1 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:06,879 If you're preparing to invest in lessons and you're using equipment that is just not 2 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,439 built for your swing, it's going to take you that much longer in more 3 00:00:10,599 --> 00:00:14,759 of these sessions to achieve any type of goal. Another part of that is 4 00:00:14,839 --> 00:00:19,079 what if I advance perfect, you're supposed to advance. We want you to 5 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:22,239 advance, right, So hey, let's see what happens in the next couple 6 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,640 of years, right, Because if you're working and you have a family, 7 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,559 there's only so much time that you can dedicate to sharpening your game. When 8 00:00:29,559 --> 00:00:33,200 we're trying to become successful in golf, we're trying to bring the alarms down 9 00:00:33,399 --> 00:00:37,560 mentally. If we can just reduce those alarms with the worrisome of I don't 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:41,240 know if my clubs are right for me, then get fit immediately so you 11 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,079 can set yourself up for success. Everybody wants to see success like that, 12 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:48,880 and it's just not going to happen if you're using equipment that's inferior for you. 13 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:55,280 Launching our nineteenth year of new weekly episodes, here's our newest Golf Smarter 14 00:00:55,359 --> 00:01:00,159 Ambassador who plays at the same course where I got started. Stay tuned to 15 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:03,799 hear how you can receive a free gift for doing one of these. Hi, 16 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,519 this is David Lamb from Santrafel, California, and I play at McGinnis 17 00:01:07,519 --> 00:01:12,879 Park Golf Center in Santrafel. This is Golf Smarter number nine twenty eight. 18 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,519 Getting Fit for clubs benefits every golfer at any level with Master Fitter JP. 19 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:26,640 This is Golf Smarter sharing stories, tips and insights from great golf minds to 20 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:32,319 help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ. Here's your host, 21 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,280 Fred Green. Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast JP. Hey Fred, how 22 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,159 are you, sir? I'm doing well. It's great to have you on 23 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:45,200 the show. I'm fascinated to talk to you because I like talking about club 24 00:01:45,239 --> 00:01:48,680 fitting. I actually do like it, not that I go through it often, 25 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,680 but I do like talking about it. I think everybody needs to know. 26 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:56,640 Awesome. I'm very fortunate and thankful to be included in this today and 27 00:01:57,439 --> 00:02:01,959 let's dive into it all right. Well, what makes your position unique in 28 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,879 talking to a club fitter is that you work for a company. You work 29 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:12,360 for PXG doing their fittings, as opposed to a club fitter who does custom 30 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,360 clubs. You know, builds, custom clubs or you know works it works 31 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:22,159 in retail and has everything available to them to find the right club for that 32 00:02:22,319 --> 00:02:24,680 person. You know, what they feel most comfortable with, what looks best 33 00:02:24,680 --> 00:02:29,199 to them as they're standing over the ball. But you have a product that 34 00:02:29,240 --> 00:02:34,879 you're selling, but you're fitting people for it. Let's let's let's talk about 35 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,800 I want to talk about the process of getting fitted, but I also want 36 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:43,240 to talk about the importance of getting fitted. But let's start with the process 37 00:02:43,879 --> 00:02:50,199 of what it is to be fitted by somebody who's working for a manufacturer. 38 00:02:50,319 --> 00:02:54,439 Yeah, you know, specifically with PXG, part of the process is custom 39 00:02:54,479 --> 00:02:59,000 club fitting. So when you're getting custom club fitting, you know, our 40 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:01,960 job is to make sure our equipment is tailored to you. It's a little 41 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:06,879 different than maybe back in the early two thousands and then even before that, 42 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:10,719 where you know, you could go to a local retail store specifically for golf 43 00:03:12,199 --> 00:03:15,000 or sportings goods, right, and they had you know, you're set on 44 00:03:15,439 --> 00:03:20,719 the wall and you just pick it up, purchase it, leave, and 45 00:03:21,199 --> 00:03:24,280 then you'd end up having to create a golf swing to the golf clubs, 46 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:30,439 which we do the opposite. We're trying to build a golf club or custom 47 00:03:30,439 --> 00:03:34,800 fit a golf club for your swing. You know, and before we dive 48 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:40,639 into that process, most consumers have developed a golf swing just based on that 49 00:03:40,759 --> 00:03:45,719 they've either gotten hand me down golf equipment or they've bought something simply off the 50 00:03:45,759 --> 00:03:49,280 rack that could potentially either be too long, too heavy, to light, 51 00:03:49,400 --> 00:03:52,360 too stiff. So what they're going to do is they're going to go to 52 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,599 the range and they're going to try and create a golf swing, and they're 53 00:03:54,599 --> 00:04:00,599 probably creating tons of flaws and it's going to be really difficult. Continue to 54 00:04:00,599 --> 00:04:03,400 do that over the years, and you're working yourself into a hole, probably 55 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:09,039 creating a lot more frustration than enjoyable time on the golf course. So with 56 00:04:09,159 --> 00:04:13,560 PXG, you know, our main focus is to make sure that when you 57 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,160 leave after you're fitting, you know exactly why you got fit into, what 58 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:23,800 the combination between shaft and head. You have a bunch of data to back 59 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:29,319 up any of the combinations we fit you in. So when you're a customer 60 00:04:29,319 --> 00:04:33,560 that walks into one of our retail locations or what we call hub locations that 61 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:38,920 are kind of all over the country where we can offer fittings on a daily 62 00:04:38,959 --> 00:04:44,600 basis, but strictly talking about our retail stores. Predominantly most are three base 63 00:04:44,639 --> 00:04:47,120 stores. There are some two bays. They're all outfitted with track Man, 64 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,199 which is incredible. It's those state of the art technology. You're going to 65 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:57,240 be able to unwind all your data ranging from your club speed, your ball 66 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,639 speed, your distance, your spin rate, your land angle, your height. 67 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:03,319 Well, let me interrupt you for just a starting. I apologize, 68 00:05:03,319 --> 00:05:10,480 but you you're a young man in my eyes because I only see dark hair, 69 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:15,240 nothing gray. Yes, but but have you been fitting since before track 70 00:05:15,319 --> 00:05:21,079 Man as well? No? Okay, so your experience so because I got 71 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:26,399 to imagine that changed everything for fitters one thousand percent. I mean, you 72 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,040 know there's other great technology that's out there, Foresight. You know, there's 73 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:33,600 the cube that's out there as well, but with track Man, you know, 74 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:40,160 it really made its its its name through the PGA tour years ago, 75 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:45,120 where you would see these individuals walking up with a case and a handle and 76 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,959 pull out this you know, six by six orange box and it would sit 77 00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:54,639 behind you and then they take swings and then you'd see them glance over at 78 00:05:54,639 --> 00:05:59,120 an iPad that just had all these numbers. So for them what they're trying 79 00:05:59,160 --> 00:06:01,279 to do is they're trying to dial in their distances. They're trying to understand 80 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,480 what their spin rates are, and that's something that we do too. But 81 00:06:04,600 --> 00:06:11,160 it's really important for us to provide that data and back up why we're fitting 82 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,519 you into, whether it's a stiff shaft, regular flex shaft, different lengths, 83 00:06:15,959 --> 00:06:18,839 because we really want to find what's going to optimize your game based on 84 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:24,079 what we're fitting you in. The other cool data is that you're being able 85 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:27,720 to come in with your current equipment, so we're going to really measure your 86 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:30,839 apples to apples. Right. If anybody walks in without their equipment. In 87 00:06:31,399 --> 00:06:34,600 their mind they're hitting a seven iron one hundred and sixty yards, but they 88 00:06:34,639 --> 00:06:39,600 don't have that seven iron, and