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ArcticHeron said:
@magicroundabout or any of the other more experienced posters here will be best to answer that, but generally speaking it's best not to charge in for a fitting if you're unsure about your swing and/or game in general. If you buy decent clubs now and say go for a lesson next week they could modify everything about your game and the clubs you've purchased might not suit your new style of play.

Imo, prioritise lessons first then once you've got a feel for how your game will be progressing go get fitted.
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Exactly what @booyaka has already said. Concentrate on your swing and try to understand it. As you said to myself, you've no idea where the club head is or where it is at impact.

Have some lessons. Get used to your swing and once you get that feel go and get fitted. Don't pay for a fitting though and have a look at what clubs you like the look of before you get drawn into buying a set you're not comfortable with. Confidence in your irons is a massive thing. Obviously you wouldn't want them as thin as mine :D

If you do want a newer/better set then look for a decent second hand from golf bidder or somewhere similar.
 
Superpatsy said:
Yeah, I'm in the middle of Fife so can't really justify driving the best part of an hour each way to get there and spending that much per hour.
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I "think" they supply clubs as well - Not sure if you take your own.

I suppose the idea of it is more "fun/games" than an actual range.

At £45 a hour no wonder!!
 
magicroundabout said:
is that £45 for a bay? Of how many people?
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up to 6 people.

That's peak hours - cheaper during the week/early morning etc

Topgolf is more a "fun" thing than a serious range. Food, drinks, hit some balls etc. You wouldn't go yourself as even the cheapest hour is £25 at 10am on a monday morning!! :cry: :cry:

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Went for wedge fitting today, nice xmas present from the wife :)

Wanted to go in and compare my wedges to the Vokeys.
I'm using the Sim2 wedges, AW, SW and LW.

Looking at my spin, I've got about 1.5k extra spin on my shots with the Vokey 60' compared to my Sim2 LB (59')
I found it pretty easy to put spin on a little quarter swing too, got them stopping dead after hitting it quite aggressively to a pin on screen.
I can start opening up the face a bit more too, as the bounce of my Sim LW was a bit high and with less offset, the club face sits lower to the ground. I'm no longer gonna thin the buggers if I try a flop!

Ended up ordering:
  • Vokey 10F 50'
  • Vokey 10S 54'
  • Vokey 8M 60'
Looking forward to play with them xmas onwards! :D
 
MarkA said:
Went for wedge fitting today, nice xmas present from the wife :)

Wanted to go in and compare my wedges to the Vokeys.
I'm using the Sim2 wedges, AW, SW and LW.

Looking at my spin, I've got about 1.5k extra spin on my shots with the Vokey 60' compared to my Sim2 LB (59')
I found it pretty easy to put spin on a little quarter swing too, got them stopping dead after hitting it quite aggressively to a pin on screen.
I can start opening up the face a bit more too, as the bounce of my Sim LW was a bit high and with less offset, the club face sits lower to the ground. I'm no longer gonna thin the buggers if I try a flop!

Ended up ordering:
  • Vokey 10F 50'
  • Vokey 10S 54'
  • Vokey 8M 60'
Looking forward to play with them xmas onwards! :D
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did the wife pay for the wedges too?
Nice early xmas present and once you go Vokey you'll never change. They're so nice to hit
 
magicroundabout said:
did the wife pay for the wedges too?
Nice early xmas present and once you go Vokey you'll never change. They're so nice to hit
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She did! I'm a lucky guy :p
Hitting the middle of the face on these things is something else. Buttery smooth, can't wait to get have them to use. (Going to keep them wrapped up until the day - Only 11 days to go!!).
 
Wife said to get myself something for Xmas....

Mizuno Tour Staff Mid Golf Bag ordered..... haha ( had my eye on one for a while) - Had £80 in paypal account and found one on Ebay, brand new with tags. Guy got it with a new set of clubs - unused - bit of negotiation with offers/counter offers - £200 in the end. Happy with that less £80 in paypal account.

