So, @PhillyV took some video of part of my driver fitting while at ECPC and I wanted to share the video and writeup from my fitting since this was my first ever fitting. It was really cool to see how the fitting worked and to hear the fitter's (John) feedback based on what he was seeing and what I was doing and what I was used to. Yes there are some bad shots, haha. My swing wasn't the best that day, but the fitting was amazing and although the video is only of part of the driver fitting, I have broken down each part of the fitting in my writeup and what I was fit into. This writeup was written right after the event. Hope you all enjoy and can at least get some insight into what the fitting was like for me.
Fitting Review
Fitter: John
The fitting experience was absolutely amazing. This was my first fitting and it was very interesting to go back and forth and him listening to what was in my bag currently and what he recommended. Getting to see my numbers (Spin Rates, Launch Angles, Distances) and here what a normal range was and what the pros have for those numbers was really cool. Switching between shafts and lies on the on the drivers, fairway woods, and hybrid was really cool and was interesting to see the difference in my shot shape and numbers and watch them get into normal range just on the changes. John was an amazing fitter and he didn’t pressure me into clubs. He was very transparent with me and told me what seemed to be working and what didn’t. He asked what I had in my bag and my current setup and then suggested clubs. Below you will find my comments on each club. We started with irons, then went to driver, then fairway woods and lastly hybrid.
Driver: This driver (Callaway EPIC Flash) is hot off the face and very very forgiving. We started with the shaft I had currently in my TM M1 (Project X Black 6.0) and he asked me my settings which were half way between draw and neutral. I also told him my shot shape was a miss to the left and that I hit the ball very high and was wanting to bring my ball flight down. He immediately made some changes in the driver and then my next comment was that the driver just felt heavy. He switched to the Project X Evenflow Green 6.0 STD length 55g with -1 / D / Full Draw and it was a game changer. I then asked him about hitting a shorter shaft and how it would control ball flight. I told him I was ok losing a little distance if my dispersion was better. We tried that, and it just didn’t feel right to me, so we switched back to normal length. When you hit this driver, IT. FRICKING. GOES. FOREVER! Been awhile since I saw 275. I had lost some distance and was only hitting about 250ish with my TM driver.
Irons: This is where we started. He asked me what I currently had, which was the Callaway Steelhead XR, STD L/L/L, with TT SG XP95 and what I wanted to try. I told him I really wanted the new Apex if they worked for me and then I was ok with the new BB if the Apex didn’t work. I was just concerned about the finish wearing off, because for some reason that bothers me. Needless to say, I didn’t even try the BB because the Apex were that good. They are by far the best iron I have hit, EVER!! They are very smooth, and I gained about half a club. I was hitting my 7 iron 165 to 170 with old irons and I was consistently seeing 175ish from the Apex during the fitting and when I went to the course. I also tried the Graphite Catalyst shaft which is an option. John told me based on my swing speed I didn’t need a graphite shaft, but he wanted me to try them since I asked to see if they felt better or if it made a difference. I ended up preferring the steel shaft and was fit into the Project X LZ 95 6.0, which I absolutely love!
Fairway woods: This fitting was after the Driver. He did the driver before them, so I wasn’t worn out from swinging since I was hitting so many balls. These are hot off the face as well and go loooonnnnggg!!! My old setup was Callaway Steelhead XR 3w and Callaway 816 Alpha 5w. The new EPIC Flash FWY woods felt a lot better and a lot smoother and went longer for me. I was fit into the EPIC Flash 3w STD and EPIC Flash 5w Sub Zero along with the Project X Evenflow Green 6.0 65g shafts. Fitting for these was simple. Setup was -1 / D for the Optifit. All Project X EvenFlow Green shafts I was fit for was stock options for shafts!
GBB 4h: This thing is crazy long. I had a 4h to replace my 4iron in my current setup and that’s what he wanted to keep me in because it was comfortable to me. Setup ended up being loft: 21*, Optifit: -1 / D, Recoil UST Mamiya ZT9 470 F4. I love this thing. That shaft is a stock option btw!
Putters: I was fit into the Odyssey Doublewide Strokelab and the Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas Strokelab, both with the oversized grip. The putter fitting was very interesting. I went here first and when we first walked in Sean said, “Today you will get two putters. You will get the strokelab which you will play while here and then we will mail you a Toulon in a few months. Oh, and it has the strokelab shaft in it as well!” I putted 84% with the DoubleWide and 75% with the Las Vegas. I made more putts with the Vegas, but I was happy with both for just picking up the putters for the first time. Both felt amazing. There wasn’t a lot of difference in feel between the Whitehot Microhinge and the Toulon milling, which I really liked! This is good, because this means I can game either putter and not have to worry about adjusting and can have a consistent feel!
