Driver fitting at demo day vs. professionally

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Is it worth it going to a professional over a demo day?

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Demo days are a great place to try out new equipment. For the average golfer, you can generally find something that will work for you or at least have a stating point to go get a proper fitting.

It’s all just luck as to if you get a competent demo rep, which most likely you won’t. And it the course has decent range balls, the fitting will be fine. If they’re using TrackMan, it’s got a feature that allows you to take those numbers and turn them into what the numbers would be for a premium golf ball.

I agree Nugget.

Things to consider:
1. At demo days and/or fitting day, the club reps are limited to what they have on their demo carts. You basically have just a few shafts to choose from and the shaft is the engine.
2. Company reps have knowledge about the shafts in their possession so they can sometimes have limited knowledge on other shaft options.
3. More times than not, I've gotten the feeling at demo days that the company reps do not seem to care about what you get. They just install the shaft, send you off to hit and then ask you how it went. Could be that they are not directly being incentivized???
4. The challenge, depending on where you live, is finding a good fitter. I live on the MS Gulf Coast and 1.50 golf in Gulfport has a really good fitting service. They also have a location in Covington.