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Originally Posted by I'm Popeye!
If you can't swing properly, don't waste your money getting fitted...
Just get yourself Standard Loft/Lie with senior flex clubs and go have fun.
Stiff Flex - Consistently Drive 250 or more yards
Reg Flex - 230-250
Senior Flex - 200-230
Ladies Flex - less than 200 yards off the tee
Website "Golf Country" numbers..
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Those numbers look like something that came out of a golf book from the 1950s. There is a lot more to fitting than shaft flex and there is a lot more to shafts than just flex.
The thing is how do you know if your bad shots are being caused by your swing or because of ill fitting equipment? You might be swinging fine but getting poor results because you're playing with the wrong clubs.
I've seen people develop bad swings in an attempt to fit their swings to their clubs. People end up making compensating moves in their swings in order to offset clubs that are too short, too long, too flat, too upright, too stiff, too flexible, flex in the wrong place in shaft, wrong grip size, wrong loft.
If your clubs fit you properly, how are you going to develop a swing that works for you?
On the other hand, there are actually two different ways to fit clubs. if a golfer has been playing a long time and has developed bad habits and is not interested in working to change his/her swing, clubs can be made to offset those bad habits. In other words, if you have a bad swing, you can get clubs that fit that bad swing.
It's kind of like the chicken and the egg.