Possible Shaft Help

[SacGolf89]

I just recently purchased a set of Nike VR Pro Combo Irons (3-PW) online for a screaming deal.  I love these irons to death, but do have some issues surrounding them.  My old clubs that I had since I was 11 were standard length and had the Precision ProTaper shafts in regular flex.  Now I'm assuming they are close to what the Dynamic Gold regular flex steel shafts are.  The New Nike's are the Dynamic S300 shafts.  I can feel the weight difference pretty significantly on some of the clubs and it feels like it is throwing off my swing a bit.  For whatever reason though when I get out on the course to play with the Pro Combo's I can hit the ball decently, but at the range (hitting off of matts) I can barely hit the darn things.  I'm wondering if switching up shafts to say the Project X 5.5 shafts will help.  I noticed they are a bit lighter then the shafts from my old clubs, which may help, but I'm wondering if I should just play these out with the S300 shafts, and see what happens.  Any advice would be awesome.

[LuciusWooding]

Originally Posted by SacGolf89

I just recently purchased a set of Nike VR Pro Combo Irons (3-PW) online for a screaming deal.  I love these irons to death, but do have some issues surrounding them.  My old clubs that I had since I was 11 were standard length and had the Precision ProTaper shafts in regular flex.  Now I'm assuming they are close to what the Dynamic Gold regular flex steel shafts are.  The New Nike's are the Dynamic S300 shafts.  I can feel the weight difference pretty significantly on some of the clubs and it feels like it is throwing off my swing a bit.  For whatever reason though when I get out on the course to play with the Pro Combo's I can hit the ball decently, but at the range (hitting off of matts) I can barely hit the darn things.  I'm wondering if switching up shafts to say the Project X 5.5 shafts will help.  I noticed they are a bit lighter then the shafts from my old clubs, which may help, but I'm wondering if I should just play these out with the S300 shafts, and see what happens.  Any advice would be awesome.

Go get fitted. If you've had your current clubs since you were 11, I doubt they ever fit you let alone now. Plus you may have some bad habits from using those clubs so your fitting might be atypical for your swing speed and profile.

And project X are not really for everyone. S300s are pretty playable by many people if not ideal, but PX are not a great choice for most players. Playing blades on top of that will make your flight a bit lower, so softer rather than stiffer might help.

As for the shafts in your old irons, I looked them up and can't find a spec reference, but the consensus is they are POSs. Not commercial quality from my understanding, and aimed at juniors and very weak flexes. You might have just jumped 3 or 4 flexes stiffer and a decent bit heavier, as well as the DG being a low launch profile and a big jump in quality. Basically think a cooked piece of spaghetti vs rebar.

So either get fitted for your new shafts (and possibly new heads as well) and either shelve the irons for later days or take lessons to grow into them a bit. They're good clubs and a good deal, but may not be a realistic choice. That said, if you really hit them well on the course, ignore the range. If your flight is decent and you can square them up, they're not hurting you.

[SacGolf89]

Originally Posted by LuciusWooding

Go get fitted. If you've had your current clubs since you were 11, I doubt they ever fit you let alone now. Plus you may have some bad habits from using those clubs so your fitting might be atypical for your swing speed and profile.

And project X are not really for everyone. S300s are pretty playable by many people if not ideal, but PX are not a great choice for most players. Playing blades on top of that will make your flight a bit lower, so softer rather than stiffer might help.

As for the shafts in your old irons, I looked them up and can't find a spec reference, but the consensus is they are POSs. Not commercial quality from my understanding, and aimed at juniors and very weak flexes. You might have just jumped 3 or 4 flexes stiffer and a decent bit heavier, as well as the DG being a low launch profile and a big jump in quality. Basically think a cooked piece of spaghetti vs rebar.

So either get fitted for your new shafts (and possibly new heads as well) and either shelve the irons for later days or take lessons to grow into them a bit. They're good clubs and a good deal, but may not be a realistic choice. That said, if you really hit them well on the course, ignore the range. If your flight is decent and you can square them up, they're not hurting you.

I think for me it's the way the VR's have changed my swing a bit because of the extra weight.  I figured out my driver and 4 wood swing, as I used to come pretty straight up and do an out to in then slice it, where as now I stay flatter on my takeback and it stays on plane and goes straighter with a bit of draw.  Now going to my irons, that works pretty well with my 3 and 4 iron, but I feel that having that flatter swing with my shorter irons could be throwing me off as I feel I'm inside outting the ball.  I may go get fitted once I get some more cash to see if the S300 is a bit much for me.  I did get fitted on my driver and had a SS of 110, but not sure if that'll matter on my irons.  Thanks for the input