Grips: I went with these grips because I was having a conversation with DNevs at the wedge fitting because they felt identical to the SuperStroke S-Techs and they were my favorite grips, but our conversation consisted the big difference was how long they lasted. He told me the Lampkin UTX will outlast the S-Techs all day, which was my only gripe about the S-Techs and how fast they wore out. So this was a win for me!
Fitting Review
Fitter: John
The fitting experience was absolutely amazing. This was my first fitting and it was very interesting to go back and forth and him listening to what was in my bag currently and what he recommended. Getting to see my numbers (Spin Rates, Launch Angles, Distances) and here what a normal range was and what the pros have for those numbers was really cool. Switching between shafts and lies on the on the drivers, fairway woods, and hybrid was really cool and was interesting to see the difference in my shot shape and numbers and watch them get into normal range just on the changes. John was an amazing fitter and he didn’t pressure me into clubs. He was very transparent with me and told me what seemed to be working and what didn’t. He asked what I had in my bag and my current setup and then suggested clubs. Below you will find my comments on each club. We started with irons, then went to driver, then fairway woods and lastly hybrid.
Driver: This driver (Callaway EPIC Flash) is hot off the face and very very forgiving. We started with the shaft I had currently in my TM M1 (Project X Black 6.0) and he asked me my settings which were half way between draw and neutral. I also told him my shot shape was a miss to the left and that I hit the ball very high and was wanting to bring my ball flight down. He immediately made some changes in the driver and then my next comment was that the driver just felt heavy. He switched to the Project X Evenflow Green 6.0 STD length 55g with -1 / D / Full Draw and it was a game changer. I then asked him about hitting a shorter shaft and how it would control ball flight. I told him I was ok losing a little distance if my dispersion was better. We tried that, and it just didn’t feel right to me, so we switched back to normal length. When you hit this driver, IT. FRICKING. GOES. FOREVER! Been awhile since I saw 275. I had lost some distance and was only hitting about 250ish with my TM driver.
Irons: This is where we started. He asked me what I currently had, which was the Callaway Steelhead XR, STD L/L/L, with TT SG XP95 and what I wanted to try. I told him I really wanted the new Apex if they worked for me and then I was ok with the new BB if the Apex didn’t work. I was just concerned about the finish wearing off, because for some reason that bothers me. Needless to say, I didn’t even try the BB because the Apex were that good. They are by far the best iron I have hit, EVER!! They are very smooth, and I gained about half a club. I was hitting my 7 iron 165 to 170 with old irons and I was consistently seeing 175ish from the Apex during the fitting and when I went to the course. I also tried the Graphite Catalyst shaft which is an option. John told me based on my swing speed I didn’t need a graphite shaft, but he wanted me to try them since I asked to see if they felt better or if it made a difference. I ended up preferring the steel shaft and was fit into the Project X LZ 95 6.0, which I absolutely love!
Fairway woods: This fitting was after the Driver. He did the driver before them, so I wasn’t worn out from swinging since I was hitting so many balls. These are hot off the face as well and go loooonnnnggg!!! My old setup was Callaway Steelhead XR 3w and Callaway 816 Alpha 5w. The new EPIC Flash FWY woods felt a lot better and a lot smoother and went longer for me. I was fit into the EPIC Flash 3w STD and EPIC Flash 5w Sub Zero along with the Project X Evenflow Green 6.0 65g shafts. Fitting for these was simple. Setup was -1 / D for the Optifit. All Project X EvenFlow Green shafts I was fit for was stock options for shafts!
GBB 4h: This thing is crazy long. I had a 4h to replace my 4iron in my current setup and that’s what he wanted to keep me in because it was comfortable to me. Setup ended up being loft: 21*, Optifit: -1 / D, Recoil UST Mamiya ZT9 470 F4. I love this thing. That shaft is a stock option btw!
Putters: I was fit into the Odyssey Doublewide Strokelab and the Odyssey Toulon Las Vegas Strokelab, both with the oversized grip. The putter fitting was very interesting. I went here first and when we first walked in Sean said, “Today you will get two putters. You will get the strokelab which you will play while here and then we will mail you a Toulon in a few months. Oh, and it has the strokelab shaft in it as well!” I putted 84% with the DoubleWide and 75% with the Las Vegas. I made more putts with the Vegas, but I was happy with both for just picking up the putters for the first time. Both felt amazing. There wasn’t a lot of difference in feel between the Whitehot Microhinge and the Toulon milling, which I really liked! This is good, because this means I can game either putter and not have to worry about adjusting and can have a consistent feel!
Grips: I went with these grips because I was having a conversation with DNevs at the wedge fitting because they felt identical to the SuperStroke S-Techs and they were my favorite grips, but our conversation consisted the big difference was how long they lasted. He told me the Lampkin UTX will outlast the S-Techs all day, which was my only gripe about the S-Techs and how fast they wore out. So this was a win for me!
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