Shaft Help please

[ozzieman7113]

Looking for a little better accuracy so I bought a used set of Callaway X-20 Tours with 6.0 rifled shafts. I had used a demo 6 iron and played fine with it.

On a side note...I have Callaway hybrids and an X-Tour 3 wood with Uniflex shafts. I hit those quite well.

Can hit the irons straight...but sometimes hitting a fade. I am guessing this may be coming from the less offset. So I am thinking I can probably improve my swing enough to deal with the fade. Please correct me if I am wrong.

My main issue is a major loss of distance. I hit my old Tour Exotic stiff 8 iron 150 yards with a decent swing. With the X-20 Tour; I can barely hit it 135-140 yards. I am guessing the heavier shaft is affecting me.

I am considering these 3 options:
1. Change to a uniflex shaft which is about 10-15 grams lighter because I hit the hybrids good with the uniflex.
2. Change to a 5 or 5.5 rifled shaft.
3. Change to a plain X-20 iron with a lighter shaft. Which one?

Any help is appreciated,
Mike

[Lean, Mean, Hitting Machine]

You forgot the most important option!

4. Go get your swing speed checked on a professional launch monitor.

If you are hitting the ball flush every time with the 8 iron, and it is only going 135-140, then you definitely don't need to be playing 6.0 rifle shafts. But the most important thing is to get that swing speed checked to find out what shaft stiffness to use. Good luck.

[ozzieman7113]

Thanks for the comments and suggestion. Six years ago I had a monitored swing speed of 110mph. But I had a shoulder problem and rehab.....so no doubt that plus the fact that I just turned 50 has probably slowed me down.

What tricked me was playing the trial round with the 6.0 rifled demo 6 iron. I was hitting it 165-170 yards....which is about right for me. But I guess playing a whole round with the whole set is perhaps tiring me out a little.

I settled down a bit and shot 4 over on the back nine but it was an extremely short course. I am capable of making solid contact.