Shaft Length and Adjusted Lie question.

[pherg]

A mate of mine has a set of Titleist 695cb's that he's getting rid of and offered them to me - I'm keen because I love the idea of playing with forged irons for the first time. The issue is the shafts are 0.75 inch longer and the lie has been adjusted 2˚upright compared to standard - he's about 6'4 in height and I'm about 6'1.

My question is will the change in length and lie from my standard Tour Burners be an issue? Lengthwise I can always grip down a little but does 2˚Upright really make that much of a difference and if needs-be, can a club-fitter bend them back to standard? I think they were originally altered at Titleist in the States but any adjustments would have to be done here in Melbourne.

And what, if any, difficulties would I encounter if I had the lengths taken back to standard?

I've only ever hit them once and nailed it but I'll be heading down to the range tonight to have a better go.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks.

[buttuh]

Take them out to play for a few rounds and see if they work for you as is. Removing extensions is not difficult and bending forged heads is also not difficult.

[Ken Smith]

The 2* upright lie can cause you to pull the ball. I don't have the specs in front of me, but I would venture to guess that your Burners are manufactured with a more upright lie than the 695cb's. If that's the case, the 2* upright may put you pretty close to what you've been playing. Like Buttuh (Love The Name!) said, you really just need take them out and get a feel for them.

If you decide you want to cut the added .75" from the clubs, I would recommend trimming them from the butt rather than the tip. Trimming from the butt will affect the clubs' performance the least. I would guess that it will only stiffen the shafts about 2-3 CPMs, which is really not much at all.