Is custom fitting golf irons really necessary?

Poorly fit clubs can make the ball go too high, too low, to the right or to the left, and/or make you more generally inconsistent. Is it worth saving $100 to be less accurate and less consistent? It's not to me. I don't know about where you live, but here you're only going to get 2 rounds of golf for $100, and in most places you'll still probably only get 3 rounds or so. So if you skip two or three rounds, the extra cost is covered.

And don't listen to these idiots saying you don't need fitted if "you're of average height." Two players that are the EXACT same height will often need differently fitted clubs. Different players have different sized hands, different swing speeds, and different setups.

So is fitting clubs necessary? Not if you always want to shoot worse than your potential, be perpetually more inconsistent than you should be, and hinder your growth as a player for as long as you own the clubs. And that's not just regarding top players. Bad players benefit from fitted clubs MORE than top pros.

Here's a cheaper way to get "fitted" if you want to save some money. Go to a store that sells Ping clubs, and go through their fitting process. It's free and fairly quick. Get your stats printed out, tell them you'll be back some other time to buy the clubs, then find a used set (of Pings obviously) with the same or similar setup.