Anybody Have Issues with Custom Fitted clubs

Freddie24

Just wondering if anybody out there has ever had to return clubs that were tailored to suit them. I recently had a custom session done and have been playing with the new set for just over a week, problem is that i'm not adjusting to them as i thought i would. I kept my original heads but had the shafts changed. They have been changed from S300's to projectX 95 flighted and their is around 20 grams in weight difference. I just don't have the same feel as i did with the heavier shafts. I have also lost distance.

I'm just wondering has anybody out their experienced anything like this and if so what did they do to change the situation.

spacecoyote

Is it a little rash to be looking to switch after 1 week. Anytime I've bought a new club it's taken a little getting used to, even if they've been fit

John Divney

Freddie24 wrote: »

Just wondering if anybody out there has ever had to return clubs that were tailored to suit them. I recently had a custom session done and have been playing with the new set for just over a week, problem is that i'm not adjusting to them as i thought i would. I kept my original heads but had the shafts changed. They have been changed from S300's to projectX 95 flighted and their is around 20 grams in weight difference. I just don't have the same feel as i did with the heavier shafts. I have also lost distance.

I'm just wondering has anybody out their experienced anything like this and if so what did they do to change the situation.

Feel is king, if someone puts you on a monitor and says you should be playing lighter shaft but you lose your tempo because of it or can't get correct feeling in takeaway.

Give it a long while and see how the adjustment goes, I was using Wilson muscle backs that were supposed to weigh the same as my cavity Fg tours , but loved how they felt heavier due to all the weight at the bottom.

When I went back to the cavity I couldn't hit the ball for a half hour, was fine after a while and never an issue but I do use the muscle blades in the shirt irons.

Swing weight should be the same between those clubs, but they just don 't feel the same

Rikand

Took me about a year to get used to my custom set and now that I am, I don't know what I'd do without them.

Rome wasn't built in a day and all that jazz...

Freddie24

I do intend to hold onto the clubs but was just worried about not getting the right feel for them. Personally i am a tempo golfer most of my poor shots are due to me being to quick in transitioning from backswing to downswing and it throws me out. Maybe i was hoping for a miracle swing change with the new irons ;-)

peepee

I just don't have the same feel as i did with the heavier shafts

In what way? You should be able to feel the clubheads position more on your backswing now that the swingweight is greater. The swingweight change can also affect your hand position at the top of the backswing, check your not too cupped or bowed.

Your subconscious is used to the feel of your old clubs. It will take lots of reps to re-imprint.

PARlance

Rikand wrote: »

Took me about a year to get used to my custom set and now that I am, I don't know what I'd do without them.

Rome wasn't built in a day and all that jazz...

When you say get "used to" Rik, what does that mean?
Were you (relatively obv ) striking it poorly for a year or was it the case that you could see improvements straight away but the clubs didn't "feel" as good for a year?

I know SFA about custom fitting, I would have expected a bit of work to get used to the new clubs.... In that, I would have imagined 1 or 2 months max just to get familiar with them.

1 year strikes me as being an awful long time, could it have been the case that they were poorly fitted/selected and it took you a year for your swing to change enough to get the most out of them?

I'm clueless in this area but it's something I might do down the line.

John Divney

peepee wrote: »

In what way? You should be able to feel the clubheads position more on your backswing now that the swingweight is greater. The swingweight change can also affect your hand position at the top of the backswing, check your not too cupped or bowed.

Your subconscious is used to the feel of your old clubs. It will take lots of reps to re-imprint.

The fact he can't feel it means the head weight and shaft weight combo is not perfect.

You should add weight to the head to see if it is an Improvement.

Loads of faults possible with lighter shafts, quicker transition, club doesn't 't feel like it's dropping, OTT, and of bourse getting handsy and flipping

ShivasIrons

It shouldn't take long to get used to a set of fitted clubs. They should perform better straight away. If not, get checked out again. The fitter shouldn't charge for this either.

Ronney

You re changing the feel quite a bit there,

DG shafts tend to allow you feel the weight in the head, Project x tend to allow you feel the weight along the length of the club

Freddie24

In my case i'm back to coming over the top he dreaded slice is back with the driver (this was fitted also with a lighter shaft). My plan is now to get a couple of lessons with a pro and see if this affects my swing in any way.

Freddie24

ShivasIrons wrote: »

It shouldn't take long to get used to a set of fitted clubs. They should perform better straight away. If not, get checked out again. The fitter shouldn't charge for this either.

only thing with that is that i traveled a long distance to get fitted it took me the best part of two hours to get from home to the particular pro shop

Rikand

PARlance wrote: »

When you say get "used to" Rik, what does that mean?
Were you (relatively obv ) striking it poorly for a year or was it the case that you could see improvements straight away but the clubs didn't "feel" as good for a year?

