re: Club fitting

I might be jaded from a terrible iron shaft recommendation at a $375 fitting, but I don't have a whole lot of faith in fittings. I also know a lot about clubs and shafts as golf equipment is a hobby for me, so my opinion may be skewed. I don't think most fittings are comprehensive enough to get people into the right clubs. I think most of that due to a lack of time as there are tons of different options, fitters have time constraints (personally I think many have knowledge constraints as well), customers usually aren't super consistent so there is a lot of variability shot to shot, and customers have a finite amount of good swings.

I my case the fitter put me into a combo that provided the best feel, not the best results. And what combo felt the best was known prior to the fitting based on the construction of the head and shaft. The shaft turned out to be way too soft for me.

I think if you go to a big box store and can find a shaft that helps you find the sweet spot more often, where the left/right dispersion is pretty good, the weight feels like something you can swing for 18 holes, you are 90+% of the way there. Then find a head that nudges your ball flight (launch, spin and ball speed, not direction) closer to optimal and you are done.