they don't achieve one hundred and sixty yards 89 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:44,120 with potentially our seven iron, it's really hard to justify that today. Without 90 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,319 your equipment, how can we really know? How can you really be sure 91 00:06:46,319 --> 00:06:51,199 that you are hitting that distance? So it's super important for any of our 92 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:55,959 customers to bring their current gamers in. All of them bring the whole bag 93 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,480 in, So let me walk you through that process. Right, So, 94 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:01,399 if you're Fred you're going to walk through. I'm currently right now in the 95 00:07:01,839 --> 00:07:05,879 Philadelphia store, which is probably thirty minutes west of Philadelphia and King of Prussia 96 00:07:06,639 --> 00:07:10,079 three based stores. So you're walking in, you've got your clubs. I'm 97 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,480 going to greet you at the door. Hey, Fred, welcome to p 98 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,079 XU Philadelphia. I see you've got a one o'clock fitting today for a full 99 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:20,920 bag. Let me check you in so we'll make sure that we properly check 100 00:07:20,959 --> 00:07:26,600 you in through our systems and at that time our fitter, if it's me, 101 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:30,600 I'd greet you, introduce myself, and most likely give you a tour 102 00:07:30,639 --> 00:07:33,639 of the store because PXG just isn't built on equipment, right, We've got 103 00:07:33,680 --> 00:07:38,079 apparel, we've got merchandise, we've got accessory. Yeah, we'll talk a 104 00:07:38,079 --> 00:07:42,839 lot more about later. Yeah, and so you know, the process would 105 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:46,600 from there, I'd walk you to the bay and just simply ask you to 106 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:49,839 either pull out a wedge or any comfortable any club that you're comfortable you know, 107 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:55,759 warming up in, and then after you're done, we'll basically have you 108 00:07:55,839 --> 00:07:59,439 take out your seven iron. We strictly just fit with seven irons, right, 109 00:07:59,439 --> 00:08:01,959 because we have a ton of shafts to offer. But if you're thinking 110 00:08:01,959 --> 00:08:05,240 about a set of irons, whether it's four through pitching wedge, five through 111 00:08:05,279 --> 00:08:09,040 gap wedge, seven irons the middle of the road. So once we really 112 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:13,519 narrow that down, it transcends to the other The other irons in your set 113 00:08:13,199 --> 00:08:18,120 and wedges are just irons, wedges, irons, hybrids. Yeah. So 114 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,839 as far as like the fitting with the seven iron, yeah, yeah, 115 00:08:20,879 --> 00:08:24,160 I mean it. You said how it translates to the other clubs, does 116 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:28,240 it also translate to the wedges. Yeah, well yeah, we have we 117 00:08:28,279 --> 00:08:30,680 have wedges that we can fit you in as well that you know, the 118 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:33,320 component the head comes off during the fitting and we can change you're talking about 119 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:39,639 the main set, the four or five through correct, You're you're you know 120 00:08:39,759 --> 00:08:43,240 the the fairway Yeah, clubs, yep, yep. So the seven iron 121 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:48,399 you're gonna hit, We're gonna ask you to hit yours right somewhere between five 122 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:54,039 to seven times because track Man has the capability of collecting an average based on 123 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:58,679 how many swings you've taken. So after you've taken let's just say seven swings, 124 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:01,480 we're gonna look, I'm going to ask you to come over to my 125 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,960 monitor and we're going to look at all the numbers. So the most important 126 00:09:05,039 --> 00:09:07,679 numbers that we like to identify is how fast you swing in the club, 127 00:09:07,159 --> 00:09:13,679 your ball speed, your spin rate, your carry distance, your total distance, 128 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:18,159 the apex or height, and then the landing angle, which is at 129 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,960 which degree is that golf all coming down. So the biggest thing that I 130 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:26,799 love looking at is called smash factor. Essentially, how you get smash factors 131 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,320 divide the ball speed by the club speed. So on track man a seven 132 00:09:31,399 --> 00:09:37,080 iron PGA Tour average is one point three three. Essentially, it's the it's 133 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,720 the efficient, it's the efficiency number. It's telling me where you're hitting it 134 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:46,000 on the face. If we can get that number around that average one three 135 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,879 three, and a lot of people when they hear PGA Tour, you think 136 00:09:50,159 --> 00:09:52,799 I'm not on the PGA Tour. I can't hit one point three three. 137 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:56,399 You can, without without a doubt, you can attain one point three three 138 00:09:56,480 --> 00:10:00,639 and higher. So I mean typically the highest you're going to get is one 139 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:05,039 point four to one. Now the key with that is it really unfolds if 140 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:11,840 that customer has the right combination, whether the shaft, the lyngle, the 141 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:16,759 head, all of these factors will weigh into creating more consistency of you achieving 142 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,399 the golf ball meeting the center of that club phase. Obviously, well, 143 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:24,960 you know when you hit a solid, solid shot, it just feels different 144 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:26,919 than you hit it off the tower heel, right, You know that, 145 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:31,879 and it sounds different and sounds different and goes different. Right, So, 146 00:10:33,639 --> 00:10:37,840 once we have that data with your current gamer, that'll give the master fitter 147 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:43,440 at that time a lot more evidence in their mind where they should start with 148 00:10:43,879 --> 00:10:50,879 shaft. So we have the capabilities between steel and graphite, ranging from fifty 149 00:10:50,879 --> 00:10:54,440 grams in graph heights all the way up to one hundred and thirty grams in 150 00:10:54,519 --> 00:10:58,320 steel. So in their mind they're going to probably pick two to three different 151 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:03,720 shafts as are based on your swing speed, they're based on your swing speed, 152 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:07,759 they're based on your shot pattern. Two. So anybody that is a 153 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:11,320 you know, left to right miss, you know, if if you're right 154 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:15,879 handed, you know you're gonna want some more weight in that head. You're 155 00:11:15,919 --> 00:11:18,879 gonna want some more flexibility in the middle of that shaft. You're gonna find 156 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:22,879 something that engineers for your that club face to break down faster and release faster 157 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:28,879 to minimize that shot left or right. If you're a right to left ball 158 00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:31,600 striker, you're gonna want something a little bit more stout in the mid of 159 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,080 that in the mid section of that shaft all the way through uh to the 160 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:39,879 bottom to essentially where it meets the top of the iron head. So all 161 00:11:39,879 --> 00:11:45,399 of this weighs into the factor of the master fitter who's highly experienced in what 162 00:11:45,480 --> 00:11:48,120 he does. The cool part with us with PXG is that's all they have 163 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:52,799 to know, right, They have a wide variety of knowledge just based on 164 00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:58,320 one product, which is PXG. Okay, now I'm gonna we're gonna take 165 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,799 a time out right now, and then we can come back. I want 166 00:12:00,799 --> 00:12:03,879 to go a little bit deeper into the PXG product line as far as getting 167 00:12:03,879 --> 00:12:09,879 that fit. We'll do that with JP, who is with PXG as a 168 00:12:09,919 --> 00:12:18,039 master fitter, and we'll be back right after this. All right, JP, 169 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:24,279 I'm really curious when we talk about the variety, wide variety of shafts, 170 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:28,639 and I'm assuming those are not just PXG shafts. You have so many 171 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:33,039 manufacturers, so many different type of materials and weights, all those things, 172 00:12:33,799 --> 00:12:39,159 But what about the heads itself. You're only using PXG heads, how many 173 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:43,120 do you have to choose from? And howney do you need to choose from? 174 00:12:43,159 --> 00:12:46,679 Frankly, if it's mostly the shaft, yeah, well, you know 175 00:12:48,039 --> 00:12:52,879 PXG doesn't manufacture shafts. We do hold you know, certain manufacturers like KBS, 176 00:12:52,919 --> 00:12:58,559 Tree, Temper Project, Dex Aerotech, Acra, and