stiff marked shaft that is really whippy.

[Long Gone]

I play with 70 yr old seniors. Last week one of the guys had a demo form the golf show....oxio it was marked as S stiff but was really whippy.the result was a ball that had low spin resulting in a lot of roll out,  it had a 9.5 head. Was suppose to be stiff by the hands and soft at the tip. Please recommend any shaft that would be like the above shaft at a reasonable price. I want to put one into my Callaway V series driver resulting in I think a lower spin off the head and more roll out using a reg flex shaft. (use a reg stock shaft now with little roll out, swing speed is 86). Thanks for any help.

 

[arturo28mx]

My experience is that "stiff" in a light shaft is softer than "stiff" in a heavy shaft. Maybe your friend's shaft was really light. Or the cub head was very heavy.

[Club Rat]

I believe if you take any New Shaft and do not "Tip Trim" the shaft, it will be whippy regardless of the shaft flex.
An "S - stiff" would most likely have a quicker Kick than an "R - Reg" shaft.

I've always turned the club over with the grip end placed on the floor and press down to view the shaft flex.
You could also feel and see the deflection with a hard waggle movement.

Whippy shafts require a timing motion in the swing to hit.