Srixon Driver and Wood fitting: 6-handicap reader Dan Gregory

Golf Monthly reader Dan Gregory enjoys a Srixon driver & wood custom-fitting in the brand’s Centre of Excellence at Studley Wood GC in Oxfordshire

Jeremy Ellwood
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Golf Monthly reader Dan Gregory enjoys a Srixon driver & wood custom-fitting in the brand’s Centre of Excellence at Studley Wood GC in Oxfordshire

Name: Dan Gregory

Handicap: 5.6

Home Club: Cirencester GC, Gloucestershire

Current driver Cobra S2, 10.5*, fujikura 65g regular, set at neutral, not fitted

Current fairway wood Cobra, Baffler Rail F, 15.5*, fujikura 60g regular, not fitted

Friday 21st April 2017 Driver and fairway wood custom-fitting at Studley Wood GC, Oxfordshire Fitted by Martin Conner, UK Fitting Technician, Srixon Sports Europe

Driver Srixon Z565, 10.5˚ with + 1 face orientation Kaula Kiri 5 stiff shaft

Fairway wood Srixon ZF65, 17˚ 4-wood Kosuma Silver 6 stiff shaft

For full details of Dan’s fitting watch the accompanying video

Jeremy Ellwood
Jeremy Ellwood
Contributing Editor

Jeremy Ellwood has worked in the golf industry since 1993 and for Golf Monthly since 2002 when he started out as equipment editor. He is now a freelance journalist writing mainly for Golf Monthly. He is an expert on the Rules of Golf having qualified through an R&A course to become a golf referee. He is a senior panelist for Golf Monthly's Top 100 UK & Ireland Course Rankings and has played all of the Top 100 plus 91 of the Next 100, making him well-qualified when it comes to assessing and comparing our premier golf courses. He has now played 1,000 golf courses worldwide in 35 countries, from the humblest of nine-holers in the Scottish Highlands to the very grandest of international golf resorts. He reached the 1,000 mark on his 60th birthday in October 2023 on Vale do Lobo's Ocean course. Put him on a links course anywhere and he will be blissfully content.

Jezz can be contacted via Twitter - @JezzEllwoodGolf

Jeremy is currently playing...

Driver: Ping G425 LST 10.5˚ (draw setting), Mitsubishi Tensei AV Orange 55 S shaft

3 wood: Srixon ZX, EvenFlow Riptide 6.0 S 50g shaft

Hybrid: Ping G425 17˚, Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Orange 80 S shaft

Irons 3- to 8-iron: Ping i525, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Irons 9-iron and PW: Honma TWorld TW747Vx, Nippon NS Pro regular shaft

Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 50˚ and 54˚, 12˚ bounce, True Temper Dynamic Gold 105 R300 shafts

Putter: Kramski HPP 325

Ball: Any premium ball I can find in a charity shop or similar (or out on the course!)

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