woman - lightweight steel choice

[aedoue]

Hi,
I'm a 51 year old female. Been playing 2 1/2 years. My Titleist 905R with YSL R shaft is fitting me well, but I need to upgrade my irons.

I'm playing Wishon 550C's, with 75g UST graphite at borderline A/R flex. I like these heads, but with my swing improvement (learning how to stay smooth and delay release instead of trying to muscle my way through), something is not quite enough. My male friends irons are great because I can feel the clubhead, but obviously too much for me. I'm thinking of trying R flex Nippon NS 750's or 850's, TruTemper GS 75 or 85, or TruTemper TX-90. I'm planning to build my 6 through 8 with three of them, to sort it out.

I would appreciate if anyone can share their experience with any of these shafts, or if anyone has experience with what works for ladies who can actually swing a club efficiently. I haven't run into serious women players at my public course.

Thanks very much,
Laney

[kafka01]

Hello,

sorry i cant really comment on the steel shafts you mentioned, but i know a senior who plays your graphit shafts and he is just very happy with them. And all of our female golfers with a single hcp play graphite - two of them play on the national level, and i´m sure if they would see any advantage in playing steel shafts for them self they would get reshafted fairly quickly.

My point behind this - if you dislike the feel with your clubs, maybe it has more to do with the heads than the shafts? My current iron set i originally ordered with graphit shafts (my wrists often suffer from the increased vibrations that steel shafts produce) and i still would play them, but as it turned out they werent very durable and broke after a couple of months. But after switching to steel shafts i cant really say, that the feel & feedback is much different for me, unless the shots are really bad, then they provide more feedback than i prefer...

Even if thats not a satisfying answer on your original question i hope it helped a bit.

[Stacey_E]

I would definately put the Nippons on my short list. I was playing a strong lofted Cobra S9II 6 iron as replacement for a 5 & 6 iron not long ago. It had a Nippon 90 gram shaft in it. It had a large, super game improvement, cast clubhead. There is no way it should have felt as good as it did.

I have a relatively slow tempo, compact swing; but the ball seemed to jump off of the face nice and high with a feel I can only decscribe as very solid and sweet! It might have been the head, but I feel like the Nippon had a lot to do with it.

Good luck in your search! I'd at least consider the Nippon.

[basesloaded190]

The GS-75 is going to be one of the lightest steel shaft you can buy. Pretty expensive, but very very light shaft.

[flanagan]

Switched from Project X to Nippon N.S. Pro 950 GH, so not exactly what you are looking at, but they are great shafts. Having had the advantage of hitting them vs. the Project X, found them to be just as accurate, better feel and lighter. That being said the Project Xs I had were too stiff, so not quite apples to apples. Comparing the Nippons to the True Tempers in my old PINGS, apples to apples in terms of shafts I like, I like the Nippons better. Get fit!

[aedoue]

Thanks for responses! For odd reasons, I've got an R flex version of my current graphite shaft installed in an 8i. I'll go pick that up, and start playing with lead tape. Then I'll locate the Nippon and the TT's, and give them a try.