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Several weeks ago I was browsing the PXG website looking at the gen1 irons because of the PXG for Heroes program and the discount for military and first responders. While browsing I noticed they were doing fittings in the area on 8/4 at TPC Potomac. Even though my normal fitter has an account and the full fitting setup from PXG I figured why not go the fitting with one of their reps and at a course that has hosted tour events including recently the Quicken Loans National. Didn’t know if I would ever get a chance to hit balls at their facilities so I sent in some info via the link.
I was playing phone tag with Ryan from PXG HQ about the fitting day and finally we linked up after a couple days. Based on the time of day they were going to be there it didn’t fit in with my work schedule and on call rotation. He mentioned they were looking to do a second one on 8/16 so I told him I could swing that day an once they confirmed to let me know. He called a few days later to confirm and setup the appointment.
I got a confirmation email with my appointment and then a follow up reminder the day before. Then the fitter emailed me the night before to introduce himself and to see if I had any questions about the gear or any concerns. I told him I was good and was looking forward to the fitting.
I left work 1/2 day early to beat traffic since the course is an area where DMV traffic can get hectic early on a Friday or really anytime some days. After grabbing lunch and driving around the area looking at some amazing houses I headed to the course. I got there about 15 mins early, went into the pro shop to check in and was given a cart to drive up to the range which is just down the road from the clubhouse and past the short game area. When I arrived at the range the fitter Doug (former TaylorMade fitter fit 15 years, came downs from NJ) was starting to get everything setup as he was running a little late due to previously mentioned traffic. I met him and he said feel free to warmup. While warming up Daniel the pro who I met with in the clubhouse had arrived at the range again to welcome me and make sure I was good to go with everything. He watched me warm up and provided some feedback to Doug about my ball flight and possible shaft choices. Shannon who is a local PXG rep arrived to help out (she’s not a fitter) as there were a few others coming in for fittings. She is a former college golfer and has worked in the golf industry in this area for several years.
After a few swings with my 9 and 7 irons I was ready to go. It was low 90s and a little humid do it didn’t take long to get warmed up. Doug asked which head I wanted to start with either the players or tour. I told him let’s start with the tour since I hit that in gen1 last year and liked it and then we can adjust from there. He used the Nippon modus 3 120s to start with. Numbers from a distance standpoint were good, balls speed in low to mid 120s, spin was a little high (7100-7200) for what Doug liked plus I hit a high ball (110-116’) so he wanted to see if we could bring both down. We moved to the kbs $ taper but numbers were pretty similar to the Nippon. We moved to the px 6.0 and sure enough spin came down into the 6800s and we maintained ball speed and distance and not much change in height, but we did get a more consistent ball path and miss. He threw in a px lz just to see numbers. We talked through about set makeup, some tweaks like mix set of different heads in the long irons and also whether if the fitting would translate into gen1 if I went that route vice the gen2, possibly hard stepping or strengthing loft if I wanted more distance (was hitting 7i consistently 170–172). After some more swings swapping shafts to confirm numbers as my swing was in a pretty good groove we settled on px 6.0 std length/loft/lie with players head in 4i and tour head in 5-p. Also decided to bite the bullet and get the gen2 so that we could blend the set.
After the fitting was over I was welcomed to stay and hit balls for as long as I wanted by both the PXG folks and Daniel so that I didn’t have to sit in traffic for 2 hours. I took advantage of this and tested some other PXG clubs including driver, xf iron head, a driving iron and the sugar daddy wedge.
I couldn’t take any pics as cell phones are prohibited on the range but here’s a few I got before and snuck in after my fitting
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I was playing phone tag with Ryan from PXG HQ about the fitting day and finally we linked up after a couple days. Based on the time of day they were going to be there it didn’t fit in with my work schedule and on call rotation. He mentioned they were looking to do a second one on 8/16 so I told him I could swing that day an once they confirmed to let me know. He called a few days later to confirm and setup the appointment.
I got a confirmation email with my appointment and then a follow up reminder the day before. Then the fitter emailed me the night before to introduce himself and to see if I had any questions about the gear or any concerns. I told him I was good and was looking forward to the fitting.
I left work 1/2 day early to beat traffic since the course is an area where DMV traffic can get hectic early on a Friday or really anytime some days. After grabbing lunch and driving around the area looking at some amazing houses I headed to the course. I got there about 15 mins early, went into the pro shop to check in and was given a cart to drive up to the range which is just down the road from the clubhouse and past the short game area. When I arrived at the range the fitter Doug (former TaylorMade fitter fit 15 years, came downs from NJ) was starting to get everything setup as he was running a little late due to previously mentioned traffic. I met him and he said feel free to warmup. While warming up Daniel the pro who I met with in the clubhouse had arrived at the range again to welcome me and make sure I was good to go with everything. He watched me warm up and provided some feedback to Doug about my ball flight and possible shaft choices. Shannon who is a local PXG rep arrived to help out (she’s not a fitter) as there were a few others coming in for fittings. She is a former college golfer and has worked in the golf industry in this area for several years.
After a few swings with my 9 and 7 irons I was ready to go. It was low 90s and a little humid do it didn’t take long to get warmed up. Doug asked which head I wanted to start with either the players or tour. I told him let’s start with the tour since I hit that in gen1 last year and liked it and then we can adjust from there. He used the Nippon modus 3 120s to start with. Numbers from a distance standpoint were good, balls speed in low to mid 120s, spin was a little high (7100-7200) for what Doug liked plus I hit a high ball (110-116’) so he wanted to see if we could bring both down. We moved to the kbs $ taper but numbers were pretty similar to the Nippon. We moved to the px 6.0 and sure enough spin came down into the 6800s and we maintained ball speed and distance and not much change in height, but we did get a more consistent ball path and miss. He threw in a px lz just to see numbers. We talked through about set makeup, some tweaks like mix set of different heads in the long irons and also whether if the fitting would translate into gen1 if I went that route vice the gen2, possibly hard stepping or strengthing loft if I wanted more distance (was hitting 7i consistently 170–172). After some more swings swapping shafts to confirm numbers as my swing was in a pretty good groove we settled on px 6.0 std length/loft/lie with players head in 4i and tour head in 5-p. Also decided to bite the bullet and get the gen2 so that we could blend the set.
After the fitting was over I was welcomed to stay and hit balls for as long as I wanted by both the PXG folks and Daniel so that I didn’t have to sit in traffic for 2 hours. I took advantage of this and tested some other PXG clubs including driver, xf iron head, a driving iron and the sugar daddy wedge.
I couldn’t take any pics as cell phones are prohibited on the range but here’s a few I got before and snuck in after my fitting
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk