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I probably did fitting here and there, including PGA Superstore, Club Champion, Titleist, Taylormade, etc. But I wasn’t really able to get the true answer and didn’t feel like I was ever being fitted properly.

 

I really am willing to buy an airplane ticket and get fitted if I have to.

Who really is rated for the best fitter in America that I can really spend a day or two to truly get fitted for the shaft and the club head that I could get? Hopefully an outdoor setup with a premium ball. Because except Titleist and Taylormade fitting day, I was fitted indoor.

 

I live in Southern California...Hope there is one around here...

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I probably did fitting here and there, including PGA Superstore, Club Champion, Titleist, Taylormade, etc. But I wasn’t really able to get the true answer and didn’t feel like I was ever being fitted properly.

 

I really am willing to buy an airplane ticket and get fitted if I have to.

Who really is rated for the best fitter in America that I can really spend a day or two to truly get fitted for the shaft and the club head that I could get? Hopefully an outdoor setup with a premium ball. Because except Titleist and Taylormade fitting day, I was fitted indoor.

 

I live in Southern California...Hope there is one around here...

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Yes, that was not a fitting

 

And on a side note if you are ever at a real fitting and they pull out a lie board, pack your s*** and head to the car

 

I agree, lie boards are at best worthless for lie angles. Misleading is probably the best way to put it.

 

The dry erase/whiteboard marker method is the best simple method to use.

 

If TrackMan is available this in conjunction with the whiteboard marker gives the best results in my opinion.

 

At a pinch, lie boards can be used for looking at sole Grind options. Not ideal but will give some sort of idea especially on driving range artificial mats.

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Yes, that was not a fitting

 

And on a side note if you are ever at a real fitting and they pull out a lie board, pack your s*** and head to the car

 

I agree, lie boards are at best worthless for lie angles. Misleading is probably the best way to put it.

 

The dry erase/whiteboard marker method is the best simple method to use.

 

If TrackMan is available this in conjunction with the whiteboard marker gives the best results in my opinion.

 

At a pinch, lie boards can be used for looking at sole Grind options. Not ideal but will give some sort of idea especially on driving range artificial mats.

I’m a believer in adjusting lie angles to ball flight, much like the Ian at TXG. By the time the club enters the turf the ball is long gone

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It wasn’t a fitting. You can’t call that a fitting. It was a demo day.

 

Any manufacturer can add swingweight to shorter clubs. He was lying about that.

 

It all Sounds very disappointing and quite disgusting actually.

 

While they "can" many don't

 

TaylorMade doesn't

 

They don't because why bother? a zillion sets of irons sell off the rack, they don't have time to worry about a few grams that most golfers can't tell anyway

 

sorry but wanting custom swingweight from an OEM is like shopping for suits at Target

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My issue isn't that I thought I got suckered into a demo day when I signed up for a fitting. It was the bit about how "No OEM's swing weight." Basically they come out the weight they come out and that's as good as it gets. That part sounded like bull. Just curious if anyone had any info to prove or disprove that assertion.

 

You were ansolutely right to be suspicious about such a blatant lie about oem swingweigting.

 

Apart from using tip weights, Ping tend to adjust using different weight in the cavity, either a port or the label/decal in the cavity.

Mizuno have different series/ weight forged heads just for this issue... even as noted in their fitting cart, see below - scroll down you can see the fitting cart aslo has different head weights available to test varying SW...

 

http://mizunofitters.com/assets/us/resources/custom_fit_trainer.pdf

 

 

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It wasn’t a fitting. You can’t call that a fitting. It was a demo day.

 

Any manufacturer can add swingweight to shorter clubs. He was lying about that.

 

It all Sounds very disappointing and quite disgusting actually.

 

While they "can" many don't

 

TaylorMade doesn't

 

They don't because why bother? a zillion sets of irons sell off the rack, they don't have time to worry about a few grams that most golfers can't tell anyway

 

sorry but wanting custom swingweight from an OEM is like shopping for suits at Target

 

They don’t sell suits at target

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