there's a few 177 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:01,080 others to add to that mix. But when it comes to the head, 178 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:07,840 you know, our core mission is innovation, quality, performance with strictly p 179 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:13,559 XG. So all of those three characteristics will simply go into the technology that 180 00:13:13,759 --> 00:13:18,320 we provide in our heads. And we're strictly talking about Irons right now. 181 00:13:18,399 --> 00:13:22,759 So currently, right now, our flagship Iron is Gen six. We have 182 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,200 two different options for Gen six. We have the three eleven P or Player's 183 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:33,960 Head, and then we have the three eleven XP Extreme Performance. So between 184 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,440 those two, depending on your handicap, depending on if you're looking for just 185 00:13:39,159 --> 00:13:43,759 all the distance, all the forgiveness and the world, We're going to have 186 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:48,279 all that information when we when we ask you, you know, what is 187 00:13:48,320 --> 00:13:52,120 your handicap? Are you a ten? Have you lost distance in the past? 188 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,600 Are you looking to get more distance now? The biggest difference between the 189 00:13:56,639 --> 00:14:00,120 P and the XP right. So the XP is is going to be a 190 00:14:00,159 --> 00:14:03,960 little bit more offset, it's going to have a wider soul at the bottom. 191 00:14:03,080 --> 00:14:07,480 You're looking at probably anywhere from ten to fifteen percent more material from that 192 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:11,639 P head to that XP head. So for somebody that is just needing all 193 00:14:11,679 --> 00:14:18,240 the forgiveness and all the distance to basically maximize their potential at their golf game, 194 00:14:18,519 --> 00:14:22,039 they're going to fit better in that XP head. Is that we're talking 195 00:14:22,039 --> 00:14:26,000 about a blade versus a cavity back type of situation, not even anywhere near 196 00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:31,480 that. We're nowhere near blades right now with with just the Gen six line. 197 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,759 We do have our own line, a separate line that's called three one 198 00:14:33,919 --> 00:14:41,960 seven that has more of that blade muscle back cavity back in our tour models. 199 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:46,159 So yeah, we have an opportunity to separate, you know, depending 200 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:52,360 on anybody's capability, whether you're a highly experienced player, beginner, middle of 201 00:14:52,399 --> 00:14:58,360 the road. That's the beauty of PXG. We want to provide the performance 202 00:14:58,399 --> 00:15:03,519 in our technology for all skill sets, not just better players, but everybody. 203 00:15:03,919 --> 00:15:11,200 And where at what point would you suggest to a player come in going 204 00:15:11,240 --> 00:15:15,919 you know what you're ready for blades or yeah, you're not there yet. 205 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,919 Your game, you know, you're swinging your distance all our all our data 206 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,399 is indicating that you'd probably be better off with a more forgiving club, right, 207 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:30,720 yeah, do you It's it's really hard to justify besides the fact that 208 00:15:30,759 --> 00:15:35,879 if you are a you know, single scratch handicapped player, somebody that has 209 00:15:35,919 --> 00:15:39,960 a ton of control with their irons that consistent yes, oh yeah, I 210 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:45,679 mean listen, golf is very hard. Whether you are on the PGA Tour 211 00:15:46,399 --> 00:15:50,559 or you know your local member daily nine hole hitting giggles, or if you're 212 00:15:50,559 --> 00:15:54,840 just playing with your buddies on the weekend. Regardless of your capability with the 213 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,279 game of golf, it's hard no matter how good you are or you know, 214 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:03,240 how much of beginner you are. So the reality is is that no 215 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:08,039 matter what, you should be providing the most forgiveness possible. And that's the 216 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,679 cool part with our Gen six irons that we offer with the P and the 217 00:16:11,799 --> 00:16:15,720 XP. I mean, the P is going to be kind of the middle 218 00:16:15,720 --> 00:16:18,519 of the road, right, So anybody that is trending from an eight to 219 00:16:18,559 --> 00:16:25,360 a fourteen handicap that really isn't needing a significant amount of distance they'll get it. 220 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,759 They're gonna get more distance with our product. But somebody that might like 221 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:36,039 that forgiveness and still have a little bit of workability, somebody that just needs 222 00:16:36,159 --> 00:16:40,519 overall forgiveness. They need to create more consistency because the biggest thing with golf 223 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:45,440 is confidence, Right, how fast can you develop confidence? It's going to 224 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,799 be really difficult if you're using equipment that's inferior for you. So going back 225 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:51,960 to that blades, now, if you're a ten or fourteen, ten to 226 00:16:52,039 --> 00:16:55,200 fourteen handicap and you want to play blades, by all means, go for 227 00:16:55,240 --> 00:16:59,080 it. It's just going to take you much longer and create probably some more 228 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,679 frustration because it's just a hard it's a hard golf club to hit. In 229 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:06,200 general, the games should be easier, the game should be more enjoyable. 230 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:10,920 Let's put that product that's going to suit your game for that for those sole 231 00:17:11,039 --> 00:17:14,279 reasons, so that you can be happy and enjoy yourself. And that's what 232 00:17:14,319 --> 00:17:18,519 you're going to find in the Gen six P or the XP. Yeah, 233 00:17:18,839 --> 00:17:22,079 we had a teacher recently saying golf's a simple game. It's really hard to 234 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:33,720 play, simply excellent, point simply right, exactly, So I'm curious people 235 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,799 who have swing analyzers are now, you know, affordable for the average consumer. 236 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:45,160 You can get anything from the rapsodo and many other products that you can 237 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,640 have a swing, you know, get the swing an alice and get those 238 00:17:48,799 --> 00:17:55,799 numbers. Is for the average recreational golfer. I don't even know if that 239 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:00,880 means anything, but for the recreational golfer, is that something they should be 240 00:18:00,920 --> 00:18:03,599 doing at home and trying to figure it out? Or is it just a 241 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:08,160 bit too much information that will be end up being a little more frustrating than 242 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:14,559 helpful for you. I think I think trying to figure it out on your 243 00:18:14,559 --> 00:18:18,559 own is going to be extremely difficult. Mm hm. You know, there's 244 00:18:18,599 --> 00:18:25,440 there's so much content out on there on there on YouTube, it's easy to 245 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:30,920 get down that rabbit hole, and some things that teachers might preach might not 246 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,960 it might not work for you. And it kind of goes back to the 247 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:38,839 beginning when you know you're buying equipment that is potentially inferior because it's just not 248 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:44,640 developed for your swing. It could be the same situation when you're, I 249 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:51,000 guess, trying to self assess your swing based on what somebody is telling you 250 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:55,680 from video. You know, the best, the best opportunity that you have 251 00:18:55,839 --> 00:19:00,839 in golf, especially beginners, is to get fit. It's the same I 252 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,559 like the metaphor of if I'm going to go buy a nice suit, I'm 253 00:19:03,559 --> 00:19:06,640 not just gonna buy it off the rack and leave. I'm going to get 254 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:11,440 a tailored to me. FREDI nice? What fred would you buy a suit 255 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:17,480 off the rack and leave without it getting too Yes, And then then I 256 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,480 would go get a okay okay, yeah, yeah, okay, So pretty 257 00:19:19,519 --> 00:19:25,720 simple to fit. So that's that's the key with the fitting part, you 258 00:19:25,720 --> 00:19:30,559 know, And yeah, why not start your golf career doesn't matter what age 259 00:19:30,559 --> 00:19:34,119 you are. Why not start your golf career with equipment that's going to create 260 00:19:34,319 --> 00:19:38,519 faster confidence for you. And that's the key of getting fit. Yeah. 261 00:19:38,559 --> 00:19:42,720 Well that's something that I hear a lot from from beginners who I communicate with 262 00:19:42,799 --> 00:19:45,839 a lot. A lot of people like, oh I discovered your podcast. 263 00:19:45,839 --> 00:19:49,720 It was like, I'm really curious, and not just beginners. People have 264 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,680 been playing five, six, seven, eight, ten years to fifteen years. 