Will hopefully get around £100 for my Titleist cart bag that a bit of rub here and there.

Should be here later in the week.
 
I keep thinking about getting a new bag, I'm using a trolley a lot more and I need to put my stand bag in sideways or it turns itself sideways and falls out, and even if I start off sideways it's fallen out a couple of times. But then at my local course I carry for 9 holes and so the stand bag is great, and I don't want to keep swapping clubs...

Clearly what I need is two complete sets of clubs? :cry:
 
SKILL said:
I keep thinking about getting a new bag, I'm using a trolley a lot more and I need to put my stand bag in sideways or it turns itself sideways and falls out, and even if I start off sideways it's fallen out a couple of times. But then at my local course I carry for 9 holes and so the stand bag is great, and I don't want to keep swapping clubs...

Clearly what I need is two complete sets of clubs? :cry:
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Two bags - proper cart bag, then a Pencil bag for the summer/9 holes etc

That's what I have - Cart bag 90% of the time and then if nipping out for 9 holes etc - just throw Driver/hybrid/5/7/9/wedge/putter in the pencil bag. Also makes you have to play little knockdown shots etc as you might not have the exact club - good fun.
 
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Would love a decent half sized tour bag. Only issue is that I don't drive so carting one around on the bus can be a bit of a nightmare, especially when I have to take it into work for travel to the range afterwards.

Currently have the Ping Moonlite pencil bag which has been great, but really wish it had legs to stand. That little bit of extra effort mounts up over the course of a round...
 
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Went to the range for the 2nd time last night. Things were slightly better but resolved to get a bunch of lessons in the new year before I hack up the course! Then will get some fittings for new clubs.
 
booyaka said:
Two bags - proper cart bag, then a Pencil bag for the summer/9 holes etc

That's what I have - Cart bag 90% of the time and then if nipping out for 9 holes etc - just throw Driver/hybrid/5/7/9/wedge/putter in the pencil bag. Also makes you have to play little knockdown shots etc as you might not have the exact club - good fun.
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I have thought of taking/using a reduced set on the local tbh, Driver only actually gets used for 3 tees anyway :p

Actually thought of going as far as a 7 Iron and a putter for the lols, pick a weekday when it's nice and quiet and just see how that goes :cry:

Currently I'm lazy and my clubs basically live in the boot of the car, I take them out occasionally to clean them but otherwise that's where they live :p
 
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Got myself a full bag fitting on Saturday, the course is closed due to the frost.

Pretty good deal, 3.5h on a GC Quad, £140 but with a 50% voucher so £70. Making the most of my AMEX cashback.

Now my Plantar fasciitis has seemingly gone away I want to be back into single figures next season.
 
Josh said:
Got myself a full bag fitting on Saturday, the course is closed due to the frost.

Pretty good deal, 3.5h on a GC Quad, £140 but with a 50% voucher so £70. Making the most of my AMEX cashback.

Now my Plantar fasciitis has seemingly gone away I want to be back into single figures next season.
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nice - enjoy.... Could get VERY expensive :cry: :cry:

Don't forget to take some food/drink for a session that long. I did 90 minute session on trackman once and was knackered/hungry.....

11am Lesson for me today - Just going to get something to work on over the winter. Still -5/6/7 up here at the moment so no golf any time soon outside!
 
Same here, -6 today with snow still covering the mountains near me.

So i've been thinking about goals for next season. Seeing as this was my first proper season playing, which has seen me drop from my initial 29 HCP > 17.5.
I'm hoping to get this down to around 12-14 by the end of next season. Do you think those expectations are too low or about right?
I believe it gets harder and harder to get lower, the lower you get, so don't want to have my expectations too low.
I'll be moving clubs in April to a proper course, so I expect to be hitting out of normal rough and much smoother greens come, which should inevitably help my scoring.

What do you all think my expectations should be?
 
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