swing speed???

[mazza78]

Hi guys just a quick question! I posted and item about what flex driver would be suitable for my driver last month and said my swing speed was around 88-94 mph! Since then people have been posting on various threads that their swing speed was 122!! surely its not mph!! is it kph??? if so my swing speed would be 141-151 kph!!

If this is correct would i be regular or stiff shaft??

[plugged]

Tiger's SS is I think around 120 mph. When you high numbers, it is usually ball speed, which can exceed 190 mph for heavy hitters.

[jharrell]

120 mph is an attainable driver ss.

[kennay92]

yeah it was more thank likely in mph.. it might been the internet swing speed formula though and not the laws of physics swing speed.

[wedge player]

my ss is very high and i only use a stiff shaft,ss is not a major factor in flex,if you have a jerky swing i would say a stiff shaft and a smooth tempo i would say regular.

[mc0388]

  plugged said:

Tiger's SS is I think around 120 mph. When you high numbers, it is usually ball speed, which can exceed 190 mph for heavy hitters.

190 ball speed is super fast

  jharrell said:

120 mph is an attainable driver ss.

120mph is very obtainable. Fast, but obtainable

[mazza78]

I would say i have quite a quick swing with driver! my takeaway and follow through can be quite fast at times! On my old r7 limited driver i had 10.5 deg regular matrix x-con shaft in it and was more consistent than when i got it re shafted with stiff flex v2 shaft!! different pros and custom fit tell me i need stiif and others say regular!! ive hit different ones now and im so so confused!!!! Every other day i post things about drivers!!!

[sethro5hc]

  mazza78 said:

Hi guys just a quick question! I posted and item about what flex driver would be suitable for my driver last month and said my swing speed was around 88-94 mph! Since then people have been posting on various threads that their swing speed was 122!! surely its not mph!! is it kph??? if so my swing speed would be 141-151 kph!!

A couple things you need to know. 1, yes on this site virtually everybody's swing speed is in MPH, not KPH unless you stumble onto a foreign site where the metric system's common. 2. Golf is like fishing, where 2 lb bass are eventually 5 pounders after the story is told. 275 yard drives turn into "300 yard drives" eventually through story telling and MANY golfers have incorrect perceptions of their actual speeds and distances because of it. You'll see plenty of people claiming 300 yard drives straight down the middle but with handicaps of 22..... Believe it or not, 250 is still a distance many golfers don't reach with consistency. My dad's a single digit handicapper and his swing speed is 88-94 just like yours. I'd say this is correct, which would put you on the lower end if you're a man aged 18-30.... roughly just under average 30-40.....and right on average 40+. Above average in all for a woman unless you're talking about LPGA. 94 isn't a bad SS, but several people on here do have 120-125. Mine is 120-123, but I'm 6'0, 23 years old, fairly well put together and an ex college baseball player. I'd trade my swing right now for one that was 105 and consistently down the pipe.

anyways all I'm basically trying to say is that yea the 122s you read are in MPH, not KPH..and your SS isn't as low as it seems to you because 122 is fairly high for non pro golfers I'd say. If you went to a nice golf course and clocked everybody who teed off that day, I'd say probably 5% of less have a swing speed on the course of 120+...it's just not that common. Just for the record... Tiger's average swing speed is in the mid 120's according to where I checked, and he's got one of the higher ones.

[sethro5hc]

If I were you I'd find what your typical swing is exactly... a 6 mph range is fairly large. If you're usually in the upper 80's I'd go with regular flex. But if you're typically in the mid 90's and can bump it up to uppers when you really turn it loose, I'd go with stiff.

If that 88-94 is with you swinging as hard as you can on a launch monitor though I'd stick with regular, but if it's nice and controlled stiff could work. Also depends alot on tempo. If you've got a quick tempo try stiff, if it's slow I'd stay regular for sure.

[sethro5hc]

By far the most important thing about a driver is to play what you're comfortable with. If you've hit a regular flex your whole life and are accustomed to it, you'll probably struggle a bit at first if you switch the flex. You're sort've in the grey area where your stats would indicate either would work for you. Maybe try a shaft that's rated S but is light in weight with a lower cpm, or a R shaft that's a little heavier with a higher cpm. That way you can get something in the middle. Main thing is go with whats comfortable and works!

[WUTiger]

Mazza 78,

Advice from the last two golf pros I worked with: If control isn't a problem, go with regular flex. As your swing improves, you will pick up extra yards in distance.

[joeyrocks]

i just clocked my swing speed the other day @ 92 mph, I bought a driver with a stiff shaft.

[jbl1202]

  mazza78 said:

Hi guys just a quick question! I posted and item about what flex driver would be suitable for my driver last month and said my swing speed was around 88-94 mph! Since then people have been posting on various threads that their swing speed was 122!! surely its not mph!! is it kph??? if so my swing speed would be 141-151 kph!!

for your swing speed i would definitely go with a regular flex.

once you start getting in the 100s is when you need to think about a stiff flex

[kennay92]

  jbl1202 said:

for your swing speed i would definitely go with a regular flex.

not neccasarily.

[SQ Bimmer]

  jbl1202 said:

for your swing speed i would definitely go with a regular flex.

I agree. One pro told me that even though you may swing mid to high 90s on the monitor when you're nice and fresh, you may not swing that on hole 16. You may not even swing that on hole 1 when you are trying to stay nice and smooth to put the ball in play. If you are somewhere in the middle, go to the softer flex. Or like the other poster mentioned, get a shaft that is somewhere in between.

Last time on the swing monitor with driver in hand I was swinging about 93-94 consistently. However when on the course I think I ease it back a bit, so I went with regular flex, with all of my clubs. My swing mechanics are a lot better now though, I wonder what I swing now...

[Heineken]

For what it's worth, I was recently fitted for irons. My swing speed was consistently 80-82 mph. I hit a 7 iron consistently 155-160 yards. It was recommended I go with a stiff shaft 7i-PW; stiff shaft soft-stepped 3i-6i.

Point being; there's a lot more that goes into a shaft recommendation than simply swing speed. Tempo, swing mechanics, ball striking ability all play a role. Best to get custom fitted for this reason, IMHO.