August 22nd, 2008, 04:00 PM
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Weekend Duffer
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Tampa, Florida
Posts: 9
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Re: iron suggestions
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Originally Posted by peoplesgolfer89
I hope you r going to a golf shop with a launch monitor.Then and only then will u be properly fitted.Try every club possible.
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I am not sure I 100% agree with that but probably not a bad idea...when I got fitted for my  I10's I went through the following:
1) PING Static fit
2) Then using the club (7 iron) that met my static fit (silver dot, +1/2 inch) I hit on a launch monitor but mainly to warm up and becuase I was at Edwin Watts (inside)
3) Then put tape on the bottom of the club and swung the club using a hitting baord which showed if I was to upright or to flat (I was perfect...middle of the tape)
4) Put tape on face of club and hit balls to see if I was in the sweet spot (most were in the sweet spot or a little toward the heel...which I like)
5) Finally using the launch monitor I observed ball flight and the angle of the flight (7 iron) and using the stock PING Z-Z65 shaft I was hitting the ball a littel higher then I wanted...around 28-29 degrees...so I went with the Dynamic Gold S-300 shafts to bring my ball flight down some (PING WRX  )...
So only the last part using the launch monitor helped me decide on the shaft but if I was hitting these clubs outside I would have probably noticed that I was hitting them very high...the rest of the fitting process (for irons only) could be done outside...just my 
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