I know SFA about custom fitting, I would have expected a bit of work to get used to the new clubs.... In that, I would have imagined 1 or 2 months max just to get familiar with them.

1 year strikes me as being an awful long time, could it have been the case that they were poorly fitted/selected and it took you a year for your swing to change enough to get the most out of them?

I'm clueless in this area but it's something I might do down the line.

It's story time!

At the time I got them, I was playing off 5 (just), using graphite shafted clubs from 1993 that my dad had won and I claimed when I was 11 years old. I felt I needed new clubs to try and make the step-up to being a better golfer. I would hit a 5-iron about 150 yards with my old clubs....

Over the course of the first season of having my new irons, I went from 5.3 to 7.3. I capped out the maximum number of .1's I could achieve in a year! And yet, I'd play with my dad fairly regular and he would say, the clubs were a massive improvement for me and I had to stick with them. I would hit a 7-iron about 150 yards now....

I just wasn't always hitting them right. I would get very irregular contacts. Long irons were a problem, I couldn't hit them at all and it took a while to get used to my wedge. Hitting pitch shots, half shots, 3/4 shots, punch shots, etc... I also used to use an 8-iron for chip and run shots in my old set and I have never really got used to that in my new set. I stuck with them though and by the start of the next year, I had them sussed.

I spent May and June going from 7.3 to 4.2 and then holding onto 4 for the rest of the year. Clubs were a massive improvement for me. The big discovery I had was that i was trying to swing too hard with them and by slowing my swing down, not making any changes other than slowing them was a big improvement for me.

I'd hovered between 4 and 5 for a few years and then did the swing change 2012/2013. My handicap went up to 6 during the summer and now I'm back to 5. Really looking forward to the year ahead as I think I'm set to make the next step in my golf.


but yeah, I guess what this long winded diatribe is saying is that you can't always expect instant results. Sometimes it takes time to adjust to big changes. In life, as in golf!

PARlance

Jez, I'm sorry I asked
Only messing Rikand.

Ben1977

Rikand wrote: »

It's story time!

At the time I got them, I was playing off 5 (just), using graphite shafted clubs from 1993 that my dad had won and I claimed when I was 11 years old. I felt I needed new clubs to try and make the step-up to being a better golfer. I would hit a 5-iron about 150 yards with my old clubs....

Over the course of the first season of having my new irons, I went from 5.3 to 7.3. I capped out the maximum number of .1's I could achieve in a year! And yet, I'd play with my dad fairly regular and he would say, the clubs were a massive improvement for me and I had to stick with them. I would hit a 7-iron about 150 yards now....

I just wasn't always hitting them right. I would get very irregular contacts. Long irons were a problem, I couldn't hit them at all and it took a while to get used to my wedge. Hitting pitch shots, half shots, 3/4 shots, punch shots, etc... I also used to use an 8-iron for chip and run shots in my old set and I have never really got used to that in my new set. I stuck with them though and by the start of the next year, I had them sussed.

I spent May and June going from 7.3 to 4.2 and then holding onto 4 for the rest of the year. Clubs were a massive improvement for me. The big discovery I had was that i was trying to swing too hard with them and by slowing my swing down, not making any changes other than slowing them was a big improvement for me.

I'd hovered between 4 and 5 for a few years and then did the swing change 2012/2013. My handicap went up to 6 during the summer and now I'm back to 5. Really looking forward to the year ahead as I think I'm set to make the next step in my golf.


but yeah, I guess what this long winded diatribe is saying is that you can't always expect instant results. Sometimes it takes time to adjust to big changes. In life, as in golf!

Took me about a year as well to get comfortable with mine. For me it was about trust.
I can't feel the head of my clubs because the big change for me was the shafts and how heavy and stiff the change was.
With every 1 of my old clubs it was a big high slice. Got the new clubs and everything was long and pulled left. Still the old swing faultys but then it was the shafts that were not whipping around any more that cause this.
Now that I trust them, I've been correcting the swing. Rikand is on the right track there, just because the clubs were heavier doesn't mean I swing harder. If anything when I control the back swing with a slow swing the shots go a lot further. Sorry for the ramble.

OP you need to give them at least 6 - 8 rounds of golf. Range for me was no good. Could see the how it tighten the misses up. Hope that give you a little piece of mind.