I’ve been a huge promoter of fittings and using a launch monitor for the fitting. I’ve been personally using a FlightScope X2 Launch Monitor for 3 seasons now and have been able to share the data I gathered while how much is flightscope x3 testings all the newest clubs. It has served me well over the years, but the new launch monitor, the Xi Tour from FlightScope, is an improvement in a number of areas which have made collecting data even easier and fittings even better.
One of the biggest reasons to work with a launch monitor for fittings, reviews, and teaching is the accuracy of data. No longer do you need to guess which club is better for you. “It felt hot”, “I’m pretty sure that one was the longest”, “It seemed pretty low spin” or “I think your club face was a little open”. It simply is or isn’t something based on the data. You can go outside at your normal range and swing away collecting thousands of numbers of what exactly each club does in your hands. The new features of the FlightScope Xi Tour make it even more accurate, both outdoors and indoors for small spaces.
There are a couple options out when it comes to Launch Monitors. FlightScope has been my “go to” for few seasons now and with the current upgrade I see no reason to change. FlightScope offers full 3D Doppler radar tracking of the ball from tee to final resting place. This means it is not guessing what the ball did, but tracked it the entire way. It does also have the ability to test shots indoors or into nets. It is best to use the foil dots so that it can track the ball better in such short distances. While there is some guessing(math equations) involved the accuracy seems to be excellent based all the data I have collected indoors compared to outdoor testing.
The data that the FlightScope Xi Tour collects is equal to any launch monitor out there; actually more than most. It can tell you more information than you would most likely be interested in. It collects it all easily on a PC or iPad. I exclusively use the iPad app to test clubs because it is the simplest and easiest way to hit balls at the range. My laptop just doesn’t have the battery life or portability that my iPad does. The connection is via WiFi and makes for a quick and easy set-up once I get to the range. The set-up and use is very simple. While this is a complex computer, you don’t need a whole lot of tech skill to figure it out
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