Re: TXG
So, after all that, what did you buy?
Originally posted by Cowboy
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I will add to this now that I have had the chance to visit. I went in to do a fitting this week and my first impression was it had the look of Modern Golf (for obvious reasons) but in a much smaller footprint, but still tons of room for what you’re doing.
My iron warm up shots were alright with a slight pull, the I promptly started smoother hooking the tar out of everything, which made it pretty difficult for Ian to get a baseline. Eventually it got a little better, but still was not putting my best forward. I eventually starting putting a playable swing on things, and we did find a good combo that helped keep my swing timing/tempo a bit more consistent though – ending up moving for 90g iron shafts to 115s, without feeling like swinging a piece of rebar. Ian and Mike were both patient through my initial struggles and we made progress despite the C-game swing I brought with me.
Moving into the driver- it’s the worst club in my bag. When I’m playing well, I hit a big low draw that will run out for ages. Carry 215-225, but roll out would give me enough total length. Two problems: 1) lack of carry can make it problematic to take the line I want even on good days, and 2) I’m horribly inconsistent with it and I end up hitting toe hooks that barely go 200, or blocking it off the map. It can ruin a day pretty quickly, and probably the only reason I’m not back in a single digit factor. I promptly started giving a demonstration of my driver woes, and straight up, it was frustrating embarrassing to have this continue on a day when you want to bring a somewhat decent game to get value from the fitting – but we got there. It was obvious that I was consistently putting the ball of the toe, and swinging rather steep with my driver (59 degree swing plane). So, Ian and Mike did exactly what they’re job is – find a way to help fit a club to my swing to get the contact where it needed to be. Came back with a dialed up M2 with an Alpina Veylix 673S, 3/4" shorter than my current driver.
It was like an infomercial miracle cure, and I ripped the first one down the pipe with another 25 feet of height, carrying 220ish and running out to 245-250. I actually smiled and laughed right after the first shot. We switched into a 13.5 degree Callaway Epic and that was it. The feel, balance etc, just made me go after it. Averages were:
SS: 94, BS: 140, Smash: 1.49, LA: 14.2, RPM: 2368, Carry 229, Total 256. Peaked out at 237/265.
Average deviation on smash was .01, carry 4.8 yards, and total only 3.9 yards. Sooo repeatable with the same swing I was hitting dog-sh*t with 5 minutes before. We toyed around a bit with a couple others but this was by and loud the winner. Hopefully this is useful to us mere mortals here that swing driver under 100 MPH.
Things ran on a bit long due to my poor start. We found a little more weight in the FW helped keep things on track for me, and my existing hybrid was still found to be rock solid, so we didn’t do anything with it.
The facility is nice, the service is good, and most importantly, the results are there. The value in their fitting service is without question. I would definitely recommend the place.
Thank you to Ian and Mike for their time and generosity.
My iron warm up shots were alright with a slight pull, the I promptly started smoother hooking the tar out of everything, which made it pretty difficult for Ian to get a baseline. Eventually it got a little better, but still was not putting my best forward. I eventually starting putting a playable swing on things, and we did find a good combo that helped keep my swing timing/tempo a bit more consistent though – ending up moving for 90g iron shafts to 115s, without feeling like swinging a piece of rebar. Ian and Mike were both patient through my initial struggles and we made progress despite the C-game swing I brought with me.
Moving into the driver- it’s the worst club in my bag. When I’m playing well, I hit a big low draw that will run out for ages. Carry 215-225, but roll out would give me enough total length. Two problems: 1) lack of carry can make it problematic to take the line I want even on good days, and 2) I’m horribly inconsistent with it and I end up hitting toe hooks that barely go 200, or blocking it off the map. It can ruin a day pretty quickly, and probably the only reason I’m not back in a single digit factor. I promptly started giving a demonstration of my driver woes, and straight up, it was frustrating embarrassing to have this continue on a day when you want to bring a somewhat decent game to get value from the fitting – but we got there. It was obvious that I was consistently putting the ball of the toe, and swinging rather steep with my driver (59 degree swing plane). So, Ian and Mike did exactly what they’re job is – find a way to help fit a club to my swing to get the contact where it needed to be. Came back with a dialed up M2 with an Alpina Veylix 673S, 3/4" shorter than my current driver.
It was like an infomercial miracle cure, and I ripped the first one down the pipe with another 25 feet of height, carrying 220ish and running out to 245-250. I actually smiled and laughed right after the first shot. We switched into a 13.5 degree Callaway Epic and that was it. The feel, balance etc, just made me go after it. Averages were:
SS: 94, BS: 140, Smash: 1.49, LA: 14.2, RPM: 2368, Carry 229, Total 256. Peaked out at 237/265.
Average deviation on smash was .01, carry 4.8 yards, and total only 3.9 yards. Sooo repeatable with the same swing I was hitting dog-sh*t with 5 minutes before. We toyed around a bit with a couple others but this was by and loud the winner. Hopefully this is useful to us mere mortals here that swing driver under 100 MPH.
Things ran on a bit long due to my poor start. We found a little more weight in the FW helped keep things on track for me, and my existing hybrid was still found to be rock solid, so we didn’t do anything with it.
The facility is nice, the service is good, and most importantly, the results are there. The value in their fitting service is without question. I would definitely recommend the place.
Thank you to Ian and Mike for their time and generosity.
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