Stiff, Regular shafts questions...

[wachesawgolfer]

Get fit, or go to the range and hit a bunch of different shafts.

I am the same and it has to do with my quicker transition. A regular shaft for me balloons to the right, no matter what I do. Stiff go longer and straight.

[Shindig]

Get fit, or go to the range and hit a bunch of different shafts.

I saw something in this year's Golf Digest hot list about a golfer who was a tweener and had regular flex in his graphite shafts for his irons. He switched to steel, stiff flex and gained some serious yardage.

Given that I frequently test as a tweener and had mediocre yardage on R300 steel, and worse on Aerotech quasi-graphite shafts, I'm seriously tempted to give S300 a try. To the O.P., though - yeah, if your friend is hitting it well, and you think it's worth a try, it is. Don't let it get to your head, though - Freddie Couples once had something like an S300 in a 3-wood that he hit well, until he went to re-grip it and saw the flex markings.

[RocketSauce]

I saw something in this year's Golf Digest hot list about a golfer who was a tweener and had regular flex in his graphite shafts for his irons. He switched to steel, stiff flex and gained some serious yardage.

i am the exact opposite. i too am a "

tweener " and recently (within the past year) switched from S300 shafts in my irons to R400 shafts and i gained almost one full club in length per club.

[Nick88]

As your swing is slower than average (by the sounds of things) i would try the ladies flex shaft and see how it goes!

I use a ladies flex r7 425 driver to warm up with as it gets my timing and rhyhtm going on the right track!

[Shindig]

Roger Dunn just let me borrow two demo irons from my set. Both are 6-irons; one is R-300, the other is S-300. I'm going to try these next to my 6-iron with the graphite regular a few times before I return them, and then decide what to do.

When I used their launch monitor, the R300 reported what I remembered hitting 6-iron back when I used these shafts. The S300 reported another 15 yards. But this was a launch monitor set up for drivers, so I don't know how accurate it is. Will check at range before making decision.

Mizuno fitting day at a different RD location next Friday. Will check with them, too, and see what they say.