265 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,279 They're like, yeah, once I get consistent with my swing, then 266 00:19:57,359 --> 00:20:00,960 I'll go ahead and get fitted. But right now I'm just going to play 267 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:06,680 these clubs and it's like, I wait, isn't that ass backwards? You 268 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:11,440 know? I mean, shouldn't you? Because your swing is not going to 269 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:15,640 change radically because your body is your body, and your swing's not going to 270 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:21,519 change radically one but as you fine tune it and learn different things about it, 271 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:23,799 and if you get consistently better, then you can move up to a 272 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:30,440 different type of club. But let's address that concern that most people have that 273 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:38,079 I've come across, that are I'll get fitted later. Sure, yeah, 274 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:44,240 I agree with you. It shouldn't you should get fit now? Because here's 275 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,920 the thing is, if you're preparing to, if you're preparing to, if 276 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:52,400 you're preparing to invest in lessons right, and you're using equipment that is just 277 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,880 not built for your swing, it's going to take you that much longer and 278 00:20:56,039 --> 00:21:04,599 more of these sessions to achieve any type of goal. If I were building 279 00:21:04,599 --> 00:21:07,720 a house and I only had half of what I needed to build a house, 280 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:11,839 chances are I can build a house, but it'll probably fall down at 281 00:21:11,839 --> 00:21:15,079 some point. So I want to make sure that the tools I have to 282 00:21:15,279 --> 00:21:21,839 go get a lesson are equipped for me. And another part of that is, 283 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,799 well, what if I advance perfect, you're supposed to advance. We 284 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,119 want you to advance, right, So hey, let's see what happens in 285 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:33,880 the next couple of years, right, because you know, if you're working, 286 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:36,799 you know, and you have a family, there's only so much time 287 00:21:36,839 --> 00:21:41,720 that you can dedicate to sharpening your game. Well, let's let's expedite that 288 00:21:41,799 --> 00:21:47,559 process by getting you custom fit because when you show up that whole part of 289 00:21:47,599 --> 00:21:51,200 your you know, the whole part of are my clubs right for me? 290 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,039 And I'm going to go get lessons, maybe five to ten lessons, and 291 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,079 it's going to still be in the back of your mind. When we're trying 292 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:00,519 to become successful in golf. We're trying to, you know, bring the 293 00:22:00,559 --> 00:22:04,200 alarms down mentally. You know, golf will always be ninety percent mental and 294 00:22:04,279 --> 00:22:10,079 ten percent physical in my mind, and so if we can just reduce those 295 00:22:10,079 --> 00:22:12,839 alarms with the worrisome of I don't know if my clubs are right for me, 296 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,759 then get get fit immediately so you can set yourself up for success. 297 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:22,920 Everybody wants to see success like that, and it's just not going to happen 298 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:27,960 if you're using equipment that's inferior. For you. And then the other concern 299 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:32,880 I think that comes across to people is A, I'm not ready to get 300 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,119 fit because I'm not good enough wrong, And B you know, if I 301 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,279 go get fit, I'm just paying so much more for my clubs than if 302 00:22:40,279 --> 00:22:42,119 I were just to going to the store and buy something that I kind of 303 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:47,640 like the look of. Are those myths, those arm myths, those arm 304 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:52,119 myths, but they're but they're also they're true, And that's a you know, 305 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,880 that's part of the education process for this whole you know, custom club 306 00:22:55,880 --> 00:23:00,519 fitting. You're seeing it rapidly grow, and part of that is to understand 307 00:23:00,599 --> 00:23:04,400 that golf is a game of it. It's an investment. Whether you're let's 308 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,839 say you're not investing in golf equipment, but you're going to be investing in 309 00:23:07,880 --> 00:23:10,599 tea times and you're going to be investing in greens, fees and carts and 310 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:15,160 golf balls and gloves and hats and shoes. There's an investment that goes towards 311 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,000 everything in golf. So if you really break down how many rounds of golf 312 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:22,839 you're playing in a year to warrant the spend, depending on how much you're 313 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,880 looking to go in, you know currently right now we're looking at roughly thirty 314 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:33,599 five hundred for a full bag for PXG Gen six. That's top to bottom, 315 00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:37,720 all fourteen clubs, chrome heads, stock shafts, right. And if 316 00:23:37,759 --> 00:23:44,759 you really break that down to fifty rounds a year, you know it comes 317 00:23:44,839 --> 00:23:47,720 out. I don't have the calculator with me right now, but you know 318 00:23:47,799 --> 00:23:52,359 it. It warrants that type of investment for fifty rounds in a year to 319 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:56,160 enjoy the game that much more. And it's not necessary for you to buy 320 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,400 it every single year. But if you get fittgal clubs for you, you 321 00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:04,880 got a good three to five year stretch that you can use that same equipment 322 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:11,759 because they're fit for you. Unless your game completely changes and your swing completely 323 00:24:11,839 --> 00:24:15,279 changes, or you have surgery, or you have any type of ailments that 324 00:24:15,319 --> 00:24:18,359 come up over those that course of time, you know you want to go 325 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:22,160 into that investment. If you can stretch it out for that long, it's 326 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,319 worth the investment. My eyes popped out of my head because you said three 327 00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:29,519 to five years. Wait, so these clubs I've been playing for like eight 328 00:24:29,599 --> 00:24:34,759 years, it's like they're expired. Yes, I'll put the expiration data on 329 00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:41,200 it right now wow. Technology, Well, my mind's blown. I got 330 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:44,359 to go clean it up. We're gonna take another break. We'll be right 331 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:56,759 back. JP. This is all well and good, but who are you? 332 00:24:56,839 --> 00:25:00,440 I mean, where's your credibility? How did did you get to being 333 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:07,799 a master club fitter for PXG? What was your route? My route has 334 00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:11,240 always been involved with golf so ever since I was three years old. My 335 00:25:11,279 --> 00:25:18,279 father's a PJ. Yeah. Oh, he was as a PG professional right 336 00:25:18,319 --> 00:25:22,400 around fifty years now. Still, so I was born into the game of 337 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:30,200 golf. I was born knowing that daycare was the pro shop and learning how 338 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,519 to cut greens, cut fairways, change pin placements. At the age of 339 00:25:34,599 --> 00:25:42,559 ten, folding shirts, cleaning up the shirts changing Oh yeah, oh really 340 00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:47,799 yeah, well you know, let's not tell my mother this, but when 341 00:25:47,839 --> 00:25:49,440 I was ten, changing grips. You know, we didn't have grip solvent 342 00:25:49,559 --> 00:25:57,480 back then, we had lighter fluid. So yeah, we will smell you 343 00:25:57,559 --> 00:26:04,079 smell like that today won't. So you know, for me, golf is 344 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:07,359 always kind of just there, and it was it was a primary love for 345 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,279 me. And just you know, Dad's always been my mentor. He's always 346 00:26:11,279 --> 00:26:17,000 been someone I look up to. He was fortunate enough to chase the champions 347 00:26:17,039 --> 00:26:22,200 Tour from two thousand to two thousand and five. Yep, in my late 348 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:25,680 teenage years, I had the ability to caddy for him in a few events 349 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:30,720 US Senior Rope and Pgacing Championship. The most credible one, I'd say, 350 00:26:30,799 --> 00:26:36,839 is back in Massachusetts. So I'm in Boston and there was a tournament that 351 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:41,079 used to have called the Bank Boston Classic and it was hosted at Nashotah Country 352 00:26:41,079 --> 00:26:45,519 Club in Conquered, Massachusetts. So Dad played not so great that first round, 353 00:26:45,519 --> 00:26:48,319 and I'm caddying for him. The second round. He got paired with 354 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:53,799 Gary Player and Ronold Palmer, and that was my face for all eighteen holes. 