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[Ri_Redneck]

dunn, on 03 December 2012 - 08:08 PM, said:

Ri_Redneck, on 30 November 2012 - 07:16 PM, said:

Joshzilla, on 30 November 2012 - 01:57 PM, said:

Dat_Dude, on 30 November 2012 - 11:47 AM, said:

This is a great topic and as most people have




said, it is different for different people.  One thing that took me off guard was the shaft Tiger uses in his driver.  I can't imagine his SS is below 120, and yet his shaft is the AD DI 6x!  If I didn't know that, I would have immediately assumed he was swinging an 8x.  For that reason it made me stop and think "Well, my SS is a pedestrian

100-103, so why in the heck would I play a shaft 15+ grams heavier than Tiger Woods?"

Aaaand he sprays the driver.  Back in the day, I believe that he used a driver shaft in the 80g range.  Maybe El Tigre needs to go heavier, too!

TW definitely needs to do SOMETHING with the driver. He's worse than me!!

BT

lol, tiger was #1 on PGA Tour in total driving first half of the year

He finished 6th!
Yeah just spraying it everywhere!..... Lol

He uses his 3w from the tee more than the driver, that's why he's accurate. Just cause they're driving stats, doesn't mean he's always using his driver.

BT

[SENS75]

Excellent article. Thanks. ... And I totally agree.
I lost confidence with my rbz 3wood this summer, cut it down a half inch and added snakeoil to the head. Changed the swing weight from D3 to D6 and it’s now the most consistent long club in the bag. Lost maybe 5 yards of distance on average but added the fairway most times; seems worth it.

[Pepperturbo]

Interesting subject, one that I have been struggling with over recent years due to age.  Every where I turn, someone says go lighter for more distance, or to maintain current distance, so I tested a number of ultra-light (sub-60) shafts in a back up driver and 60ish gram shafts in 3wd.  Even with beefed up swing weights, it was hard to feel the club head in my back swing, much less feel in control when I go after one with either club.  My next test is a much heavier 90gram shaft in a 3wood.  I really believe OEM's, in their effort to influence buying patterns, sell a bit too much baloney.

Edited by Pepperturbo, 11 December 2012 - 07:43 PM.

[Fatz]

Odd that I agree and disagree.

My driver is an 80X Bimatrix which is seriously growing on me.

Irons are Steelfiber i95.  Mostly a feel thing.  They felt awesome and lead to smooth swinging.

In driver and 3 wood I agree, 65 is light and anything sub should be for the weak and seniors.  You shouldn't have guys trying to buy swing speed through lighter equipment.

The other issue is how anything off the rack can't be combined as is with heavier shafts anymore.

Cleveland Classic, you need to hotmelt or weight down if going heavier shaft.

I had to with my Anser previous to Bimatrix.

R11s you can load up headweight but all of a sudden it affects CPM and spin rates because of weight and change in flex.

I would say the beat idea is weight you can handle until you lose performance.  For me, I can go down but at 80g I gain stability without loss of swing speed or ballspeed etc.  hard to get handsy too with the heft.

Irons, mine are light, but I love the feel and would not change them.  

stage1350, on 05 December 2012 - 05:45 PM, said:

Cwebb, on 03 December 2012 - 01:03 PM, said:

Heavier shafts can also help a lot players with their takeaway positions and angles.  A light and unbalanced club, with the majority of it's swingweight positioned in the head, promotes "disconnection" for many.  This is one of the reasons that some players will actually hit a heavier club further.....better positions and angles, more 'leverage', squarer contact on a consistent basis

I think that this was what I learned early on.  I'd tend to get wristy and flippy with lightweight equipment.  Even my graphite irons were 120g G. Loomis Tours.  When I first tried my Goldwin AVDP XL driver, it was so light, I couldn't control it.  Adding a ton of lead tape to the head helped with total weight, but it was so head heavy that it was unbalanced compared to the rest of my set.

I also chuckle at those that find fatigue swinging a set of Dynamic Gold shafts at the end of 18.  We need to work on your stamina.  I understand the concept of lighter equipment for petite ladies and seniors.  But if you can swing a bat, you should be able to handle standard weight equipment.

It frightened me when 65g graphite became the norm for drivers, given that it's half the weight of True Temper Dynamic.  Now that shaft manufacturers have gone to 40 and 30g shafts, how do you balance that swing with a Sand Wedge shafted with a wedge flex Dynamic Gold shaft?