70sSanO
Active member
I just got back from a trip to the Callaway Golf Performance Center in Carlsbad. This was the first time I have gotten fit for clubs and it was a fantastic experience!
I was looking to upgrade from my Wilson Ci7 irons I had been using for a number of years. I made the appointment 6 weeks ago and that gave me a lot of time to try out a lot of different irons so that by the time I got there I had some idea what would fit my game.
I have never been a long hitter and after partially tearing a couple of my rotator cuff tendons mountain biking, I had lost even more length. The injury has resulted in an abbreviated backswing. Add to that my age of 64 years and my quest was centered around finding higher launching easy to hit irons.
My fitter was Amy who spent a lot of time going over the whole process and the numbers. I hit a number of irons and shaft combinations and lengths and compared the data as I went along. I wasn’t really looking to replace my driver but we also ran numbers between my G30 driver and the Callaway BB and XR16 drivers. There wasn’t really an improvement to warrant a switch, plus I am still working out a lot of swing kinks on my long game.
In the end I ordered a set of XR-OS irons with Project X graphite shafts (-1/2”) in 5i-SW. I could not be happier and I want to thank everyone who continually posts about the virtues of getting fit. I know that sometimes it takes a lot of those posts to finally sink in, but… thank you!
As for the numbers… while I admit that there have been advances in technology, I have pretty much felt that most of the distance improvements were the direct result of de-lofting clubs and lengthening lighter shafts. But I can say for a fact that I was wrong.
I know these numbers are pretty paltry for a lot of you, but for my shortened swing and dinged shoulder, I was quite pleased:
Wilson Ci7 32* 7 iron at about 70mph club head speed gave me less than 130 yard carry.
Callaway XR-OS 31.5* 7 iron at 73mph club head speed gave me almost 145 yard carry. The Callaway shaft was probably about 20 grams lighter, but it was also 3/4” inch shorter than the Ci7 and the lofts were nearly identical. Some improvement has to be credited to properly fit clubs.
A trip to Phil’s BBQ afterwards capped the end of a perfect day.
John
I was looking to upgrade from my Wilson Ci7 irons I had been using for a number of years. I made the appointment 6 weeks ago and that gave me a lot of time to try out a lot of different irons so that by the time I got there I had some idea what would fit my game.
I have never been a long hitter and after partially tearing a couple of my rotator cuff tendons mountain biking, I had lost even more length. The injury has resulted in an abbreviated backswing. Add to that my age of 64 years and my quest was centered around finding higher launching easy to hit irons.
My fitter was Amy who spent a lot of time going over the whole process and the numbers. I hit a number of irons and shaft combinations and lengths and compared the data as I went along. I wasn’t really looking to replace my driver but we also ran numbers between my G30 driver and the Callaway BB and XR16 drivers. There wasn’t really an improvement to warrant a switch, plus I am still working out a lot of swing kinks on my long game.
In the end I ordered a set of XR-OS irons with Project X graphite shafts (-1/2”) in 5i-SW. I could not be happier and I want to thank everyone who continually posts about the virtues of getting fit. I know that sometimes it takes a lot of those posts to finally sink in, but… thank you!
As for the numbers… while I admit that there have been advances in technology, I have pretty much felt that most of the distance improvements were the direct result of de-lofting clubs and lengthening lighter shafts. But I can say for a fact that I was wrong.
I know these numbers are pretty paltry for a lot of you, but for my shortened swing and dinged shoulder, I was quite pleased:
Wilson Ci7 32* 7 iron at about 70mph club head speed gave me less than 130 yard carry.
Callaway XR-OS 31.5* 7 iron at 73mph club head speed gave me almost 145 yard carry. The Callaway shaft was probably about 20 grams lighter, but it was also 3/4” inch shorter than the Ci7 and the lofts were nearly identical. Some improvement has to be credited to properly fit clubs.
A trip to Phil’s BBQ afterwards capped the end of a perfect day.
John