355 00:26:53,839 --> 00:27:00,640 So yeah, jaw was popping out of my head. I might misclubbed 356 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:03,680 him the whole day because I was just infatuated with you know, those two 357 00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:08,400 legends, and they couldn't have been such better human beings to be around. 358 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:12,359 And you know, mister Palmer asked us to have lunch with them after. 359 00:27:14,079 --> 00:27:18,359 It's just so cool. So mister Palmer, mister Gary and mister Palmer, 360 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:22,839 yes, sir, yes, sir, and I need to now I need 361 00:27:22,839 --> 00:27:25,759 to break that one down. That's fascinating to me. This is the kind 362 00:27:25,799 --> 00:27:30,759 of stories that I love to hear. So you're you're caddying in here. 363 00:27:30,839 --> 00:27:33,599 You are in the shadow of these two legends. Are you picking their brains 364 00:27:33,599 --> 00:27:37,720 the whole time? Are you just eavesdropping on everything they say? Are you 365 00:27:37,799 --> 00:27:41,519 talking to them? You're talking to their caddies? What is that going on? 366 00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:45,039 That day? It was such a blur. Fred I wouldn't be able 367 00:27:45,039 --> 00:27:48,319 to provide all of those answers, but what I can tell you is, 368 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:52,240 you know, I didn't want to. I didn't want to impose so much 369 00:27:52,279 --> 00:27:55,680 and just you know, be nagging throughout that they're still trying to compete. 370 00:27:55,839 --> 00:27:59,000 I think Gary Player shot sixty nine or sixty shot his age that day or 371 00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:00,759 something like that, sixty eight. It was insane. I was. I 372 00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:07,319 was blown away, but yeah, you know it was it was just wholesome. 373 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:10,839 It was wholesome to be around those two. And then and the likes 374 00:28:10,839 --> 00:28:14,160 of my father, who you know, he's in the New England PGA Hall 375 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:17,119 of Fame. You know, he's got a lot of credibility in the New 376 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:22,480 England area. So in my mind, a local legend with these global icons. 377 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:27,240 There was hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that were following it was 378 00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:32,000 just it was an incredible thing and I'll never forget it, and just you 379 00:28:32,039 --> 00:28:34,920 know, having that ability to be surrounded around those two global icons was just 380 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:41,440 it's incredible. Are there any nuggets from that day that you remember of either 381 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:45,240 mister Palmer or Gary Players saying to you, It's like, hey, kid, 382 00:28:45,519 --> 00:28:49,319 let me tell you about this. You'll never forget it, and you 383 00:28:49,359 --> 00:28:52,440 don't remember a thing. I love that. Thank you. J Remember one 384 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,599 thing, if you really want to make this a career, you have to 385 00:28:56,640 --> 00:29:00,680 eat, sleep, and everything else has to be pushed to the side for 386 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:03,680 golf. Like everything in your life gets pushed to the side. If you 387 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:07,559 want to make the professional career, you have to dedicate one hundred and fifty 388 00:29:07,559 --> 00:29:14,000 percent of everything you do on a daily basis to golf. That was it. 389 00:29:14,079 --> 00:29:15,880 That was one of them. And did that Did that encourage you or 390 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:22,359 terrify you? Both? It was motivation. But there's also a reason that 391 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,119 I'm working for PXG. So I did chase the professional career for nearly ten 392 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:33,359 years right after I got out of college, and you know, as various 393 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,839 mini tours stayed opens, lots of travel. You played in college. I 394 00:29:37,880 --> 00:29:45,880 went to Yukon University, Connecticut, Go Husky, yep, and so I 395 00:29:47,319 --> 00:29:52,319 had I had five collegiate wins, you know, and the confidence was really 396 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:57,240 high to bring that into a professional career and over you know, nine years, 397 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:03,759 five months spending in Boston predominantly during the summer seasons, and then seven 398 00:30:03,799 --> 00:30:07,559 months in the Florida in Florida, so like West Palm, Palm Beach Gardens, 399 00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:12,559 Jupiter area, back and forth, chasing the mini tours, you know, 400 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:17,599 playing on the NGA, the National Golfers Association Tour, which was formerly 401 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:19,839 known as the Hooters Tour, which is pretty much down the East Coast and 402 00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,440 over you know, I know how they have like the Adams Tour, which 403 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:27,200 is I think Texas and Arizona. They've got a bunch of mini tours right 404 00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:32,119 all throughout the country. But yeah, lots of travel, lots of competition, 405 00:30:32,799 --> 00:30:37,279 and I had status the last two years of my professional career on the 406 00:30:37,359 --> 00:30:41,960 Mackenzie Tour, the Canadian Tour. PGA had so much fun up there, 407 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,839 and yeah, it got to the point where I was just burnt out. 408 00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:51,880 I was totally burnt out, you know, and that's when you start to 409 00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:55,079 realize, oh wait, there is no one hundred and fifty percent of anything. 410 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:59,400 I can barely give one hundred percent and that's all I got without a 411 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:04,240 doubt, and I started to What I started to fight was am I going 412 00:31:04,319 --> 00:31:07,039 to continue to do this? Or am I not? And if I continue 413 00:31:07,039 --> 00:31:10,519 to do this and I hate it, am I ever going to play the 414 00:31:10,519 --> 00:31:15,480 game of golf again? So that's where I got scared, because you know, 415 00:31:15,599 --> 00:31:18,640 Golf's always going to be important to me in my life, whether I'm 416 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:23,759 a professional or not. And it's a it's a passion, it's a hobby. 417 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:30,440 But I made the decision in twenty sixteen to stop, and it took 418 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,440 me driving twelve hundred and fifteen, twelve hundred and fifty miles from Boston to 419 00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:37,720 Jupiter to make that decision. As soon as I got out of the car, 420 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:40,720 it hit me like a ton of bricks and I was like, Yeah, 421 00:31:40,759 --> 00:31:42,519 I'm done. I'm done. Were you debating back and forth a whole 422 00:31:42,519 --> 00:31:45,839 way down or just like all of a sudden you're like, what am I 423 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,119 doing? No, it wasn't a debate that drive. The debate was the 424 00:31:48,119 --> 00:31:52,519 whole year of twenty sixteen, and it was more like, let me force 425 00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:56,079 myself down there, and when I get there, maybe just the sun, 426 00:31:56,240 --> 00:32:00,440 you know, the hot weather, getting on the golf course consistently because he 427 00:32:00,519 --> 00:32:06,039 can't in Boston, you know, the winter, Maybe that would strike some 428 00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:08,640 more motivation for me to continue this. And it was the it was the 429 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:14,920 opposite. So at the time I moved in with a gentleman that was working 430 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,519 for PXG in South Florida. He was a fitter. He might have been 431 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,960 the fifth or sixth, you know, fitter in the country. Back in 432 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,160 twenty sixteen. It was just such a young company and he mentioned to me, 433 00:32:25,240 --> 00:32:28,680 said, you know, we're looking for people in the New England market, 434 00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:31,160 and I think you'd be a great fit. So I said, well, 435 00:32:31,359 --> 00:32:34,680 what do I have to lose, you know, if I don't like 436 00:32:34,759 --> 00:32:39,839 it, so be it. And fast forward almost seven years now with PXG. 437 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:44,799 It'll be March twenty twenty four as my seven year anniversary of the company. 