Tweener Shafts

[Travtex]

I went and got myself fitted for irons the other day. I had wanted to actually get fitted for a driver (I seem to have cracked mine), but there were problems with their driver fitting station/monitors that day. Anyway, I'm just doing some second-guessing and speculating. Hoping there are some folks in the same swing speed/style range who can give some tips.

From my online perusings, I'm sitting somewhere in between regular and stiff flex. My 7 iron SS was hovering around 76-78mph (Which is about what my driver SS was when I started, heh) and the monitor put them all between 156 and 162 yards with a cheerful little draw hitting a Ping I15... almost enough to make me like Pings, but that's off-topic.

Guy said I need to be about one degree flat and "definitely" a stiff flex. Also said from what he'd seen, I'd definitely be a stiff flex with a driver.

NOW... I hear most people err on the side of 'Too Stiff'. I don't know where my tempo rates on the 'average' scale, though I do try to get a whippy feel (My "swing feel" is to fire the hips toward the target at the top of the backswing so I can feel the shaft bending against my left index finger). I tried to see what www.shaftfit.com had to say and it decided I needed X flex in my irons. I think shaftfit.com is smoking something.

My current driver shaft is a Graff PL Blue 45 R which is -probably- too whippy.

(Hopefully I can recruit my SO to be my videographer this weekend. Been trying to get a swing vid for ages... should've just sucked it up and got a tripod. :D)

[Bump-n-MI]

My beliefs (basically summed up in the

following article ):

If Your Flex Is Too Stiff

Trajectory, shaft weight, and tempo all need to be part of the equation when settling on a shaft....and shaftfit.com is a good starting point. I've tinkered with all types ranging from stiff to xxstiff, ProjectX to Rifle, DG to Nippon, etc. and it was a tedious process. Go demo as many as you can then decide.

[WUTiger]

Guy said I need to be about one degree flat and "definitely" a stiff flex. Also said from what he'd seen, I'd definitely be a stiff flex with a driver. ...

Considering your title "Tweener...", help may be on the way. I saw some new drivers over the weekend with Project X 5.5 shafts in them. Sorry I can't remember which brand.

[walfice]

I think the new Nike VR driver has the project x shaft as standard.

[Travtex]

Trajectory, shaft weight, and tempo all need to be part of the equation when settling on a shaft....and shaftfit.com is a good starting point. I've tinkered with all types ranging from stiff to xxstiff, ProjectX to Rifle, DG to Nippon, etc. and it was a tedious process. Go demo as many as you can then decide.

Can get a bit tough.

For instance, with demo irons... I go to GG and there are 28 righty irons and three lefy irons (Two of which have the same shaft). Might have better luck with some of the new driver tech actually hitting some different shafts, but for a large part I'm stuck ordering things online.

[Shindig]

From my online perusings, I'm sitting somewhere in between regular and stiff flex. My 7 iron SS was hovering around 76-78mph (Which is about what my driver SS was when I started, heh) and the monitor put them all between 156 and 162 yards with a cheerful little draw hitting a Ping I15... almost enough to make me like Pings, but that's off-topic.

Whoa... that's good distance. My 7-iron SS, as of about a month ago (last I checked using Mizuno's shaft analyzer) is 76mph, and I hit mine about 140 yards. I'm using R300s, and a 35° 7-iron, for what it's worth. Anyone who says you need X-flex is smoking something. Your 7-iron SS should be in the high 80s before X comes into play.

[Travtex]

Whoa... that's good distance. My 7-iron SS, as of about a month ago (last I checked using Mizuno's shaft analyzer) is 76mph, and I hit mine about 140 yards. I'm using R300s, and a 35° 7-iron, for what it's worth.

Yeah, I was pretty amused by shaftfit's "X-flex" suggestion. Maybe they're assuming a 'fast' tempo is much more spastic than I'm thinking it would be. Those distances were with the i15 and Adams A3's (Both 33 degree lofts). My regular 150 club is my 8 iron, but that's a Nickent 3dX lofted at 34*... so the launch monitor seemed to be pretty spot-on, and it's probably pretty comparable to where you're at.

[Shindig]

Yeah, I was pretty amused by shaftfit's "X-flex" suggestion. Maybe they're assuming a 'fast' tempo is much more spastic than I'm thinking it would be. Those distances were with the i15 and Adams A3's (Both 33 degree lofts). My regular 150 club is my 8 iron, but that's a Nickent 3dX lofted at 34*... so the launch monitor seemed to be pretty spot-on, and it's probably pretty comparable to where you're at.

I wonder what their 7-iron is calibrated on. I entered my information and was told R300, and then entered pretending I saw "6-iron" and got S300, as did I when I averaged 7 and 6 iron (estimating what a 33° club would produce for me). Interesting software.

[ohiolefty]

I should play stiff shafts on all my clubs (not even really a tweener), but I play with regular shafts on my irons and hybrids because I just like the feel better. With my metal woods (D, 3W) I play a stiff shaft.

Whatever makes you feel best over the ball and gives you the shots you want - that's what you should play. Demo different ones (on a range if possible) and see what's giving you the ballflight you want/need.

[ET-Taylor]

shaftfit isn't all that good i put my settings as bad as it can be and It comes back with GS75 r300s i would have thought i would have been told L flex

[Leftygolfer]

I just ordered a new driver on Callaway preowned with the I fit system. I have the option of sending it back within two weeks 100% refund. They have a great sale going on right now. I got the whole setup for 185 and it looks brand new.

Sh#t, I just realized you were looking at getting new irons. My bad, my post is useless.