So 3 weeks ago I go to Edwin Watts to pickup a 7.5 degree 913 D3
The fitter says no one stocks them, 8.5 is normal low degree.
He puts me on a monitor cold in sandals, says you need 10.5, I laugh, really, I played 7 degree for years, and now it's a 8.5 Razr fit that has too high of a ball flight, so I want a 7.5.
Guy convinces me 9.5 is perfect once I warm up, which I wasn't.
So I went to get rid of a 8.5 that was going too high to get a 7.5 and walk out with a 9.5.
3 weeks I'm hitting this, and it's plugging in fairways around 250 to 260 yards off the tee.
So when I was in the store getting new Vokeys I complain to the manager, I wanted a 7.5 and got talked into a 9.5 that turned down .75 is still not going low when I try to hit a stinger.
He looks at the driver, says ok take an 8.5 and turn it down to 7.75, but don't come back when you can't hit it.
So I go to the range and say to the pro I know, you know so and so over at Watts, he says yeah, he says I can't get this 8.5 turned down to 7.75 off the ground. I then hit 5 bombs to the end of his range with a little help from the wind, around 300 yards or so.
He laughs, wait til I see the manager, he thinks he knows everything about club fitting.
So first tee I hit a tight draw around 300 yards down wind, and then put a 4 wood on a 535 yard par 5 in two.
I hit the driver exactly how I used to hit my old 7 degree drivers years ago.
I don't care what the launch monitors say, a lower degree driver will go lower on launch, and you sure can hit it better when you try to hit a low stinger.
A Par 5 into the wind, I hit a stinger driver that rolled out to 280 INTO the wind, yesterday, no way could I hit that shot with a 9.5.
Sometimes you just have to hit the club, and play with it, and see how it performs. If you want a lower ball flight you do not go higher in driver degree, I don't care what the computer numbers say, lower degree drivers will flight lower, and yes, if you don't have a fast decent swing, you can't hit a 7.5 or 8.5, but when a guy can hit an 8.5 and says I want a lower ball, you do not sell him a 9.5.
The fitter says no one stocks them, 8.5 is normal low degree.
He puts me on a monitor cold in sandals, says you need 10.5, I laugh, really, I played 7 degree for years, and now it's a 8.5 Razr fit that has too high of a ball flight, so I want a 7.5.
Guy convinces me 9.5 is perfect once I warm up, which I wasn't.
So I went to get rid of a 8.5 that was going too high to get a 7.5 and walk out with a 9.5.
3 weeks I'm hitting this, and it's plugging in fairways around 250 to 260 yards off the tee.
So when I was in the store getting new Vokeys I complain to the manager, I wanted a 7.5 and got talked into a 9.5 that turned down .75 is still not going low when I try to hit a stinger.
He looks at the driver, says ok take an 8.5 and turn it down to 7.75, but don't come back when you can't hit it.
So I go to the range and say to the pro I know, you know so and so over at Watts, he says yeah, he says I can't get this 8.5 turned down to 7.75 off the ground. I then hit 5 bombs to the end of his range with a little help from the wind, around 300 yards or so.
He laughs, wait til I see the manager, he thinks he knows everything about club fitting.
So first tee I hit a tight draw around 300 yards down wind, and then put a 4 wood on a 535 yard par 5 in two.
I hit the driver exactly how I used to hit my old 7 degree drivers years ago.
I don't care what the launch monitors say, a lower degree driver will go lower on launch, and you sure can hit it better when you try to hit a low stinger.
A Par 5 into the wind, I hit a stinger driver that rolled out to 280 INTO the wind, yesterday, no way could I hit that shot with a 9.5.
Sometimes you just have to hit the club, and play with it, and see how it performs. If you want a lower ball flight you do not go higher in driver degree, I don't care what the computer numbers say, lower degree drivers will flight lower, and yes, if you don't have a fast decent swing, you can't hit a 7.5 or 8.5, but when a guy can hit an 8.5 and says I want a lower ball, you do not sell him a 9.5.