Anybody been fitted at Cotes in Portland CT?

crombienator · July 14, 2014

As the title says. How was the experience? They pop up on Golf Digest's top 100 fitters, but looking for first hand. Thanks.

TeachingProMike · July 17, 2014

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As the title says. How was the experience? They pop up on Golf Digest's top 100 fitters, but looking for first hand. Thanks.
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Chris Cote is a great guy, runs a very legit business, I'd trust him with my clubs.

WhiteyPoo · July 21, 2014

I was fitted for i20s there. Great experience. They were very thorough during the fitting. I think i hit everything they had there before settling on the i20s. Most of the staff there is very knowledgeable and everyone is very nice. The club builder there is a great guy as well. Super knowledgeable and he will talk golf all day if you want. I plan getting fit for a driver there soon.

crombienator · July 21, 2014

[quote name='WhiteyPoo' timestamp='1405965049' post='9750513']I was fitted for i20s there. Great experience. They were very thorough during the fitting. I think i hit everything they had there before settling on the i20s. Most of the staff there is very knowledgeable and everyone is very nice. The club builder there is a great guy as well. Super knowledgeable and he will talk golf all day if you want. I plan getting fit for a driver there soon.[/quote]

Sweet! It was either that or golfers warehouse, slightly leary about a big place like that...

WhiteyPoo · July 22, 2014

Yeah, I try to stay away from GW. The staff is definitely more personable at Cote's, which really goes a long way.

metsmc · July 23, 2014

I wouldn't go to golfer's warehouse for a fitting. Go to cote's or Prove it Golf on the Silas Deane in Wethersfield.

Imp · July 23, 2014

Obligatory 3rd option, drive an hour to Spargo in Cranston RI?

prorobo · July 23, 2014

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Obligatory 3rd option, drive an hour to Spargo in Cranston RI?
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Cranston is closer to two hours away from Portland.

Cote's is great! Very thorough and knowledgable fitters and they have a huge selection of clubs and a good deal of exotic wood shaft options. And if you have time, Quarry Ridge is maybe five minutes away and is in good shape.

Imp · July 24, 2014

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Obligatory 3rd option, drive an hour to Spargo in Cranston RI?
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Cranston is closer to two hours away from Portland.
[/quote]Nopers. I drive it often and can get from Cranston to Hartford in 1:15-1:25. Still a drive, but he's a top 100 club fitter in the country.

http://goo.gl/maps/n4Zj8

--kC

prorobo · July 24, 2014

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Obligatory 3rd option, drive an hour to Spargo in Cranston RI?
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Cranston is closer to two hours away from Portland.
[/quote]Nopers. I drive it often and can get from Cranston to Hartford in 1:15-1:25. Still a drive, but he's a top 100 club fitter in the country.

http://goo.gl/maps/n4Zj8

--kC
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Portland is another 25 minutes south of Hartford. So that's still 1:40 minimum. You're not getting to Cranston from Portland or vice versa in an hour.

Imp · July 25, 2014

Check the map... like I said, not an hour, but 1:15ish.

--kC

KNGR5150 · July 25, 2014

Only if no one else is in the way. To the original poster great place to get fitted. The entire staff is awesome!

prorobo · July 25, 2014

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Obligatory 3rd option, [b]drive an hour to Spargo in Cranston RI?[/b]
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Check the map... like I said, not an hour, but 1:15ish.

--kC
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This is an incredibly stupid argument. But you're mistaken.

Google and Apple seem to disagree but it's still 1.5 minimum.

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golow · July 25, 2014

Chris' is great. I know the staff, play with some etc. I got legit fitted for this season's clubs ... Full fitting soup to nuts.

I fit myself every time I walk in and see a new or new to me left handed club.

Chris personally did a fitting for my 12 yo son and recommended that we stick with his current set for one more season ... No charge.

Just a solid shop IMO

golow(TM)

Imp · July 25, 2014

Your blue "1:42 route" and what I pull up on Google on my PC for the same thing are off by 12 min! Crazy! I'll post a screen shot when I get home, no can do from work. Seriously, I'm seeing 1:30 by taking that long, but all highway, route. I can get 1:25 by doing the straight line through Norwich Rt2 to 395 and then Ten Rod Rd (165) to RI and 95. (Edit: Just caught you posted google and apple... apple will have you driving off cliffs since they dropped google. Can't ever trust them).

What the map says, and what I've done quite a few times are 2 different things, and I'm not talking about going more than 5-10 over either. I've pretty much always beatn beaten GMaps estimates by +/- 10%. But I digress... sorry for the sidetrack. Driving is a passion to me, more than golf.

--kC

crombienator · July 27, 2014

[quote name='golow' timestamp='1406307508' post='9783925']Chris' is great. I know the staff, play with some etc. I got legit fitted for this season's clubs ... Full fitting soup to nuts.

I fit myself every time I walk in and see a new or new to me left handed club.

Chris personally did a fitting for my 12 yo son and recommended that we stick with his current set for one more season ... No charge.

Just a solid shop IMO

golow(TM)[/quote]

Will they bend existing clubs? Been trying to score a good deal on some AP2s on ebay obviously they would not be fitted. Just inquiring because according to my non fitting, strictly tape measure measurements I should be 2* flat. I know that may change, but just wondering.

golow · July 27, 2014

Full club building and repair area. Bent my AP2s 1 flat and my PING S57's 1flat in the same sitting.

golow (TM)

crombienator · July 28, 2014

[quote name='golow' timestamp='1406517749' post='9798881']Full club building and repair area. Bent my AP2s 1 flat and my PING S57's 1flat in the same sitting.

golow (TM)[/quote]SWEET