In 2022, I wanted to start taking golf more seriously, so I went and got fitted for clubs. Since then, I've been in fairly steady lessons, first with Golftech, and then with a coach. In the three years since I was fitted, my swing has changed considerably. Grip, takeaway, impact, pretty much all of it.

I'm wondering now if the changes in my swing merit an adjustment to my irons? My fitting and purchase came with lifetime adjustments as part of the price, so it's no additional cost to me. Still, I don't want to waste my time or the fitters if I don't need anything changed.

In terms of pre-lessons when I was fitted, my misses were right and slice-y, like most casuals. I've mostly gotten away from that, and if anything, my misses now are pulls and hooks. It has me wondering if my fitter set up the clubs to help mitigate my slice and bad swing, and now I've outgrown that "band-aid."

Do yall have any ideas on things I can do on the range or at home to check and see if it's an issue before I make an appointment? I'm not beyond buying some random piece of kit off Amazon if that's necessary, either.

It's too late to change it now, but I would have gotten serious about golf for 3-5 years before ever getting fitted.

I'd just go in and have a pro look at it. Even if you have to pay the $100 for the time, it's way better than some product you find online and try to decipher the information yourself.

Buy some impact tape to put on the bottom of the club combined with an impact/lie board. Both are cheap on amazon. Basic masking tape works too. If the main mark is in the middle, the lie angle is likely good. If toward the heel, may need flattening. At that point, probably worth a fitting for confirmation and ensuring they are adjusted the right amount. But that impact test will at least tell you whether it's worth that trouble.

I misread the thread title and thought it was going to be a post about neglecting your relationships to play golf all the time or making an ass out of yourself hitting on the cart girl or something.

bagger05 said:

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I misread the thread title and thought it was going to be a post about neglecting your relationships to play golf all the time or making an ass out of yourself hitting on the cart girl or something.

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I think we'd agree to risk it all for Paige Spiranac.

Quick coda: I reached out to my fitter. He sent me my specs and an email about coming in. Basically, he gave me a neutral set up rather than the band-aid approach, so I'm going to go in and hit some balls and see if we need to make some adjustments.

Get a ball and one of those putting alignment stencils. Use a dry erase marker and mark the ball. Put the ball on the ground with line facing perfectly vertical, and facing your club face. Hit the ball. If the line mark is not perpendicular on your club face to your grooves, you need an adjustment. This is obviously a little rudimentary, but try it a few times and you should see a pattern.