Club Fittings - science in action or snake oil for sale?

One thing we all want but find hard to achieve as golfers is consistency, I mean even the Tour Pros don't have it. Look at Rory, Henrik, Jason et al. How often do we hear them post-round telling Sarah Stirk that they feel 'this element' of their swing is coming together or 'that element' seems

Rather than hijack the Wentworth Taylor Made thread I thought I'd start a new one on the broader topic of club fitting sessions.

One thing we all want but find hard to achieve as golfers is consistency, I mean even the Tour Pros don't have it. Look at Rory, Henrik, Jason et al. How often do we hear them post-round telling Sarah Stirk that they feel 'this element' of their swing is coming together or 'that element' seems to be getting nearer to where they want it to be etc.

So as club players of varying, and it must be said wide ranging swing skills, we rock up to our fitting session. Now consider a phenomenon that we all can probably relate to. On any given day we can play like a god and believe we have finally cracked this wretched game, then we come out the following day full of hope and belief that we're going to burn the course up, only to knob it round like an absolute beginner. The problem is our inconsistency and like the weather it's pretty changeable and always with us. Quite often often we don't know who's getting out of the car and stepping on to the first tee.

Nevertheless and meanwhile back in the fitting studio we are totally prepared to believe that our Tour Pro alter ego has shown up on the day and not our slicing-hooking-shanking-duffing-hacking one. I mean heaven forbid that we'd have a ropey swing on fitting day, Eh? :D. Purrrlease! So operating on full blind faith mode and convinced that we're on top form we're quickly shown how the latest Mega-Thump QSX 7s outperform our tired old bats by a country mile - giving us Y yards more carry, a thousand more / less revolutions, a launch angle of X degrees better and so on and so on. We then place our order for the new clubs and get all excited wearing out the hall carpet waiting for the Parcelforce geezer to turn up with the saviours of our game.

Sidebar - has anyone ever gone for a club fitting only to be told "What you've got in your hands is the very thing for you my boy! Yessiree Bob, don't even think of changing it for one second." Never happened to me or any of my mates who have been fitted.

Many of us are taking a massive leap of faith in believing, or wanting to believe, that with less than consistent repeatable swings, somehow we performed in the studio with our A game and now the computer has come up with the perfect club fit for us.

Me? I'm not convinced I'm afraid. Been there, done it, even enjoyed it but I did it because I was keen to believe that it would take my game to the next level. It didn't - but that's more about my inconsistency I'd say - and after six months all I had was a nagging doubt about the science.

I realise that this will split the group and there will be opinions on both sides, I am sure that the 'better' we are will help form our view on the relative merits of club fitting, oh and just in case there are some out there with their ultra-serious head on, there is an element of tongue-in-cheek to this post, and I don't doubt that many have benefited from a fitting, but equally I'm sure there may well be many others whose handicaps post-fitting remain the same or even increase, and that they could possibly think that rather than having bought into 'the secret', they have in fact been sold a big old drum of snake oil :whistle:

*Dons suit of armour and awaits the onslaught* :mmm:

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