 Well the nice thing is so what we can do here is because they were a little bit low on left I can change the hosel setting to add a couple of degrees Okay, and put it on a draw setting my word You change things if you have a few lessons Change how you deliver the club then all of a sudden all right well I can move the hosel setting back so you're not set stone gone up Just shy of 20 yards of carry Are you one of those people who question the value of getting custom fit maybe you doubt the Possibility the process itself could help you play better golf well in today's video I have a special guest on the channel. He plays of a handicap of 15 He's also a left-handed golfer and his current setup includes irons that date back to 2014 and a driver That was first released in 2004 so in today's video We will be filming that full custom fit process at Callaway's performance center at Archerfield links It truly is a magnificent setup, but we will be answering one simple question And that is custom fit a waste of time or a necessity and that special guest is a good friend of mine Steve Bauer many of you who will recognize as lead presenter on Premier League global coverage And maybe heard is dulcet tones and football commentary for the past 30 years Like Steve first of all welcome to the channel and I think thank you for agreeing to have your custom fit broadcast to the nation brave man Before we go on it some balls. I want to know what are your well first of all? What's the reasoning for the custom fit? Why why are you doing it? I want to find out what it's all about really Andy to be honest with you You've asked me a couple of times over the years Now I'm looking to play more golf. Is it real? Does it help you? Yeah, will it help my game? Will it hinder my game? Is someone at my level gonna benefit from a custom fit or is it someone like yourself more single figures? So hopefully I can show everyone Whether it does or it doesn't well that's interesting because they're all good comments or questions rather Hopefully we'll answer in today's video and to be honest with you similar to the comments I get on custom fit video So we'll see well at the end of this if we've got some answers In terms of expectations from the process, what are you expecting? Well, I'm not them too high I'm going in with an open mind, but in terms of of my bag I ends are generally my my stronger point. Yeah, but you also know I've always had a low ball flight with my irons. So I'm looking for a little bit more launch my irons and They're a bit dated so and this is a little bit of help really on in terms of landing on green Okay, and then into the sort of maybe from the irons into the driver Well, the driver as you know is that has been with me a long time The obvious thing I'm looking for and hoping for is distance. Yeah, because I'm always 20 30 yards behind you A little bit more consistency as well and feel just to feel a little bit more comfortable with the driver in my hand A little bit more confident off the tee. Okay. So let's get over to the performance entry archfilling starting some balls And then hopefully we'll get some answers to those questions later on in the video So the process began with Steve collecting some data with his current irons in the bag to act as a barometer moving forward I would say on my irons at the moment more hooky. Yeah, okay. Yeah Grand alright, so the reason I asked you just because the paradigm X is a little bit more offset if you sliced it So I think we'll go start off with a normal paradigm and your shaft is 85 grams and Stiff so what I'll do is I'll do a like-for-like just to see what the new head does for you, right? Absolutely cream one minute It was okay, but not like wow you express the fact that the naughty shot is a hook for you So in the back of my mind, I'm thinking right. Well, how can we help you with that? So there's two ways we can do it which you couldn't physically change the static loft of the the iron, right? And all we can do something with the shaft length So what I've given you there is I've given you a shaft that's half an inch shorter than standard So 36 and a half inches Which actually Flattens the lie a little bit. So when you flatten the lie You've basically make the club face for you point ball left by default So after trying two or three different other shafts we came back to the elevate 85 gram But this time in regular shaft flex and it made a significant difference to all parameters Clubhead speed ball speed and carry different significant gains But also land angle remain the same but an increase in launch angle, which is what Steve was looking for So irons now suited it was time to head on into the driver And we started this as we did the process with the irons and that was by trying his existing driver Let's collect some data and see what it is exactly. We have to beat and again similar scenario Steve was looking for extra carry distance, maybe some extra launch and certainly some extra ball speed over to you Ollie You know so that five grams lighter shaft is Helping helping a little bit. Okay. I'm just like we did with the iron. Just just see yeah Yeah, you know softer softer helps hit one more, but I think I like the feel of this Slightly more than the previous you prefer the regular, but I'll you'll tell me otherwise And whilst the change into the 55 gram reg made a huge difference when we swapped over to the same shaft But one in shorter. I think it's fair to say Steve was pretty impressed My word. Yeah. Yeah, just a short shaft in short. It's really good But That is more consistent than the other two. Oh, yeah miles. We went into the 10 side blue 55 gram regular standard length and you can see there that the strike location Can I then dimmed it went to went to the heel then when we went shorter starts to leap towards the center yours is the Is the orange then when we go up against that with the 10 side blue So the correct weight the correct flex and the correct length. We're starting to see a nice bump of nearly 15 yards with a carry 20 plus yards of total run out logical combination you think I'm gonna have a longer shaft