Worth Re-shafting Without a Fitting?

[Kleriq]

I was recently fitted for a driver, and have moved into stiff flex on both driver and irons as a result. My hybrids and fairway wood are still in regular flex, and after seeing what the stiffer flex has done for my driver and iron game I feel like I can blame some of my inconsistency with the fairway and hybrids on the shaft flex.

Is it possible to pick out a stiff shaft without bothering with a full fitting, perhaps based on my experience with the driver fitting and irons? I’m particularly interested in stiffening up the fairway wood, since that feels like my least consistent club. 

Details:

Driver: TSi2 with Tensei AV Blue 65g Stiff flex

Fairway: Callaway Rogue 3W with Aldila Synergy 60g Regular flex

Hybrids: Mizuno JPX Fli-Hi 4H–5H with Project X LZ Graphite 4.5 70g Regular flex

Irons: Srixon Z 585 with Nippon NS Pro Modus3 Tour130 Stiff flex

[Kleriq]

To be a little more concrete, I’ve seen a few places online recommend using a fairway shaft that’s about 10g heavier than the driver’s shafts to produce a similar swing weight. So how dumb would I be to buy a 70–75g shaft tipped for a Callaway head?

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6 hours ago, Kleriq said:

To be a little more concrete, I’ve seen a few places online recommend using a fairway shaft that’s about 10g heavier than the driver’s shafts to produce a similar swing weight. So how dumb would I be to buy a 70–75g shaft tipped for a Callaway head?

This is what I have done with my woods. I would try the Tensei Blue in the next weight up in stiff.  Hybrid can be done as well.

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8 hours ago, Kleriq said:

I was recently fitted for a driver, and have moved into stiff flex on both driver and irons as a result. My hybrids and fairway wood are still in regular flex, and after seeing what the stiffer flex has done for my driver and iron game I feel like I can blame some of my inconsistency with the fairway and hybrids on the shaft flex.

Is it possible to pick out a stiff shaft without bothering with a full fitting, perhaps based on my experience with the driver fitting and irons? I’m particularly interested in stiffening up the fairway wood, since that feels like my least consistent club. 

Details:

Driver: TSi2 with Tensei AV Blue 65g Stiff flex

Fairway: Callaway Rogue 3W with Aldila Synergy 60g Regular flex

Hybrids: Mizuno JPX Fli-Hi 4H–5H with Project X LZ Graphite 4.5 70g Regular flex

Irons: Srixon Z 585 with Nippon NS Pro Modus3 Tour130 Stiff flex

 

 

[Adam C]

You don't need a fitting. Waste of time and money. Go with something a little heavier as suggested 5-10 in the 3 wood and again heavier (80-90g) into the hybrid. That is the key spec to worry about. I would pick something mid launch also as both the driver and iron shafts fall into that category so keeping it consistent is never a bad idea. 

[Kleriq]

I’ve realized that the 3W doesn’t have an adjustable hosel so I’ll need to go the epoxy route rather than just swapping in a suitably-tipped shaft. With that in mind, I’m gonna hit up a local clubmaker who’s got stellar reviews. If he doesn’t have a fitting cart, I’ll probably try to find a discounted Tensei CK Blue 70. Dick’s hasn’t discounted theirs since the AV was released but hopefully other retailers have.

Considering I got this thing for $99 used it might just wind up being cheaper to buy another used club…

Edited December 27, 2020 by Kleriq