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Reshafting Fairway Woods

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CrazyHorsePete Established Member

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Hey all, just bought a brand new MacGregor MT fairway wood.  Got a steal of a deal on it.  Love the head shape but absolutely loathe the stock shaft.  Want to reshaft it.  Currently has a 60 gram regular flex graphite shaft.  Since I got the club so cheap, I'm thinking about experimenting with it.  I want to put a steel shaft in it (personal preference over graphite).  I'd cut the steel shaft an inch or two shorter than the existing graphite shaft.

Is this a feasible idea?  If so, does anyone has any recommendations for good steel wood shafts that aren't too heavy?

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I'm also interested in hearing some comments on this. I have a 2014 mizuno jpx ez 3 wood that's not behaving and I think a lot of it is down to the stupidly long and light shaft. When I think back the fairway woods I've hit the best have all been steel shafts. Thinking of taking the steel shaft out of an old 5 wood and putting that into the jpx ez and playing it at 41.5 inches. I also have the 19 degree jpx ez hybrid that I'm tempted to put a 3 iron shaft in.


MarvChamp Great Member

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Suggest you research and  check out Nippon. Very consistent, high quality and can be had in various weights and flexes. Also Steelfiber may have the best of both worlds. I have heard good things about their product but no experience. Good luck in your search. -Marv

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Make sure you get a steel shaft that's designed for a fairway wood or driver (modern tip likely 0.335").

Shafts made for irons will be either 0.355" (taper tip) or 0.370" (parallel tip), and won't fit into hosel. 

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1 hour ago, WUTiger said:

Make sure you get a steel shaft that's designed for a fairway wood or driver (modern tip likely 0.335").

Shafts made for irons will be either 0.355" (taper tip) or 0.370" (parallel tip), and won't fit into hosel. 

Some are .350" but most are .335" these days.

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I use an old Titleist 975f 5 wood with a steel DG S300 shaft and the one thing I would say is that the overall weight of the club is heavy is puts out my tempo a little when I then transition to an iron as my next shot with the noticeable swing feel difference. If it was something I wanted to get custom made now I would consider using the new XP95/Nippon/DG SL something that would be under 100grams in weight .

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15 hours ago, onthehunt526 said:

Some are .350" but most are .335" these days.

Good point. Has anyone gone back to .350" in woods or drivers recently? One variation on the SLDR driver supposedly had a .350" hosel and shaft to increase stability.

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