438 00:32:45,759 --> 00:32:52,240 I always thought my passion was playing golf, but I really found when 439 00:32:52,279 --> 00:32:57,240 I started working for PXG that my passion was helping people play better golf. 440 00:32:57,880 --> 00:33:00,440 So that's where I dove into the whole fitting operations. For about well, 441 00:33:00,519 --> 00:33:04,720 yeah, you can have multiple passions, but what are you going to dedicate 442 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:09,200 your energy to, no doubt, and you know, I think anybody has 443 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:13,720 this feeling at least once or twice in their life where when you do something 444 00:33:13,799 --> 00:33:16,440 really good, you know, you get the goosebumps, the hair raises on 445 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:20,920 your arm, and you kind of get that that surge of energy where it's 446 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,200 like, ah, I just love what I just did and that was that 447 00:33:22,279 --> 00:33:27,400 was so much fun. And I would get that on a consistent basis when 448 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,880 I was helping fit a lot of these you know customers back in the day, 449 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:37,599 and and when we're seeing results like that, and for them, their 450 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:40,160 eyes are lighting up. You know, they're enthused, they're excited, they 451 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:43,720 can't wait to get their equipment to go and bring it on the golf course 452 00:33:43,759 --> 00:33:47,799 and really see what, you know, what it's all about. So you 453 00:33:47,839 --> 00:33:52,160 know, it's a natural high. Living off of that. I fully enjoy 454 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,680 it, you know. And I've been a regional a regional manager now for 455 00:33:55,839 --> 00:34:00,440 you know, two three years and still having the capability of jumping back in 456 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:05,119 the bay to fit a customer. I mean, that's that's the foundation of 457 00:34:05,839 --> 00:34:12,760 my passion. So it's a total enjoyment. I have zero regrets. And 458 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:19,360 I also got my my amateur status back in twenty twenty, so you can 459 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:22,960 still compete. Yeah. Yeah, we uh a friend of mine, his 460 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:27,679 name is Joe Harney. We actually qualified for the US four Ball a couple 461 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,239 months ago, which is actually being hosted at the Philly Cricket Club in May 462 00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:34,800 in twenty twenty four, right down the street from where I am now so 463 00:34:36,239 --> 00:34:39,440 excited about, you know, competing in the US Amateur, playing in some 464 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:43,920 member guests. You can still play in the US OAP and hey, listen, 465 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:45,719 I still have a shot at making the Masters if I win the US 466 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:50,480 Amateur. Okay, I can still dream. A guy can still dream. 467 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:54,039 Hey, we'll be rooting for you. Yeah. It's like there's JP So 468 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:59,440 I'm curious. You know, there's there's certain foods we call comfort foods. 469 00:34:59,519 --> 00:35:02,559 Right, There's things that just bring you back to being at home and you 470 00:35:02,599 --> 00:35:07,400 know Mom's taking care of you. Whether it's a grilled cheese sandwich with a 471 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:09,280 bowlet tomato soup on a cold, wet day, you know, it's it's 472 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:14,079 just things that bring you back. I'm curious when you started doing the club 473 00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:19,599 fitting for p XG and you were being trained in there was that almost like 474 00:35:19,639 --> 00:35:23,840 comfort food for you because it's like I grew up around this. Yes, 475 00:35:24,639 --> 00:35:29,360 it was very uncomfortable in the beginning because I had no holue like you know, 476 00:35:29,639 --> 00:35:32,639 being a professional and getting fit for equipment and being on that other side. 477 00:35:32,719 --> 00:35:35,960 Right. So I'm on the other side. I'm swinging the golf club. 478 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:39,320 There's there's a gentleman behind me that's putting all these you know, shafts 479 00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:43,239 and heads and li angles. And the one thing I said to him, 480 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,320 I go, I don't care what you're giving me, just give me the 481 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,239 right stuff, you know. And I didn't. I didn't at that time 482 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,800 have the desire to want to learn more about why are you giving me this? 483 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:57,119 And what are my numbers? And you know, what's the reasoning behind 484 00:35:57,559 --> 00:36:00,840 this when you were playing, when you were playing and getting yeah okay, 485 00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:05,840 And so once I started to learn more about the fitting process, I was 486 00:36:06,519 --> 00:36:09,519 I was like over them, I'm like, this is a completely I'm not 487 00:36:09,679 --> 00:36:14,159 used to this. You know, this is a totally new endeavor, something 488 00:36:14,159 --> 00:36:17,559 that I could really sink my teeth in because you know, I found passion 489 00:36:17,639 --> 00:36:24,519 in really helping people, but having a incredible product to provide, and then 490 00:36:24,559 --> 00:36:30,480 seeing somebody that is over the moon with their combination, their distance, they're 491 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:36,079 tight dispersion. Now they're not missing that way left to right shot off the 492 00:36:36,119 --> 00:36:39,480 tee because I've been able to manipulate some weight settings and put you in the 493 00:36:39,519 --> 00:36:43,760 proper shaft that you need. And you know, I still have people that 494 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,760 contact me from you know, customers I fit six seven years ago and they're 495 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:52,639 asking, when new product comes out, can you fit me? Absolutely one 496 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,880 thousand percent. Wherever you are, I will go find you and we'll get 497 00:36:55,880 --> 00:37:00,239 you fit. So yeah, that was so that was the passion that I 498 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:07,960 never thought I had. And boom, hurricane perfect. Oh that's so awesome. 499 00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:10,679 All right, let's find out what's happening on Golf Smarter Mulligans this week, 500 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:15,360 and then we're going to come back and talk about PXG with JP after 501 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:20,119 this. As I've reported over the last couple of weeks, I'm battling right 502 00:37:20,159 --> 00:37:22,800 now with tennis elbow and a pinch nerve and my neck and my back, 503 00:37:23,159 --> 00:37:29,239 among other ailments. The demand I take a break from golf and limit my 504 00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:34,880 time producing new content at the computer. So with that, I've decided to 505 00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:39,360 put Golf Smarter Mulligans on hiatus until spring. I plan to continue creating new 506 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:45,559 content for Golf Smarter each week until it's just too difficult, but hopefully that 507 00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:51,239 won't be necessary. So Golf Smarter Mulligans will return to kick off year number 508 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:57,760 six with ten consecutive weeks of our annual Tony Manzoni Marathon, and this year 509 00:37:58,079 --> 00:38:01,199 we'll be adding a new episode to the mix, as I recently discovered a 510 00:38:01,199 --> 00:38:07,599 conversation with Tony that hasn't been included in previous years. So thank you very 511 00:38:07,679 --> 00:38:13,519 much for your cooperation and patients. As I and we I'll get a little 512 00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:17,000 older each week, and here's to a happy and healthy new year to you 513 00:38:17,079 --> 00:38:23,880 and your family. You know, I've always been a huge advocate since the 514 00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:29,000 beginning of this show because I've talked to multiple tom with Sean was on the 515 00:38:29,039 --> 00:38:32,719 show and he's a legend in the club fitting world, and he was on 516 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:37,360 the show multiple times and I learned so much from him, and it was 517 00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:42,159 always been an advocate of getting fitted for clubs that it's like, you really 518 00:38:42,199 --> 00:38:45,239 need to get fitted because blah blah blah blah blah. As we've already talked 519 00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:50,440 about the first time I had to rent clubs on a golf trip because the 520 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:54,280 airline lost to my golf clubs. I got my only hole in one with 521 00:38:54,440 --> 00:39:01,960 rented clubs. Like no, not, now, you know, after all 522 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:08,599 this advocation. And then there's been a time, I'm gonna be honest here, 523 00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:13,840 there's been a time that I went to I was in Mexico and I 524 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:15,480 was playing at club that I was gonna have to rent. I didn't bring 525 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,679 my clubs, and they said, well, we have these callaways and we 526 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:21,880 have PXG's. I'm like, ah, perfect, I want to I've always 527 00:39:21,880 --> 00:39:25,960 wanted to try the PXG's. Could not hit them. Everything went hard right, 528 00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,079 pulled out the callaways, shot seventy eight right, It's like, okay, 529 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:37,960 PXG, I'm not so. And then one other element of PXG in 530 00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:42,440 my mind's history. I was at the local golf shop, you know, 531 00:39:42,519 --> 00:39:45,719 the worldwide golf shop here in the area, and I'm friends with their club 532 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:50,679 fitter there. I've known them for many years. I said, so, 533 00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,119 what's to do with PXG? And he goes, there's more PXG and are 534 00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:58,639 used bin than any other club, so you can figure out for yourself. 