Why BUYING FITTED GOLF CLUBS is totally WRONG!?

Why BUYING FITTED GOLF CLUBS is totally WRONG!? These golf clubs are TOTALLY WRONG!? When we buy new golf clubs we always get told to make sure you buy the best golf clubs,. fitted golf clubs, should you get fitted for your golf clubs? in this video I take a look at a totally different method of golf club fitting, can using the totally wrongly fitted golf clubs actually work in your favour? what lie angle should you have in your golf clubs? having the best loft and lie for your irons can make you play potentially way better golf? so not only buying the most forgiving irons, the best forgiving golf clubs, but maybe getting the best fitted golf clubs of 2022 thinking out side the box can help... let's do it... and let's do it now!

[williammcintyre]

James thanks for the videos on the Wilson Launch Pad irons. Was struggling hitting irons after my stroke. So purchased a set of the Launch pad irons and am hitting greens and hopeful about getting back to a single digit handicap. By the way I am 77.

Thanks so much for those videos and I enjoy your videos.

[TRM]

As a +2 I have never understood fitting a mid handicap golfer to the hardest shot in golf to hit, a straight shot. I purposely work every shot because a miss from a straight shot is a 2 way miss where a miss from working it is more times than not a 1 way miss. Just my 2 cents.

[captainsnake]

Gaz's barber must have misunderstood when he said he wanted to fade the ball.

[Gigity]

I was fit for my last set of clubs and had them maybe 18 years, My swing, setup etc didn't stay the same for even 18 minutes though. So I've always been a firm believer in you making the clubs work for you. My current set I just took off the shelf. They were such a good deal and I wasn't even looking to buy any at the time. Had a couple of swings into the screen at the golf shop. Didn't shank any, so away I went.

[FenwayJoe]

Great video James. I think many folks play without fitted clubs and do fine. Thats gone on for years.

[drumhardmay]

I don’t know if you have a new camera or different rendering settings but holy crap that was crystal clear video, cheers for the content, can you talk to your swing you seemed to have changed back to the old swing before the Peter Cowan video

[roberthudson]

Very interesting. I intend to get properly fitted for some new irons and I’ll be interested to see what the fitter says regarding my current irons.

[Itsme]

that is exactly with Brian from PXG Huntington Beach did for me a couple of weeks ago with my new set. I started hitting my old set with joy but I am more excited to get out with the new Gen7’s with my adjustments and swing with a clear head that my set is fit for a great time on the course!!!! Appreciate you James!

[AnthonyDavid]

1 over ....
My last lesson was a revelation. My coach got me to to stand taller and he also sent me a photo of my stance to remind me what a impressive stance I now have. A benefit beside more consistent striking of my irons was I was able to take spin off my driver and get better distance, even though the shaft is not properly fitted for me. (my new ZX5 driver is ready for me after I return from holdays).

[robertchilton]

I experienced this exact thing. I went in for some lessons and my new coach immediately stood me more upright. I have eliminated the hard left snap pull hook tragedy of a miss. My ball striking is exponentially better and my handicap index dropped by 4.2 shots over the course of the next 1 1/2 - 2 years. I am not certain why this change was so dramatic for me, I personally, feel like the upright swing allows my body to stay down the target line longer with less rotation. I would be very interested to see if James' would enjoy the ball striking benefits long term. Cheers

[Doctoberfest]

This is spot on with my thoughts on golf. As a beginner I was wondering why would people want me to play with extremely forgiving clubs which will just re-enforce bad habits that will take much longer to break.

[tomdelaney]

James I have been watching a YouTube channel called TXG and the club fitter called Ian ( who is Scottish and based in Canada). He doesn't use the board to define your lie, he uses the trackman to determine the shape of the shot to decide what angle the head should be upright or flat.

[thegolfingmusician]

I was missing my irons left and trying to make swing adjustments to compensate over the last year. Finally took them to a fitter. Had the lie angles adjusted and now they are consistently straighter.
Highly recommend getting yours checked.

[royclose]

Well done James if you look back how did we play golf back in the day without fitted golf clubs 👍

[Zebra]

I think the coments about posture are spot on. I have noticed with my game is when my posture gets off so does my game. I have a tendency to sometime not pay attention to the "Little Things" with steup.

[josiahjones]

You played well with the irons, James. You're very good and know how to manipulate your swing and delivery based on what you're given. But where do you draw the line? Would you play your gamers 2 deg up? Or is it just a setup comfortability, ball flight bias sort of thing?

[davidhudson]

James, I’ve played with Mizuno blades most of my golfing life. I stopped playing for 17 years and started plying agin here in Spain 3 years ago with some Taylormade clubs I was given. Two years ago I bought a set of Mizuno MP18 SC’s they were 1” longer and I hit them very high so I’ve had the lofts made 4° strong then gave them a little tweak to make them 2° flat lie because I was contacting the ground with the heel of the club. I have also had the spline aligned. I hit the ball very straight but can work the ball left or right, more or less on demand. I’m 66 and I don’t hit the ball as far as I did 20 years ago so the 1” longer and the 4° stronger loft’s help me to get the distance I want from all my clubs. I’ve also made some swing changes that have helped enormously thanks to my Friend and coach, who I think you will know Sinjin McNab. My shafts are KBS 205 Taper lite S but in my 3 & 4 iron’s we have changed them to KBS 105 R taper lite this gives me more club head speed and I can load the shaft better. Standard clubs are for standard people! But in golf there is no such player that is standard so bit by bit with Sinjin’s help my clubs have evolved to what I use very successfully today. Using what works for yourself as an individual is always the way. Most club fitters will fit you into a box that most meets your needs but is never perfect. How can you fit a set of clubs in a 30 minute or 1 hour fitting, I also notice when Mizuno fitted you for your irons on two occasions they never spline aligned the shafts even though they had the bare shafts and could have done this.
I always remember Sir Nick Faldo saying that before every season he got three sets of irons from Mizuno and he would work through all three sets to make one set that he hit the best, is it possible that the clubs he chose were best spline aligned to what suited him best!

[MrHyatt-hxsh]

Finally, someone is talking about this. If you had a perfect repeatable swing fitting the club to the golfer would be appropriate. In reality, your matching the clubs to the best repeatable swing of the golfer. Get lessons first then get fitted.

[mikeg.]

Well it really makes you think. Maybe that is why some people play better with just certain clubs whether it's the long or short clubs in the bag. The length of them corrects something in their swing. Maybe the short irons only need more length or vice versa.

[rushfanjames]

Got my swing analyzed long time ago, standard loft and lie and I have a neutral setup and delivery.
Never got fitted per se. being a scratch golfer, never felt the need to 🤷🏻‍♂️
I followed Johnny Millers advice and have several types of swings for different situations.
Worked well for me all these years 👍🏽