
So Rob works up the quote for the Honma Xp-1 with the Steelfiber i95 shafts, and of course the expected sticker shock was not disappointing, out the door for a shade under $2500 for 4 – PW. I let him know that the quote is just a bit above my intended budget, and that I'd need to really go over the data to satisfy my need to over analyze everything. I asked him to email meal the data, and thanked him for a great experience.
More to follow .........
Well, I had my iron fitting at Club Champion earlier this week, another great experience, but still has me coming away asking questions. I was at the Sacramento (Roseville), CA store, first appointment of the day, on the second day of business after being closed due to the state Covid-19 shutdown. My fitter, Rob Weizer, was great. We talked a bit about my game, my clubs, my preferences, and my expectations. I let him know that I’m a bit intrigued with hollow body irons, and brand interests include Srixon, Cleveland, Mizuno, and Ben Hogan, but I’m there to see what works best, so no strong allegiance to any particular brand.
After a brief warmup, and hitting some baseline shots with my current 6-iron, we got started with the Callaway Mavrik. Going with graphite shafts, starting light weight and moving towards the heavier end, settled in really well with the Aerotech Steelfiber i95, which I think was the fourth shaft we tried. I hit the Mavrik pretty well with that shaft, but nothing special. So now to the other heads, Ping G710, Taylormade P790, Wilson D7, Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220, and Honma XP-1. The best results were with the Honma, with the P790 not too far behind. During the process Rob eliminated a couple heads he had taken out based on what he was seeing, and I asked about the Cleveland UHX, but he didn’t bring it out.
So it looks like the Honma is the way to go, hit a couple of times on the lie-board to verify that, and then I asked if I could try a few more heads just to satisfy my curiosity, the Mizuno MP-20 HMB and JPX 919 HMP, and the Hogan PTxPro. Just a few swings with each, just did okay with the HMB and PTxPro, but pretty good wit the Hot Metal Pro.
So Rob works up the quote for the Honma Xp-1 with the Steelfiber i95 shafts, and of course the expected sticker shock was not disappointing, out the door for a shade under $2500 for 4 – PW. I let him know that the quote is just a bit above my intended budget, and that I'd need to really go over the data to satisfy my need to over analyze everything. I asked him to email meal the data, and thanked him for a great experience.
More to follow .........