535 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:04,280 So with all that said, I apologize for throwing you under the bus on 536 00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:10,159 this one. P XG's been a disruptor in the golf industry, right you 537 00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:15,760 guys, kind of like the Marine Corps. Your owner has kind of like 538 00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:17,679 marched in and said, we're taking over. We're going to do it our 539 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:25,320 way. What is it about p XG that is unique? Everything? Everything? 540 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,599 Okay, so three under the bus and then tossed to a softball. 541 00:40:30,599 --> 00:40:34,079 All right, I'm glad you called us the disruptor that is, that is 542 00:40:34,079 --> 00:40:37,239 what we are. You know, mister Parsons ten years ago came up with 543 00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:44,480 a game plan to essentially hire the two best engineers he could at the time. 544 00:40:45,079 --> 00:40:49,519 And the equipment that he wanted was because he wanted you know, he 545 00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:52,400 wants a golf equipment that was going to better his game. And so so 546 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:54,400 it was all about him. It was at the beginning, it was all 547 00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:59,760 about him, and rightfully so, you know, I mean, he had 548 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:02,360 the ability to do what he needed, and so he hired the two engineers 549 00:41:02,400 --> 00:41:07,599 from paying and after a year they they were able to find you know, 550 00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:14,280 forged metal. They mill out the inside of the iron and at the time 551 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,920 they were able to put an elastomer in there, which essentially was to create 552 00:41:19,559 --> 00:41:24,679 higher distance, but tighter dispersion, more forgiveness. We wanted to be able 553 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:32,039 to disrupt the industry with maximizing distance but optimizing your dispersion. So from there 554 00:41:32,119 --> 00:41:36,119 it went to mister Parsons hands. He fell in love with them immediately. 555 00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:39,760 There really wasn't any idea to grow the brand to where I think it was 556 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:44,960 today immediately, but it went to the tour, and then from the tour 557 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:50,440 it went to the public and then it really boomed. And essentially it's because 558 00:41:50,679 --> 00:41:57,039 we don't have any time constraints on building our equipment. We don't have to 559 00:41:57,039 --> 00:42:00,559 put out equipment every single year. We want to put out equipment to make 560 00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:05,360 sure that one it is going to beat the competitors, but it's also going 561 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,679 to beat what we currently have. We also, you know, we don't 562 00:42:08,679 --> 00:42:14,760 have any constraints with you know, funding. We have an unbelievable R and 563 00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:22,880 d UH program that takes care of creating you know, cutting edge technology and 564 00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:29,079 the materials that we use in our equipment is superior to be able to provide 565 00:42:29,159 --> 00:42:34,960 anybody a more enjoyable golf game. Because we're going to help you with maximizing 566 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:39,400 your forgiveness and also maximizing your distance, and that plays also into the whole 567 00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:45,679 process of getting fit. Anybody has the ability to purchase our equipment online and 568 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:51,719 it's an unbelievable configurator that you can actually there's a series of questions you go 569 00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:55,639 through and it'll put together, you know, different types of shafts based on 570 00:42:55,719 --> 00:43:00,880 the questions or the answers that you provide, like what give me an example 571 00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:02,880 if you I mean, like you know how tall you are, your the 572 00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:08,000 length of your arms, how how far you currently hit your seven iron. 573 00:43:08,679 --> 00:43:14,400 So it helps provide you know, variables so that they can give you options 574 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:17,679 of different shafts in different heads and it'll give you an actual, you know, 575 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:22,239 a full bag essentially of you know, a different shaft, the right 576 00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:25,719 shaft, the right head, all the way through the putter, and you 577 00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:30,400 can purchase it online too. But the key is you know, going and 578 00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:36,760 actually seeing the results and seeing the data and being able to justify any type 579 00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:40,840 of purchase because you're seeing a significant difference with your equipment compared to what we're 580 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:45,119 fitting you into. So that's the key element is essentially, you know, 581 00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:51,480 to get fit and having the ability to have our own retail locations and have 582 00:43:51,559 --> 00:43:55,360 our master fitters. You know, we put them through a series of training 583 00:43:55,480 --> 00:44:00,880 before they are ready to rock and roll, and they're very well equipped with 584 00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:05,280 track Man. They know our equipment inside and out and the shafts that we 585 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:14,199 have to offer to essentially optimize any of any skill set player to If you're 586 00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:17,039 a scratch handicap player and you want to you want to get a little bit 587 00:44:17,039 --> 00:44:22,199 more distance, we have that for you. If you are an average handicap 588 00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:25,599 player and you're just looking to hit more greens, we we can do that 589 00:44:25,679 --> 00:44:31,119 for you without a doubt. It's the key is to get fit properly and 590 00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:37,079 test out the product. And essentially now we're offering twenty five dollars fittings, 591 00:44:37,519 --> 00:44:42,039 So what better time to find a When you say now, define that, 592 00:44:42,159 --> 00:44:46,519 I mean the thing about podcasts, especially these evergreen content podcasts, is people 593 00:44:46,559 --> 00:44:50,840 can be listening to this in five years. So yeah, I mean, 594 00:44:50,960 --> 00:44:54,360 you know our prices right now. We're recording this just before Christmas of twenty 595 00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:59,679 twenty three. So when you say right now, yeah, twenty five dollars 596 00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:01,800 for a f twenty five dollars fitting fees right now, that that can go 597 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:07,159 towards the purchase. And when I say right now, being that, you 598 00:45:07,199 --> 00:45:12,039 know, PXG has the ability to change and shift, whether it's pricing, 599 00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,679 you know, in product anything, you know, it's anything is subject to 600 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:21,719 change. But as of right now, in December eighteenth, twenty twenty three, 601 00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:24,760 we are offering twenty five dollars fitting fees, whether it's a full bag, 602 00:45:25,079 --> 00:45:29,400 whether it's an Irons fitting. And actually the twenty five dollars can go 603 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:31,480 towards the purchase if you purchase on that day. Yeah, you mentioned that, 604 00:45:31,599 --> 00:45:37,480 And so what would be the normal cost of a fitting? Then there 605 00:45:38,239 --> 00:45:43,400 isn't I wouldn't put it goes to the purchase of your equipment. No, 606 00:45:43,519 --> 00:45:47,079 there is with PXG. Yeah, no, right now, it's that is 607 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:52,119 the normal twenty five. That is our normal. Our normal changes and it 608 00:45:52,159 --> 00:45:55,360 has the capability of changing. Right but as of right now, it's twenty 609 00:45:55,360 --> 00:46:01,280 five. But why you know, there's a lot of other brands. I 610 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:06,599 don't know if they're advertising or as aggressive in their advertising is p XG. 611 00:46:07,159 --> 00:46:09,360 But there are a lot of other brands that get a lot more play because 612 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:13,199 they're seen on the tour. Blah blah blah about the you know, if 613 00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:15,679 it's on the tour, then we must go out and play that as well. 614 00:46:15,679 --> 00:46:22,119 Tell me why p XG should stand out to the consumer above the rest 615 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,559 of the big names. And I'm not even going to name them. It's 616 00:46:27,039 --> 00:46:29,000 everyone's got one in their head right now. Yeah, No, No, 617 00:46:29,119 --> 00:46:31,000 I mean, I think, I think the extension of where we can offer 618 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:35,360 our equipment compared to anybody else. You know, we're not in big box 619 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:40,400 stores. You know, we're not in a lot of golf shops, you 620 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:44,159 know, because we want to own our own customers. We want to know 621 00:46:44,679 --> 00:46:50,119 our customers. It's really difficult for any other manufacturer that is in big box 622 00:46:50,159 --> 00:46:54,199 stores to know their customer and that's really important for us. So we really 623 00:46:54,199 --> 00:47:00,719 pride ourselves on owning and knowing our customers and all of their capabilities and needs. 