Driver fitting.

tritriagain

Bought a tm r15 driver about 3 months ago and hitting it fairly well. Was out with a low handicapper and he thought i should be playing stiff shaft due to high ball flight. Should I get fitted to see what shaft suits or just chance buying a stiff shaft. Do I have to buy an adapter for the shaft. All new to this. Any advice welcome.

mafc

tritriagain wrote: »

Bought a tm r15 driver about 3 months ago and hitting it fairly well. Was out with a low handicapper and he thought i should be playing stiff shaft due to high ball flight. Should I get fitted to see what shaft suits or just chance buying a stiff shaft. Do I have to buy an adapter for the shaft. All new to this. Any advice welcome.

Firstly I wouldn't take advice from another golfer re shafts be they low mid or high.
Go and get fitted professionally.

tritriagain

mafc wrote: »

Firstly I wouldn't take advice from another golfer re shafts be they low mid or high.
Go and get fitted professionally.

Can get fitted for driver for 50 euro by someone who comes highly recommend. What would average cost of new shaft cost fitted.

Montgolfier

tritriagain wrote: »

Bought a tm r15 driver about 3 months ago and hitting it fairly well. Was out with a low handicapper and he thought i should be playing stiff shaft due to high ball flight. Should I get fitted to see what shaft suits or just chance buying a stiff shaft. Do I have to buy an adapter for the shaft. All new to this. Any advice welcome.

What loft is in the R15? I know some are 14 degree as that's a CG forward driver it needs a lot of loft.
What shaft are you playing?
What do you call high?
High is good normally unless your not getting distance.
You could be hitting down on the ball causing the ball to baloon near the end of the flight.
You could be playing a controlled slice causing the ball to go high.
You might have the ball teed up very high hitting up (which is not a bad thing).
Have you tried adjusting the loft down using the tool that comes with the driver?

tritriagain

Montgolfier wrote: »

What loft is in the R15? I know some are 14 degree as that's a CG forward driver it needs a lot of loft.
What shaft are you playing?
What do you call high?
High is good normally unless your not getting distance.
You could be hitting down on the ball causing the ball to baloon near the end of the flight.
You could be playing a controlled slice causing the ball to go high.
You might have the ball teed up very high hitting up (which is not a bad thing).
Have you tried adjusting the loft down using the tool that comes with the driver?

It's a 12 degree but I have it adjusted down to its lowest. Pulling the ball to the left with it on bad drives . I used to slice right but adjusted swing . I know pull left is prob out to in swing still but am much more consistent finding fairway than before .

Montgolfier

tritriagain wrote: »

It's a 12 degree but I have it adjusted down to its lowest. Pulling the ball to the left with it on bad drives . I used to slice right but adjusted swing . I know pull left is prob out to in swing still but am much more consistent finding fairway than before .

The problem with lofting down is it opens the club face promoting a fade or slice. If your already swinging out to in already it's a recipe for disaster.
If you could get a lesson to sort your swing out so your swing more square you will be amazed at the distance increase.
Something you should do straight away is loft up put it on the max loft that will close the face and encourage you to swing more out to the right. Don't worry about the height for the moment get yourself swing straight.

tritriagain

Booked for fitting next week. he told me the r15 head should be ok and he will fit around that . shaft being most importanst. just wondering on average what would new shaft grip cost me. i appreciate price varies hugely but just looking for rough estimate.

red ears

tritriagain wrote: »

Booked for fitting next week. he told me the r15 head should be ok and he will fit around that . shaft being most importanst. just wondering on average what would new shaft grip cost me. i appreciate price varies hugely but just looking for rough estimate.

A lot of these fitters have 2nd hand shafts, you could get one for 40 or 50. For example a new ping shaft will cost about 100

tritriagain

did anyone notice a big difference after fitting or does it take time

dan_ep82

tritriagain wrote: »

Booked for fitting next week. he told me the r15 head should be ok and he will fit around that . shaft being most important.

Is it your pro fitting you?

Just seems like a crazy statement. From everything I've seen,unless your using a shaft much too short/long/heavy/light it can only really provide a feeling (which can of course help) but the head is still the most important part.

bmay529

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Is it your pro fitting you?

Just seems like a crazy statement. From everything I've seen,unless your using a shaft much too short/long/heavy/light it can only really provide a feeling (which can of course help) but the head is still the most important part.

As long as the head is reasonably recent and in good condition the shaft is the most important part. It is good to have a pro fit you for the shaft that produces the best results (distance and dispersion) for you in the chosen head. There are COR rules governing head design and you can be sure that all major manufacturers are hitting the max possible. If using a modern head with a shaft adapter it is very easy to change the shaft and if your pro does not offer a good price get the exact spec of the shaft and you may well be able to pick up a good used one online for very little.

Montgolfier

tritriagain wrote: »

Booked for fitting next week. he told me the r15 head should be ok and he will fit around that . shaft being most importanst. just wondering on average what would new shaft grip cost me. i appreciate price varies hugely but just looking for rough estimate.

You know the R15 is CG forward it doesn't suit everyone. The most forgiving drivers on the market are CG back example Ping G30, M2.
Instead of getting a shaft fitting you may as well get fitted for a new driver and trade the R15 it will probably work out better in the long run.

dan_ep82

bmay529 wrote: »

As long as the head is reasonably recent and in good condition the shaft is the most important part. It is good to have a pro fit you for the shaft that produces the best results (distance and dispersion) for you in the chosen head. There are COR rules governing head design and you can be sure that all major manufacturers are hitting the max possible. If using a modern head with a shaft adapter it is very easy to change the shaft and if your pro does not offer a good price get the exact spec of the shaft and you may well be able to pick up a good used one online for very little.

Not all clubs have the same loft or face angle, thus produce different dynamic numbers at impact , I think that's a big enough difference to warrant trying new heads. Fitters normally fit head to get launch and spin numbers, then fine tune shaft,weights etc.

Maybe he can match the loft by adjusting the loft though , I'd honestly prefer a 9.5 than a 12 lowered to a 9.5.

If it's a case of not throwing money at it i can understand that, maybe he expressed the need to keep cost low or he gives him lessons and thinks the head isn't the problem.

whizbang

The problem with lofting down is it opens the club face promoting a fade or slice.

Not on any golf club I have ever used. Quite the opposite in fact.

Closing the face produces more 'Toe up' , or Lie angle. Generally intended to promote a draw .

tritriagain

whizbang wrote: »

Not on any golf club I have ever used. Quite the opposite in fact.

Closing the face produces more 'Toe up' , or Lie angle. Generally intended to promote a draw .

Afaik although it sounds wrong most modern drivers when you loft up face closes and vice versa.

Montgolfier

Found a handy link on lofting sleeves on the R15.
https://www.foregolf.ie/2015/03/how-to-adjust-the-taylormade-r15-driver/