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cody west

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cody west

i recently switched from xtra stiff to stiff flex on my driver and have lost 30 yard. any one know why?

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Lean, Mean, Hitting Machine Established Member

Lean, Mean, Hitting Machine

The shaft is not generating as much kinetic energy, possibly cuz your swing speed is fast enough for extra stiff flex. I would go back to extra stiff unless you are unaccurate with it.

In my Grom:
R9 460 Aldila RE-AX 60g Stiff
07' Burner 3 Wood Stiff
09' Rescue 2 and 4 Stiff
09' Burner 3-PW Superfast 85 Stiff 09' Vokey Spin Milled Black Nickel and Oil Can Wedges 50,54,60SeeMore Putter Pro V1 2.0 SG 2.5

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i was dead accurate with it. i would hit it 308 average (according to the cart gps) and would hit it right where i wanted to 90% of the time. but the other 10% of the time i missed big

my driver ss is 121

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Happy Dragon Well Established Member

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i recently switched from xtra stiff to stiff flex on my driver and have lost 30 yard. any one know why?

Waste of time post. You already know the answer to your question.

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Lean, Mean, Hitting Machine

308 average 9/10 times right where you want it?! You need to seriously quit your job and turn pro if that is true. But anyways, sounds like you need to go back to extra stiff if your swing speed is 121.

In my Grom:
R9 460 Aldila RE-AX 60g Stiff
07' Burner 3 Wood Stiff
09' Rescue 2 and 4 Stiff
09' Burner 3-PW Superfast 85 Stiff 09' Vokey Spin Milled Black Nickel and Oil Can Wedges 50,54,60SeeMore Putter Pro V1 2.0 SG 2.5

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kennay92 Great Member

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this is kind of like saying you used to a red marker to color something you needed to be red and it worked, but then you decided to use a blue marker to color a red picture.. so common sense says, if the red maker worked for coloring the red picture, why not keep using it.. i.e. the x-stiff being the red marker

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Dub Great Member

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308 average 9/10 times right where you want it?! You need to seriously quit your job and turn pro if that is true. But anyways, sounds like you need to go back to extra stiff if your swing speed is 121.

That's what I was thinking.

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I'm with you Dub, my swing speed is right at 120-123 with the driver. I have never purchased a driver for myself, I've always played my dad's hand me downs because he's one of those who gets new clubs about everytime he has a bad round. So his hand me down's are newer than most people's stuff anyways. However, I naturally hit the ball VERY high, so I got a Stiff flex, 8.5 degree Adam's Redline from a friend of his and absolutely crush it. Not straight 90% of the time of course, but when it is it's out there where few can reach (as far as amateurs go I mean). I recently got a 9.5 degree X-stiff TM R9 from eBay and HATED it. swung it maybe 20 times and just wasn't worth the transition.

If you're blessed with the one thing that most everybody wants (distance), I wouldn't change your current setup. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I'm always wanting to buy a new driver, but I've yet to hit a setup that matches my current one. So why drop $200 on something that won't perform as good you know?

Ha, it was actually quite funny to serve the "pro" at Dick's. I was hitting the '09 Burner which he "assured" me was the best club for me on the simulator. It was going 302, 305 etc., and he challenged me to get my current one, thinking it would be a selling point. You should've seen his face when my old Redline was outdriving that brand new burner by 10-12 yards consistently.
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308 average 9/10 times right where you want it?! You need to seriously quit your job and turn pro if that is true. But anyways, sounds like you need to go back to extra stiff if your swing speed is 121.

And that is with a 30 yard loss!!!!!

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pxc

You're either bragging or lying.

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Driver - FT-5 10°
Hybrids - 4DX 15.5°, 20°
Irons/Wedges - CI-7 4-GW, SW | "Free" Warrior 60° LWPutter - TiffanyBalls - various

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cody west Dedicated Member

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im sayin i used to hit it 308 that far
i now hit it about 280 with my 30 yard loss, i now get about 5 feet on my low drives. im thinging it could be a lighter club head because some pros tell people to hit a less stiff shaft for more distance

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I'm with you Dub, my swing speed is right at 120-123 with the driver. I have never purchased a driver for myself, I've always played my dad's hand me downs because he's one of those who gets new clubs about everytime he has a bad round. So his hand me down's are newer than most people's stuff anyways. However, I naturally hit the ball VERY high, so I got a Stiff flex, 8.5 degree Adam's Redline from a friend of his and absolutely crush it. Not straight 90% of the time of course, but when it is it's out there where few can reach (as far as amateurs go I mean). I recently got a 9.5 degree X-stiff TM R9 from eBay and HATED it. swung it maybe 20 times and just wasn't worth the transition.

ya i didnt hav a choice my old driver broke and the shaft snapped inside the hozzle so it would have to be drilled out an it wasnt worth it. im just not sure if its that older driver have more weight behind them so its easier to hit them far or if its that my shaft is a noodle

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