Yesterday, I had the pleasure of doing a Club Champion complete long game fitting at the Cleveland location. My goals for the fitting were to be fit for a new driver, fairway woods, and possibly a hybrid. When I time up with my current driver, a GBB Epic with a Fujikura Pro Green shaft in stiff, the ball goes forever, but the dispersion was crazy wide, so I really wanted to tighten that up.
I arrived about 15 minutes early and met my fitter Mike Snodgrass. While I warmed up using my 6 iron, we went over the current clubs in my bag, my fitting history with them, how I perform with them, and my goals for the fitting. During my warm up, Mike told me straight away that I had the wrong shaft in my driver, as I was swinging in the upper 90s, and my current shaft wasn't stable enough for my swing speed. To get a proper baseline, I hit my current driver a few times.
As you'll see on the dispersion chart, my gamer was all over the place. Mike wanted to lower my spin, while maintaining enough launch, to maximize my carry while increasing consistency. We tried a few shafts in my gamer before settling on the Fujijura Ventus Blue 6x. I told Mike that in the past, I have had a major mental block when it comes to XStiff shafts, as I could not get along with the feel, and I never felt I could load the shaft properly. This was not a problem with the Ventus Blue. If he would have handed me the shaft blind, I would have guessed it was a stiff flex, which proved to be good for me. After settling on the shaft, we tried a number of heads: Callaway Epic Speed and Epic Max LS, Taylormade Sim2, Cobra RAD Speed and Rad Speed XB (the peacoat color is *chefs kiss*), Mizuno ST-Z, and PING G425 LST. The ballspeed from the Cobra drivers was incredible, keeping up with the Epic Max LS, but the spin was more ideal for me with the Callaway driver, which helped the dispersion as well. We settled on the Epic Max LS. The combination with the shaft helped me deliver the clubhead more efficiently, and every shot was a draw. Love it.
I arrived about 15 minutes early and met my fitter Mike Snodgrass. While I warmed up using my 6 iron, we went over the current clubs in my bag, my fitting history with them, how I perform with them, and my goals for the fitting. During my warm up, Mike told me straight away that I had the wrong shaft in my driver, as I was swinging in the upper 90s, and my current shaft wasn't stable enough for my swing speed. To get a proper baseline, I hit my current driver a few times.
As you'll see on the dispersion chart, my gamer was all over the place. Mike wanted to lower my spin, while maintaining enough launch, to maximize my carry while increasing consistency. We tried a few shafts in my gamer before settling on the Fujijura Ventus Blue 6x. I told Mike that in the past, I have had a major mental block when it comes to XStiff shafts, as I could not get along with the feel, and I never felt I could load the shaft properly. This was not a problem with the Ventus Blue. If he would have handed me the shaft blind, I would have guessed it was a stiff flex, which proved to be good for me. After settling on the shaft, we tried a number of heads: Callaway Epic Speed and Epic Max LS, Taylormade Sim2, Cobra RAD Speed and Rad Speed XB (the peacoat color is *chefs kiss*), Mizuno ST-Z, and PING G425 LST. The ballspeed from the Cobra drivers was incredible, keeping up with the Epic Max LS, but the spin was more ideal for me with the Callaway driver, which helped the dispersion as well. We settled on the Epic Max LS. The combination with the shaft helped me deliver the clubhead more efficiently, and every shot was a draw. Love it.