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What would happen if you have the wrong shaft?

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King Cobra II

If you had a stiff shaft, and needed a flex, or a flex and needed a stiff would would be the side effect?

In the bag:
Driver: r7 quad v2 stiff
3-Wood: XLS
Hybrid: X
Irons: CG Golds 3-GWSW: x forged 56/13LW: Vokey sm 60/.08Putter: Callie 35''Ball: pro v1

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JaY_B Great Member

JaY_B

Depends, playing a shaft that is too soft (too flexible, regular flex instead of stiff for example) will result in unpredictable shots, traditionally it is believed that the shaft being to soft will result in a large hook, it can also however result in a push too the right.

If the shaft is too stiff (an extra stiff as opposed to a stiff for example) it will usually result in a loss of distance and generally will result in a push to the right, it is hard to hook/pull the ball with a shaft that's too stiff.

Advice from me is that you should play the stiffest shaft you can control, in theory the stiffer the shaft you can control the more accuracy you will gain, however the softer the shaft you can control the more distance you will get.

Hope this helps.

In my Ping UCLAN Team Bag

Nike Sasqautch 9.5 - V2 Stiff
Cleveland HiBore 15 - V2 Stiff
Ben Hogan Apex FTX, 2 - PW - Dynamic Gold StiffNike SV Tour 52, 58 - Dynamic Golf StiffYes Golf Callie - 33 inchesBall - Srixon Z star X

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DJYoshi Great Member

DJYoshi

i'm pretty sure also if the shaft is too stiff, you might have the tendency to block the ball. i heard that when I was getting fitted for my driver last year.
DJ Yoshi
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HiBoreXL 9.5 White Board D63 Stiff Exotics CB2 5 Wood, Exotics CB3 3 Wood MP-60 5.5 Flighted Shafts 54 & Cleveland CG-10 60 Newport 2
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Generally speaking, a shaft that is too stiff is going to result in fades and slices and a shaft that is too flexible is going to result in hooks. More detail here

In My Bag:

Driver: HiBore XL 10.5*, Aldila NV Stiff
Fairway Wood: System 2 Midsize 3W
Hybrid: Idea Boxer a3Irons: Bomber Steel Plus 3: 4-PW (Callaway Clone)Wedges: 588 Tour Action BeCu 53* Gap/56* SandPutter: Karsten Anser 2 34"Balls: Back to the drawing board, experimenting with Gamers,...

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