The following is an excerpt from my blog (www.carrforthecourse.com)

This year I decided to get fit for the most daunting clubs in the bag: driver, fairway wood, and hybrid. I’ve always found the adjustability of these clubs to be intimidating and maybe more psychological than physical. Was the club creating the draw or was I creating the draw? Was I missing fairways because I didn’t have the correct settings? I wanted the answers but I was unwilling to ask the questions, until this month.

Jesse Plaza was the man tasked with getting me dialed. He had me take a few swings with my driver. My push fade was in full force, something Jesse was hoping to remedy. We looked at the numbers that don’t lie, and they told the story. My over the top move was producing a spin rate nearly 4000 rpm! Jesse put a Titleist TS2 in my hands and gave me a few helpful alignment aides and swing tips. After a few more swings I was getting the rpm down to the low 3000s.A few shaft adjustments later and Jesse had me hitting the ball straighter and farther. Eventually we tried the TS3. My ball flight was more controlled and my spin rate was in the mid 2000s. More astoundingly, I was hitting a little draw! Jesse looked at the numbers, up at me, and back at the numbers and said, “I think we found something.”