Need new Driver shaft, Question Steel or Graphite

[NDABCKBRD]

Got a deal on a 9.5 sumo 5900 but the shaft is a little weak for me. I have been comtemplating either a prolaunch red or a steel shaft in a x flex to replace it.

what are you other heavy hitters using .

My swing is in the 115 to 120 mph range

the factory stiff is giving me about 20 degrees of launch and around 4000 rpm in spin.

just trying to get both under control and make the club useable.

[Shanks A Million]

I may consider steel in my fairway woods, but in the Driver I'll stick with Graphite. No stock shaft will be good enough, but a good tour issue type of shaft will do the trick. You can get good deals on eBay, try an older model X shaft with a high kick. I use an old EI-70 from about 10 years ago tipped down, and it works great.

Just keep in mind one caveat here. If you can't at least exhibit some control over your driver with a weak shaft, you won't be much better off with a stronger one. If your misses are wild and all over the place, don't expect to correct that with the stiffer shaft. The shaft will make less of a difference than the swing.

[CrazyXGolfer]

Well I use White Board Diamana X flex.... I love them! I can;t rember the weight of these golfs shafts and stuff, but they are very low launch and low spin. These shafts are very stiff ive found, compard to most shafts.

[golfro]

Got a deal on a 9.5 sumo 5900 but the shaft is a little weak for me. I have been comtemplating either a prolaunch red or a steel shaft in a x flex to replace it.

my swing is roughly 113-118 and I went with a stiff Prolaunch Red. the Prolaunch Red is already very stout and its like swinging a broom stick, I'd consider it borderline X stiff.

If you're swinging 115 to 120 and you want to bring it down, Prolaunch Red is a good choice imo. As for steel shaft, I used a 3 wood with a steel shaft for awhile and when I switched back to graphite, I thanked myself. It's just much easier to handle. I actually have an old Callaway Big Bertha driver with a steel shaft in my closet and I'll hit it once in awhile...it's fun until it tires you out.

[NDABCKBRD]

Thanks guys,

Shanks a million, I here what your saying about the control issue. I can easy swing my driver and just poke it down the middle but it only goes as far as my three iron. My 3 wood and 5 wood are both steel uniflex BB warbirds and I can whale away with them and thats why I was thinking about going with steel. I have hit my driver and another similiar style driver with a prolaunch red side by side while using impact tape on the face and the dispersion on the face of the driver with the PL red was no bigger that the size of the ball right in the sweet spot. My driver had a larger dispersion across the face.