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Oh and at 120mph club head speed, a stiffer shaft then regular is probably an absolute. Thanks again guys

So rob and saevil, you guys both seem to be confirming my research and what the Taylormade rep had old me. Thank you for your advice/input! Joe, no offense to you but you are coming off as trying to argue/debate everything I said or wanted help with. I am not taking offense I just wanted you to know. At 6'4" very few people would play standard length clubs. As for your reasoning of long arms, everyone is built anatomically different. Also implying that wanting a stiffer shaft will make an individual lose their fundamentals is also wrong. Not that everyone plays better with stiffer shafts but you cannot say they will all play worse. And lastly, I gave all my statistics/bio out to try and narrow this down to what your opinions were on what would/could be good for me. People swinging a club faster and better because of a softer shaft? Sounds to me like they need to start playing softer shafts. And again not everyone fits this criteria. My questions have been answered and I appreciate everyone advice/input.

WUTiger not sure if you read my post or if you are giving suggestions based on my post but I do have an aggressive transition and down swing. Thanks for all the advice

Hello everyone. My name is Riley, I am 25 years old, 6'4"/275lbs, and about 40lbs overweight. When I was 15 I bought a complete set of clubs, driver-sw-putter and bag. They were graphite shafts and standard length. I joined the military at 18 right out of high school. Every Air Force base has a 18 hole golf course so I had my clubs shipped to me and continued to play. Well needless to say I was not 6'4" when I was 15 so the clubs at this point were a little short for me lol. I bought a set of Ti9 knock off R9's. They were stiff shafts and 1-1/2 extended. They greatly improved my game as to be expected with my height. I had those clubs for about three years and started playing a lot more and bought a set of Taylormade RBZ irons at my local Golf Galaxy last august. Again, greatly improved my game. Here's where I think I got screwed, but them again, maybe not which is why I'm coming to thesandtrap. My backswing with all clubs ie driver and irons is a slow one, with an aggressive down swing. My average club head speed with my driver is 120 measured at my local golf galaxy one week ago when I purchased the SLDR. I am still learning a lot about the game. But when I purchased my irons, I grabbed a couple different clubs from different manufacturers right off of the wall. I liked the rbz's the most. Well coming from the knock offs, I hit an actual set of clubs way way better. I was "fitted", and had oversize grips put on and the clubs were extended 1in. Sorry for this being so long guys. Only when I picked the clubs up after the work was done did I realize that they were Regular flex. I am not a pro nor a club fitter but I thought I should be in at least stiff flex shafts. When I asked about it the guy who fitted me said and I quote, "you were carrying your 7 iron 195 yds and you were hitting them well, I don't think you need anything to be changed. Touché I thought to myself. When I went down and purchased the driver, the man who fitted me didn't look familiar, well he was an actual taylormade rep who was there for some program they were doing. He explained to me that, with a swing speed as high as mine, playing regular flex shafts, the amount of flex I'm getting is way too much which in turn causes inconsistency when the club head makes contact with the ball. He recommended x stiff, soft stepped down. I'm not sure what that means. Last thing, knowing how much better I hit the taylormades vs the knock offs, it was hard for me to think that the clubs "could be" causing my inconsistencies. So I was wanting some advice and really hoping you guys could help shed some insight. Again sorry for the long story by all to often I see people asking for help and all the replies are saying how they need more info. Thanks in advance