OK. So, I'm not unfamiliar with club fitting as my last two sets have been Pings, fitted at their factory in England. And I thought it had been very helpful. I was shooting high eighties/low nineties most of the time but felt I could do better and, as well as reading about all the new club technology (none of my woods was adjustable), I was reading about the 'new breed' of fitters and fitting and decided that was the way I wanted to go.
I live in Manhattan, did my research and decided to go with NovoGolf. I booked two sessions with William, two consecutive mornings, to go through every club in the bag. I arrived and was given a bucket of balls and told to warm up. Soon enough William arrived and escorted me to the fitting room - more like a lock up garage with a shutter door opening out to the range, fitted golf mat carpeting and more golf club heads, shafts and assorted technology than I'd ever thought to see. And, of course, the Trackman and all sorts of monitors hanging off the walls!
William was great, took me through every club (wedges and irons the first day) hitting my own club, then hitting head/shaft combos that he put together based on the trackman data. And was continually asking me how I liked the look, how it felt and letting me know what the data showed. So at the end of the two days we had a ‘preferred’ shaft/head combo for every club. Which became the order.
One word of warning. I didn’t give William any budget, so we tried everything, regardless of cost. And guess what? You get what you pay for (certainly true for William’s fitting fee) and the heads and shafts that worked best for me were not cheap! So, if you’ve got a budget make it clear at the outset. Or you’re going to get a shock. That said, I bit the bullet and am thrilled that I did.
I’m now regularly shooting high seventies/low eighties, I have huge confidence in every club in my bag and in the distance I hit them, and I’m getting 20 to 30 yards more from each club. Believe me, I’m having a lot more fun! So, for me, the exercise and the money spent were hugely worthwhile. William is totally professional, extremely knowledgeable and I would unhesitatingly recommend him and his services.