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DOES IT WORK?

I decided to put the My Golf Spy True Golf Fit system to the test. First of all I love the idea of taking all of the data that My Golf Spy has collected and making it relevant to the individual golfer. Unlike their Most Wanted tests that determine which clubs are best for the majority of golfers. The True Golf Fit system is designed to predict what works for you specifically.

In order for their system to determine what’s right for you. You must answer a few questions first so that their software can match you up with club testers of a similar ability. It begins with your Handicap, then your Swing Speed, then your Angle of Attack, and lastly your Swing Tempo. Based on these parameters it will match you to the two best clubs they’ve tested.

I already knew going in that their software wouldn’t work for me. In order to achieve a correct Driver fitting for a golfer like myself there’s one more question that should have been asked. WHAT IS YOUR SHOT SHAPE? If you follow me on my Cobe Life YouTube channel. You would already know that my natural shot shape is a heavy Draw. A bad shot becomes a slice. Having tested many Drivers over the last three years I already knew that anything other than a specifically Draw biased Driver wouldn’t perform as well. Even an adjustable Driver with movable weights, and a Draw biased hosel setting won’t work as well. It only costs $7 to see their results so I did it anyway.

ON TO THE SIMULATOR

In order to be totally fair about my presumptions I headed straight to my local Golf Town and had them tape up those two Drivers. I also had them tape up a couple of specifically Draw biased Drivers as well. Can you guess which Drivers consistenyly performed better for me? If you guessed the Draw biased Drivers then you would be correct.

I hit an average of 18 yards further with the Draw biased Drivers, and was an average of 14 yards closer to center with a far tighter dispersion. Something else that isn’t factored into their equation is the set up of your current gamer. Although it wouldn’t have affected my fitting process. A friend of mine tried out their True Golf Fit system as well, and it definitely affected his results.

He currently games a Callaway XR16 Driver with a Regular Flex Fujikura Speeder Evolution 565 shaft that has been cut down an inch. He routinely swings that particular Driver at around 96mph. This places him in the Medium Swing Speed category. He also generates far more Spin than he would like because he has a Downward Attack Angle. The True Fit System selected the Ping G400 LST as his number 1 choice. The idea of testing a Low Spin Driver had never occured to him before because I don’t suggest Low Spin Drivers to anyone who swings below 105mph. We were still intrigued by the idea because we figured that the Low Spin might counteract his high Spin swing, the way a Draw biased Driver counters my Fade. Well that just wasn’t the case. He was unable to swing that particular club at anything more than 92mph. At that speed the ball just falls out of the sky with the LST. He tried a few other Drivers including a Taylormade M2 and was able to swing those at 97mph quite easily.

CONCLUSION

Obviously the My Golf Spy True Golf Fit system isn’t for everyone. If you hit your drives anything but straight your results won’t be precise. If you have been professionally Fit for your current Driver than your numbers might tell an inaccurate story to the My Golf Spy True Golf Fit software. I’m hoping that over time their software will be updated and appeal to a larger number of golfers. I’m a fan of what My Golf Spy is about, and their goal to get the best equipment for you in to your bag. A lot of what I do is for that exact same reason, only I am more focused on the Beginner Golfer. For that reason the True Golf Fit system isn’t something I would suggest you put your trust in until you have a typically straight and consistently repeatable swing.

Even the truth can be misleading

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After three Canadian Seasons of playing golf, I’ve learned a few things. Not everything the major manufacturers say necessarily applies to the Beginner Golfer. The looks, and feel of Golf clubs are given far too much credit when rated by trusted reviewers online. These things have factored in to some of the poor equipment choices Beginners can make. In this article I’m going to explain how to better understand as a Beginner what information actually applies to you.

Looks, feel, and demand

I watched a Video on YouTube recently where the reviewer was testing five different Irons from five manufacturers. He based his final score for each club on a number of factors including shot consistency, distance, appearance, and cost. The club that actually performed the best overall finished second because the reviewer didn’t like the looks of the Iron. He suggested that we should actually purchase the inferior product because it looks better in the bag. He’s not alone in his thinking. I’ve seen, and read many reviews of excellent products that get dismissed because they don’t have a classic look. Golf Digest routinely gives out it’s Gold star ratings for a number of Golf products from balls to Drivers. Be careful how much credit you give their ratings though. They make a point of factoring in Product demand when considering their final rankings. That’s right it’s also a popularity contest. Two clubs could perform equally as well, but if one is from a major manufacturer with a team of tour Pros, and marketing. Well that’s the club that’s going to get the Gold star because lots of people like it. Beginners shouldn’t concern themselves with customer demand, or how pretty a club looks in the bag. All they should be concerned about is how a new piece of equipment will improve their game. I understand the motivation that a lot of these online reviewers have. Make the Big Golf Manufacturers happy, and there could be some free swag, or marketing dollars coming your way. Qualitative categories like looks, or feel, and skewed categories like demand allow reviewers to consistently keep whichever Big brand product they like near, or at the top of their rankings. Nobody can argue about Feel, because what feels right to each person is unique. In some cases Feel is more about the Shaft of a club. If you are getting professionally fit. What a reviewer says about Feel isn’t valid at all. Looks are really about what makes you confident, and comfortable over the ball. Read any of the reviews you can find online about my Adams Yes Milly Putter. All of them will make a point of telling you how ugly it is. I can admit that the Black and Yellow colour scheme is a bit garish. It makes lining up the ball an absolute breeze through.

The majority of reviewers will highlight all the technology that went into the Putter. The C-Groove milled face, true alignment sole, heel and toe tungsten weighting, and high contrast alignment were all considered top of the line tech. Unfortunately for Adams though the Looks category kept the overall ratings down. I easily tested 20 different Putters before selecting the Yes Milly. I only based my final selection on two factors, price and performance. Price always plays a role, but not as much when it comes to Putters. I know that I’ll keep the right Putter for years. I might go through three sets of Irons before I change my Putter. For that reason I’m willing to spend more. Fortunately for me, all of the technology crammed into the Yes Milly Putter came relatively cheap. Adams was bought by Taylormade, and the Yes Putter division was dropped reducing Demand. The many reviews proclaiming how ugly it was didn’t help it’s market value so it went on clearance relatively quickly. In the end I had narrowed it down to the Odyssey White Hot 2.0 vs the Yes Milly. The Milly won because I was able to consistently lag long Putts closer to the hole. Like I said, Performance always wins.

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WHAT MY GOLF SPY CLAIMS

TRUEGolfFit is the first service in the golf industry to use a scientific compatibility matching system to find the best equipment configuration for your unique swing

We compare your swing information with our database of over 45,000 swings and 10,000,000 data points to find your TRUE Fit.

Longer. Straighter. Lower. Guaranteed. Know the clubs that perform best for you BEFORE you buy. TRUEGolfFit the world leader in golf club fit prediction.

DOES IT WORK?

MY RESULTS

ON TO THE SIMULATOR

CONCLUSION