624 00:47:01,159 --> 00:47:05,920 And when p XG first got started, it was online. Was it 625 00:47:06,079 --> 00:47:09,440 online only direct to consumer or has it always been available on a retail basis? 626 00:47:10,199 --> 00:47:15,000 No. When we first started store, you know, the only ways 627 00:47:15,039 --> 00:47:19,280 that you could purchase p XG and we're talking you know, seven seven, 628 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:25,480 six, seven years ago, was either a retail authorizer, which would have 629 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:30,119 been like a club champion at the time, or a Truce Beeck. You 630 00:47:30,119 --> 00:47:34,320 could have called our player support line or you've had you would have had to 631 00:47:34,360 --> 00:47:38,719 have contacted one of our mobile fitters that was in a specific location. You 632 00:47:38,719 --> 00:47:45,880 know, I started covering basically every state in New England based out of you 633 00:47:45,880 --> 00:47:49,400 know, Boston, Massachusetts. But I had the ability to jump in a 634 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,400 van and have every single thing that you can find in the store's and it's 635 00:47:53,440 --> 00:47:57,199 in our vans as well, like all the shafts, all the heads, 636 00:47:57,679 --> 00:48:01,159 and I'm a mobile fitter driving around the whole region, going where I was 637 00:48:01,280 --> 00:48:07,159 needed. So that was the That was the capabilities of of getting our equipment 638 00:48:07,199 --> 00:48:09,480 back then, where it's a lot different now. You know, we have 639 00:48:09,559 --> 00:48:15,000 retail locations, we have mobile locations. You know, if we have an 640 00:48:15,039 --> 00:48:19,519 account with a local green Grass, you know, a country club, we 641 00:48:19,599 --> 00:48:24,960 are authorized to go to certain golf courses and fit membership there online and you 642 00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:30,760 can also call our one eight four fourth playp x G. Well, we'll 643 00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:38,599 let that one go. In hey plan, you mentioned big box stores and 644 00:48:39,679 --> 00:48:45,320 a fascinating story that seems to be taking the world by storm, at least 645 00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:49,719 here in the United States, as costcop is now putting their own name they're 646 00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:52,679 putting Kirkland and they just came out with a driver last week and they have 647 00:48:52,800 --> 00:49:00,880 now irons and wedges and their own balls that were disruptors. But again, 648 00:49:00,639 --> 00:49:05,559 you're not getting fitted. You're getting a great price for a product that you 649 00:49:05,639 --> 00:49:09,039 really don't know where it came from. But knowing you know, the Kirkland 650 00:49:09,079 --> 00:49:15,840 brand, they don't put their name on crap. No, but still, 651 00:49:16,199 --> 00:49:20,280 well, the beauty of Costco is like you can play them for a year 652 00:49:20,280 --> 00:49:23,199 and go yeah, it's not helping. You can return them, and the 653 00:49:23,199 --> 00:49:30,360 beauty of Costco you can't do that in most retail locations for golf. What 654 00:49:30,480 --> 00:49:35,119 are your thoughts about a company like Costco trying to be a disruptor and playing, 655 00:49:35,199 --> 00:49:38,440 you know, low balling the price and a you know, I'm not 656 00:49:38,440 --> 00:49:42,360 going to say a mediocre or an average product. We don't know, but 657 00:49:42,639 --> 00:49:46,719 it's not tailored to the golfer. No, it's not. I would hate 658 00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:52,199 to put any type of price on performance. I think performance is going to 659 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:57,559 outweigh price all day long in the sense of if I'm am I paying for 660 00:49:57,599 --> 00:50:01,559 what I'm getting out of it, or is it just an attractive number to 661 00:50:01,639 --> 00:50:06,840 get more people to buy it, and I believe, if I'm not mistaken, 662 00:50:07,159 --> 00:50:09,559 they're only offering one shaft in the irons, and I think it's the 663 00:50:09,639 --> 00:50:15,480 d G one fifteen, So that's not going to cater to a lot of 664 00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:21,480 consumers. It's a one hundred and fifteen gram shaft. And you know, 665 00:50:21,639 --> 00:50:25,000 we're seeing more people trend to the graphight shaft because it's lighter and they can 666 00:50:25,039 --> 00:50:30,400 swing faster. I'll tell you what, it's a sharp looking iron. It 667 00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:36,719 is sharp. It's sharp. But I welcome any disruptor, come on in, 668 00:50:37,159 --> 00:50:43,559 Come on in. I welcome all all disruptors because that's what's you know, 669 00:50:43,639 --> 00:50:47,039 that's what makes this whole industry fun, you know, come on in. 670 00:50:47,239 --> 00:50:52,079 And there was not a lot of people that thought p XG would be 671 00:50:52,119 --> 00:50:55,559 around even to this day. Yeah, yeah, and I don't know, 672 00:50:55,679 --> 00:51:00,840 it's a great logo, right, and you guys are more than just I 673 00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:04,960 mean, because I know that the owner's wife does a lot of the fashion 674 00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,360 and yep, so there's you know, cool, cool looking clothes and the 675 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:15,079 clubs are highly identifiable when someone's holding one. Yeah, which is pretty awesome. 676 00:51:15,199 --> 00:51:20,400 So uh, quick, quick, just backstory when our first generation came 677 00:51:20,440 --> 00:51:22,639 out, right, so everybody knows PXG when the first generator, if you 678 00:51:22,639 --> 00:51:27,840 know, PXG the first generation and had all those individual tungsten weights on the 679 00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:32,800 back and from when I remember, that was just a prototype until mister Parsons 680 00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:37,039 saw it and he said, that's it. Leave it because it definitely sticks 681 00:51:37,079 --> 00:51:43,559 out. And so, like you said, it is identifiable, it's noticeable. 682 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,880 Chances are at least one person at every golf course has something PXG in 683 00:51:49,880 --> 00:51:53,000 their bag. And it's cool. It's cool to see it's it's it's such 684 00:51:53,039 --> 00:51:59,000 a cool evolution of our product and our brand growing to where it is to 685 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:02,039 today. I mean, I think I was number one ten or something like 686 00:52:02,079 --> 00:52:07,280 that in the employee log when I got hired, you know, and just 687 00:52:07,360 --> 00:52:12,960 seeing how fast we've grown with our retail stores and sky's the limit, you 688 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:20,079 know. And I think with a sole owner and mister Parsons in his logics 689 00:52:20,079 --> 00:52:22,039 of we want to be the disruptor and I want to be the best and 690 00:52:22,079 --> 00:52:28,000 I want to be number one, we all share that same passion and that's 691 00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:31,960 why we're here for the long haul. Well, they have to be very 692 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:38,800 proud, because you're clearly you're very very proud, and you like the product 693 00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:42,719 and it comes across well. And I can see why they put me in 694 00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:50,000 touch with you to let you do the talking. This has been really entertaining, 695 00:52:50,199 --> 00:52:55,400 really educational. I appreciate your passion and your time and wish you a 696 00:52:55,599 --> 00:53:00,480 very happy new year. Thanks so much for spending some time with us again. 697 00:53:00,639 --> 00:53:05,519 PXG dot com can start there. You can start there, for sure. 698 00:53:06,119 --> 00:53:08,599 It's a good spot to start there, all right, Thanks buddy. 699 00:53:08,599 --> 00:53:12,599 It really appreciated bred. Thank you very much. I appreciate it too. 700 00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:21,400 One of the big takeaways from that conversation was Pj's point that clubs don't last 701 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,920 forever. And honestly, I've been playing my irons for about seven to eight 702 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:30,320 years now, and you know, getting about fifty rounds a year with those, 703 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:35,400 and in twenty twenty three, I definitely was starting to notice that my 704 00:53:35,519 --> 00:53:42,239 clubs were not achieving the distances or accuracy that I had grown accustomed to in 705 00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:45,440 prior years, and I just couldn't figure it out, why is that happening. 706 00:53:46,199 --> 00:53:50,760 I even went to my local retailer where I was fit for these clubs 707 00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:55,840 ping I was playing ping G clubs. I am playing ping G clubs and 708 00:53:57,679 --> 00:54:00,079 the same guy who fit me for them, and he thought that it would 709 00:54:00,119 --> 00:54:05,159 improve things for me if he just added some weighted tape on a couple of 710 00:54:05,159 --> 00:54:12,159 my irons. Still, I wasn't really thrilled with the results. So to 711 00:54:12,199 --> 00:54:16,400 hear that clubs have an expiration date and I'm putting that in air quotes actually 712 00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:22,159 explained a lot. So this spring and hopefully sooner when I start playing regularly 713 00:54:22,239 --> 00:54:27,760 again, I'm going to go to my local PXG fitter with my camera and 714 00:54:27,800 --> 00:54:31,519 a couple of microphones to get fitted for the full PXG setup so that I 715 00:54:31,519 --> 00:54:36,360 can share it with you, So please stay tuned for that. 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