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When viewing manufacturer websites such as Cal, Titlest, Tm, Cobra, etc.. we see different drivers offered by the same company and of course all the adjustments but is it too many and too much and is it all too complicated perhaps for its own good? Especially for those (and there are tons) who are not well educated about it nor want to be. Does it force a fitting? And could it be a deterrent?
Whether its a beginner or a casual player who doesn't play much or even an avid casual player, there are tons of people as you all know who don't want a fitting, perhaps cant afford one, perhaps don't understand and/or don't want to get that involved. lets face it...very many clubs have always been sold off the shelf. Most people are not like many of us here who understand a fitting and who may get them done. And even some people who do understand still don't (for any reasons) get them done. But varying choices and different adjustments and different drivers offered by even the same companies imo are possibly making it very difficult for any Joe to buy a driver without a forced good education and without a fitting.
if I view it even from myself. I have a 3yr old Titleist so I am set for a while if I want to be but as I recently looked (just for the heck of it) at some manufacturer websites I have to be honest and say (even with some decent understanding) it can be quite confusing and seem quite the task to make a choice. And also many people look for last year leftovers or slightly used clubs too due to saving good amount of money.
Bottom line is that the different drivers, with different and multiple adjustments and having more than one offered by each company in one sense a good thing but in another sense may be too confusing and be somewhat of a deterrent. People would nee to spend hours hitting each one and doing it at different settings and then move to the next one and have a good fitter who makes the good and correct efforts helping the customer. Years ago you just grabbed one and then a couple more but now its a whole process. Its no longer as easy as there may be too much going on for the average joe. It perhaps now is forcing an education and a fitting as well. But as in the past its not how very many clubs were ever sold. Its just not the average person to be like many here who go that route. Right or wrong, time and money and even ones desire to go through a process or any reasons may not be what many care to do when wanting to buy a driver.
The logical response by some here may be probably to say "well if they don't care then just pick any one cause it doesn't matter anyway"....but imo that response may have worked better when most drivers were somewhat more similar and not the different multi adjustable weights and slides etc and not as many. Even that person who doesn't care as much may now be too confused and get sort of turned off by his own ignorance of it all. His feeling may now be that of --"wow, what is all this" "what do I have to go to school now" "go through a process"....Im just saying its possible it could be a deterrent as very many clubs were always sold without education and fittings and now its possible it may be demanding it. I feel if I want to get a new one I will have to go through not only another fitting but also an enormous process as each manufacturer has multi choices that do different things. Its somewhat intimidating or even a deterrent and that's to someone who has some understanding of it. But to one who is more ignorant it could be even more a deterrent.
Is there just too much where its not as easy anymore? Too confusing for one to decide what to buy? Demands a process that many do not want (for any reasons) to go through? Sure, many here have the education and experiences and may feel the more choices we have the better it all is but that's not the average person and even having some education and understanding still can leave confusion and demand a process that many do not want.
Whether its a beginner or a casual player who doesn't play much or even an avid casual player, there are tons of people as you all know who don't want a fitting, perhaps cant afford one, perhaps don't understand and/or don't want to get that involved. lets face it...very many clubs have always been sold off the shelf. Most people are not like many of us here who understand a fitting and who may get them done. And even some people who do understand still don't (for any reasons) get them done. But varying choices and different adjustments and different drivers offered by even the same companies imo are possibly making it very difficult for any Joe to buy a driver without a forced good education and without a fitting.
if I view it even from myself. I have a 3yr old Titleist so I am set for a while if I want to be but as I recently looked (just for the heck of it) at some manufacturer websites I have to be honest and say (even with some decent understanding) it can be quite confusing and seem quite the task to make a choice. And also many people look for last year leftovers or slightly used clubs too due to saving good amount of money.
Bottom line is that the different drivers, with different and multiple adjustments and having more than one offered by each company in one sense a good thing but in another sense may be too confusing and be somewhat of a deterrent. People would nee to spend hours hitting each one and doing it at different settings and then move to the next one and have a good fitter who makes the good and correct efforts helping the customer. Years ago you just grabbed one and then a couple more but now its a whole process. Its no longer as easy as there may be too much going on for the average joe. It perhaps now is forcing an education and a fitting as well. But as in the past its not how very many clubs were ever sold. Its just not the average person to be like many here who go that route. Right or wrong, time and money and even ones desire to go through a process or any reasons may not be what many care to do when wanting to buy a driver.
The logical response by some here may be probably to say "well if they don't care then just pick any one cause it doesn't matter anyway"....but imo that response may have worked better when most drivers were somewhat more similar and not the different multi adjustable weights and slides etc and not as many. Even that person who doesn't care as much may now be too confused and get sort of turned off by his own ignorance of it all. His feeling may now be that of --"wow, what is all this" "what do I have to go to school now" "go through a process"....Im just saying its possible it could be a deterrent as very many clubs were always sold without education and fittings and now its possible it may be demanding it. I feel if I want to get a new one I will have to go through not only another fitting but also an enormous process as each manufacturer has multi choices that do different things. Its somewhat intimidating or even a deterrent and that's to someone who has some understanding of it. But to one who is more ignorant it could be even more a deterrent.
Is there just too much where its not as easy anymore? Too confusing for one to decide what to buy? Demands a process that many do not want (for any reasons) to go through? Sure, many here have the education and experiences and may feel the more choices we have the better it all is but that's not the average person and even having some education and understanding still can leave confusion and demand a process that many do not want.