I am simply going to state the truth about my experience...I have both positive and negative things to say, but all simply the truth as I am well aware that they are a sponsor. I have read only positive posts on here and will definitely mention my positives as well.
I went to get fitted, extremely excited! Whole bag fitting so we all know the price, pretty expensive and some would argue well worth it. Here is the coles notes version of my entire experience.
I walk in and am extremely impressed with the facility and the lovely girl at the front desk. Meet some guys and they take my irons to spec them out. I wait for a bit, not really sure what to do with myself as they have my bag, so I hit some putts.
The guy who fit me, I did like, but I think he mistook my niceness and casualness as I am not serious and just want to hit some toys sort of. We had a good rapport and I will definitely not call him out on a public forum (maybe he was sick or having a bad day, or he truly felt my numbers couldn't get any better, but for $450 I want to be the judge of that). He did casually mention three separate times about coming back and finishing up another time, but I really didn't want to do that, but I was feeling that he really wasn't interested in being there anymore so we did end up cutting it short.
Fitting summary for my whole bag fitting:
I only hit my own putter, didn't even get another putter put in my hands and the machine with the camera thing was broken as well. Only got my putter adjusted so it rolled more true on the putting board, end of putter fitting (total of about 15 putts with my own putter only)
Iron fitting - yes, they said they were impressed with my irons and the build, but I wanted to try a bunch of combinations of shafts and heads. I literally hit ONE other combination. One different head and one different shaft, that is it, with all of those options that is what I received. I hit my own irons and of course they tweaked them, but I only got to compare my numbers to one other combination.
Driver fitting - I was somewhat ok with, but I only hit the SLDR and X2, plus my own with three different shaft combinations. I saw the numbers and wasn't that impressed so I asked him about a different shaft that I knew was good for me and was surprised that he didn't suggest it. Bingo, the driver shaft that I suggested was the best fit.
3 wood - only hit my own two and two different shafts
hybrid - only hit my own (he suggested I come back to finish up)
I then waited for my data and numbers online for four days until I received them.
The big kicker in the end was the price of the driver he suggested and I spoke directly with a Taylormade rep about this at my golf course. The SLDR he was going to build me was Upwards of $1200 but if I ordered the driver through Taylormade the shaft upgrade is $100. Quite a bit of a price difference.
All in all, was it a cool experience, yes, did I like my fitter? Yes. Do I feel I got my money's worth? For the driver fitting, good enough, but no in every other area. I am happy they tweaked my irons so they fit me better 100%. In the end, happy with the driver fitting, but not the rest of the bag.
Any feedback is welcomed on this post as well.
I went to get fitted, extremely excited! Whole bag fitting so we all know the price, pretty expensive and some would argue well worth it. Here is the coles notes version of my entire experience.
I walk in and am extremely impressed with the facility and the lovely girl at the front desk. Meet some guys and they take my irons to spec them out. I wait for a bit, not really sure what to do with myself as they have my bag, so I hit some putts.
The guy who fit me, I did like, but I think he mistook my niceness and casualness as I am not serious and just want to hit some toys sort of. We had a good rapport and I will definitely not call him out on a public forum (maybe he was sick or having a bad day, or he truly felt my numbers couldn't get any better, but for $450 I want to be the judge of that). He did casually mention three separate times about coming back and finishing up another time, but I really didn't want to do that, but I was feeling that he really wasn't interested in being there anymore so we did end up cutting it short.
Fitting summary for my whole bag fitting:
I only hit my own putter, didn't even get another putter put in my hands and the machine with the camera thing was broken as well. Only got my putter adjusted so it rolled more true on the putting board, end of putter fitting (total of about 15 putts with my own putter only)
Iron fitting - yes, they said they were impressed with my irons and the build, but I wanted to try a bunch of combinations of shafts and heads. I literally hit ONE other combination. One different head and one different shaft, that is it, with all of those options that is what I received. I hit my own irons and of course they tweaked them, but I only got to compare my numbers to one other combination.
Driver fitting - I was somewhat ok with, but I only hit the SLDR and X2, plus my own with three different shaft combinations. I saw the numbers and wasn't that impressed so I asked him about a different shaft that I knew was good for me and was surprised that he didn't suggest it. Bingo, the driver shaft that I suggested was the best fit.
3 wood - only hit my own two and two different shafts
hybrid - only hit my own (he suggested I come back to finish up)
I then waited for my data and numbers online for four days until I received them.
The big kicker in the end was the price of the driver he suggested and I spoke directly with a Taylormade rep about this at my golf course. The SLDR he was going to build me was Upwards of $1200 but if I ordered the driver through Taylormade the shaft upgrade is $100. Quite a bit of a price difference.
All in all, was it a cool experience, yes, did I like my fitter? Yes. Do I feel I got my money's worth? For the driver fitting, good enough, but no in every other area. I am happy they tweaked my irons so they fit me better 100%. In the end, happy with the driver fitting, but not the rest of the bag.
Any feedback is welcomed on this post as well.
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