Well, on the advice of both Mark Rowley and Gary Moth I went down to Haywards Heath Golf Club where for £50 they put you through a 1 hour session where they measure your grip size, hand to floor length, club 'lie' etc and then use a piece of pretty sophisticated ball tracking solution to check your swing speed, record ball trajectory, distance, grouping etc when you're trying different clubs with different shaft, heads etc.
All good stuff and it does mean that you get to try out clubs from Mizuno, Ping, TaylorMade, Wilson, Yonex (a few more I can't remember !). Then when you've found the one that you like the best (and the computer verifies that it was a good one) they can order in those clubs custom fitted to you.
Impressive, except with a pretty consistent swing speed (irons) of 82-84mph the standard shaft was right for me and, being of average build, the standard shaft length was good and, having an okay swing plane, the lie was good and the standard grip was good... you're getting the picture. Just call me Mr. Standard.
Whatever, trying out so many different clubs in that high tech environment was worth the £50 because there were three clear favourites Mizuno mx200; Wilson Ci9; TaylorMade R9 and I've now ordered myself a gleaming new set of TaylorMade (actually my most consistent shots were with the Wilson but the final decision was based on the fact I've always had TaylorMade and the R9s - and the Mizumo - came a very close second in consistency).
Looking forward to a game next week to try my new clubs out (as long as they arrive as promised on Monday).
