Over the holidays, I went for a driver fitting at modern golf and then golf town (the next day) for reasons I will explain. Thought my observations could be useful to some people.
Firstly, modern golf.. My fitting was done by Matt Sim. He was a nice guy and patient, knew his stuff. The facilities are impeccable and very cool.
My real complaint about MG is that their business model is built around selling custom order clubs that are only the latest and greatest. You will not be able to test against any older year models or shafts, really at all. For example, when I went on December 28 the 2016 m1 heads were no longer available as custom orders from taylormade and the 2017 models were also not out yet. Therefore they had no M drivers available to hit... It was explained to me that it didn't make business sense for them to demo things they can't custom build for you. I thought this was a bit silly as,the fittings are not free (150 plus tax) and it seems to me that if you are going to charge that much you should keep those options available.
In the end I was fit into a 917 driver with a speeder evo iii shaft. This is roughly an 900 dollar driver and shaft combo, which I am never spending tbh. Matt did tell me that the evo tour spec was similar to this shaft and widely available... However this shaft was not available to test (common theme). Also, there were no 915 driver heads to see if the prior model would do the trick just as well as the 917.
MG can't just keep every shaft and driver head ever made in Stock, so all of this is totally understandable - just know that whatever ends up being the best fit for you will be at minimum a full priced brand new driver which are pushing 600 bucks now even without an exotic shaft...
I would summarize MG as being a place for rich people or aspiring professional players etc. Who are willing to spend any amount to get performance. I am not this person... So...
The next day I went to Golf town whitby and was fit by Andre Leblanc. He was also awesome and my swing was pretty terrible on this particular day but he was very patient and accommodating. For comparison, this fitting ended up running almost as long as the MG fitting for only 40 dollars plus tax. The hitting bays at golf town are pedestrian compared to the glory of MG, but I found the numbers and data to be equally accurate and useful.
The real benefit of a golf town fitting is that you can hit absolutely anything in the store - demos, clearance, current models, etc. And I did find that they had many of the stock and no upcharge options available. They seemed to actually have the opposite problem, that they were waiting for the newest 2017 fitting stuff and thus had all last year's stuff... Which was great for me because I wanted to find something I could actually buy.
I ended up being fit into an M1 430 2016 model with kuro tini. The numbers from this driver were basically the same as the 917 with evo once everything was dialed in. The difference was, I could have bought this driver and walked out of golf town for 450 due to boxing week. But of course, I deal hoed on the interwebs and ended up building this driver for less than 300 bucks.
In summary, I would say that if you are just a regular guy who is a decent golfer and want to make sure you are buying the right driver, save 110 dollars and go to Golf town.
If you don't care about money or are an elite or wannabe elite golfer who wants to walk out with a 1000 dollar absolute best of the best club, go to modern golf.
Keep in mind that for the average golfer I really believe golf town can get you similar results using all the clubs available in a golf town store. You might find that something crazy on sale is actually the best fit for you.
Modern golf was a cool experience and I don't regret going to see it for myself, but what I learned in the end is I am just not ballin enough or skilled enough to benefit from modern golf's facilities and business philosophy.
Firstly, modern golf.. My fitting was done by Matt Sim. He was a nice guy and patient, knew his stuff. The facilities are impeccable and very cool.
My real complaint about MG is that their business model is built around selling custom order clubs that are only the latest and greatest. You will not be able to test against any older year models or shafts, really at all. For example, when I went on December 28 the 2016 m1 heads were no longer available as custom orders from taylormade and the 2017 models were also not out yet. Therefore they had no M drivers available to hit... It was explained to me that it didn't make business sense for them to demo things they can't custom build for you. I thought this was a bit silly as,the fittings are not free (150 plus tax) and it seems to me that if you are going to charge that much you should keep those options available.
In the end I was fit into a 917 driver with a speeder evo iii shaft. This is roughly an 900 dollar driver and shaft combo, which I am never spending tbh. Matt did tell me that the evo tour spec was similar to this shaft and widely available... However this shaft was not available to test (common theme). Also, there were no 915 driver heads to see if the prior model would do the trick just as well as the 917.
MG can't just keep every shaft and driver head ever made in Stock, so all of this is totally understandable - just know that whatever ends up being the best fit for you will be at minimum a full priced brand new driver which are pushing 600 bucks now even without an exotic shaft...
I would summarize MG as being a place for rich people or aspiring professional players etc. Who are willing to spend any amount to get performance. I am not this person... So...
The next day I went to Golf town whitby and was fit by Andre Leblanc. He was also awesome and my swing was pretty terrible on this particular day but he was very patient and accommodating. For comparison, this fitting ended up running almost as long as the MG fitting for only 40 dollars plus tax. The hitting bays at golf town are pedestrian compared to the glory of MG, but I found the numbers and data to be equally accurate and useful.
The real benefit of a golf town fitting is that you can hit absolutely anything in the store - demos, clearance, current models, etc. And I did find that they had many of the stock and no upcharge options available. They seemed to actually have the opposite problem, that they were waiting for the newest 2017 fitting stuff and thus had all last year's stuff... Which was great for me because I wanted to find something I could actually buy.
I ended up being fit into an M1 430 2016 model with kuro tini. The numbers from this driver were basically the same as the 917 with evo once everything was dialed in. The difference was, I could have bought this driver and walked out of golf town for 450 due to boxing week. But of course, I deal hoed on the interwebs and ended up building this driver for less than 300 bucks.
In summary, I would say that if you are just a regular guy who is a decent golfer and want to make sure you are buying the right driver, save 110 dollars and go to Golf town.
If you don't care about money or are an elite or wannabe elite golfer who wants to walk out with a 1000 dollar absolute best of the best club, go to modern golf.
Keep in mind that for the average golfer I really believe golf town can get you similar results using all the clubs available in a golf town store. You might find that something crazy on sale is actually the best fit for you.
Modern golf was a cool experience and I don't regret going to see it for myself, but what I learned in the end is I am just not ballin enough or skilled enough to benefit from modern golf's facilities and business philosophy.
) Cheers,
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