Get more club head speed, but the shorter shaft for yourself better strike location Better digits, right. Okay. So that's balls hit custom fit finished and before we make the reveal on the product I just want to talk about the sort of the process and we started off with the irons It was I wouldn't say struggle, but you went through a few different steps before you found the right one How did you find the the process of getting from where we started to where we finish in terms of the irons? Really interested and I've learned a lot today You know probably more than I thought I was going to do to be perfectly honest And the irons were more of a challenge and I knew that anyway Because that was probably the strongest part of my game. So I knew I wasn't hitting bad irons With the irons I had so I knew that that might be a little tweak here and there and it proved we went through different shafts Yep Well, the big change was sort of that we went through we use the same elevate shaft Yeah but we changed the weight of it and changed the flex of it and ultimately where you ended up from where we started was the Main thing was to that we changed the shaft for or only change the shaft for we've seen a better launch angle You said to yourself, you know kind of irons can be sometimes a little bit flat Which therefore descent angle can be a little bit flat as well come in to green So there's a significant change there in terms of performance and ultimately that came from like I said that Trying I think I mean don't get me wrong. We tried three or four shafts was it? Yeah What we finished up with was an iron a shaft head combination that really worked But the irons was kind of like I said a lot was a challenge Maybe didn't see the gains that we see next which came when we moved up to the other end of the bag And we stepped into the driver. Yeah. Well, I think The analogy I'd use everyone has been happily married 30 35 years watching this when you first met your now wife You know Andy knew that with his good lady Tracy. I know that but you just know and Apart from a little tweak on the on the shaft. Yeah, as soon as I got the driver in You loved everything about I did I did the driver was was love at first sight the shaft Interesting enough tried a few different options But the big thing with the shaft was he went one in shorter Now the interesting thing with that was that what Steve didn't lose was club head speed So you naturally assume that by going shorter shaft you lose a little bit of club head speed He didn't do that at all in fact gained a little but then in terms of ball speed also increased Because I assume you're therefore finding the center of the club face a little bit more often Which is ultimately where that said that ball speed is so There's one inch shorter shaft made a huge difference getting again that sort of flex right and that weight right was again Paramount in getting that ultimate performance, but I've got to say like I said as soon as you picked up that driver Yeah, you loved it. I did it just felt easy. It felt comfortable. Yeah, and yeah, we're all we're all amateur golfers When you see that ball Fizz straight and with more height with more carry Yeah, it's a great feeling you should point out that I'm leaving an old friend a very old friend behind in It's taken you a while to get me to relinquish it and it'll be a some send-off for We're at Archville links and down the road in Gullin There's a golf museum and that's where that driver's going because One of few competitions. It's one with your dad to be fair That's what if you quit over the years, but it's time for each time The performance out the paradigm driver was phenomenal like I said straight away what that does Dennis bridge confidence and you mentioned on a number of occasions I can't wait to get out there on the fairways and I think that again is what buying new clubs is all about it You know, it's increasing confidence in increasing enjoyment. You want to get out there and play golf There's absolutely nothing wrong with that But just final question you're sort of take away from the custom fit process I know I sort of had my idea of it, but I'm really interested to know now you've completed yours Well, it was a it was a big help having you there as with your input having been through the process What I would say to anyone watching this who might be is it for me go and do it go and do it now Obviously, I haven't been out on the fairway with the clubs yet So I'm just basing that purely on what you've just seen there in the Bay. Actually, I'm sitting here now Because Andy's tried to get me to do this a few times over the year kicking myself that I didn't do it earlier because Really, it was a time fact there was a plane enough. Well, I should have done it earlier But now I've done it. You've hit the nail on the head I'm so excited to get back out onto the fairways once they arrive And I know we're gonna go out and yeah, so how they go. Yeah, but yeah, I mean, it's just it's just Heightened the interest in the game for me This season so I'd say to anyone go and do it We've done it the right time of year as well masters is fast approaching and very soon some like nights get back out On the fairways and we will be doing a follow-up video of like I said there You know we've been in a controlled environment now Let's get them out in reality and see if those balls are stopping on green see if that driver is pinging out there like we think it Well, but yeah overall thanks to Steve for your time this afternoon a fantastic experience take from it what you will But I think there's a big learning curve for all of us custom fit is hugely important And like I said, I hope Steve sees the gains when we get out there not too many though because I Don't even say in too much money off me, right? That's it for today. Thank you all for watching But this is only part one of this custom fit process and very shortly You will see how Steve went from his longest iron in the bag up to driver and that also is a very interesting Process so trust me keep your eye out for that one and I'll see you all tomorrow night