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- Apr 29, 2005
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Here’s the situation. I’ve come to the conclusion that my shafts in Drivers & FW’s are wrong. I need a little advice.
I lost my FW wood (It was in my son's bag and it was stolen), Got on a swing monitor & they said I was swinging low to mid 90’s with a driver, so they recommended either R or S flex. R for distance, S for control. They had a Titleist 975f w/ a grafalloy Prolight 35, R flex. It’s a bore through head & felt a little stiff, but I had 93MPH on the swing monitor. The price was right $40. I put it in the bag.
I wanted a draw weighted driver & swung them. I liked a Hogan CS-3 with 70 gram stiff. The club’s weighting was right, getting straight, but short drives and the shaft felt a little stiff, as expected. I’m still thinking stiffer equals more control. I bought one on E-Bay & put it in the bag.
I’ve got a Hogan CFT 3h with a #4 shaft that I hit OK, nothing spectacular, but I do OK. My irons are Titleist 822OS w/ NS950 stiff. These feel softer than the Rifle 5.0’s I had in my previous set. I hit the short irons pretty good, long irons not so much. I thought the softer feel was the result of the lighter shafts. 100 gram vs. about 120 for the rifles.
Now I’ve got stiff shafts in my clubs, I'm swinging harder to get distance, and my scores have been climbing. I’ve screwed my swing tempo up, and wrecked my back, so now I’m 20 strokes over where I was at the end of August when I played Bogey golf.
Last week I badly duffed the 975 & this guy I was playing with handed me his 16 degree rescue mid with an R flex in steel. It felt right and the ball was long & straight. I went down, demoed the same club & got consistent results – long & straight. Bought it.
With the driver, I will occasionally rip one a long way, but it’s not routine, more often I lose it right. The 975 is out of the bag.
Played yesterday with a sore back, lost about 8 balls & shot 113. I’ve totally lost control of my swing speed & tempo and was just flailing at the ball. The only long club I could hit was the R flex Rescue, but I hit it very well. To top it off, my Pro moved out of town & I can’t get with her for advice, so I’m at a loss.
It looks to me like it’s the arrows not the Indian. Does this whole thing sound reasonable that the 93mph swing speed was bogus, and those stiff shafts have ruined my swing, my back & my game?
Also, can anyone confirm that those stiff NS 950's in my irons play softer than Rifle 5.0's?
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”
I lost my FW wood (It was in my son's bag and it was stolen), Got on a swing monitor & they said I was swinging low to mid 90’s with a driver, so they recommended either R or S flex. R for distance, S for control. They had a Titleist 975f w/ a grafalloy Prolight 35, R flex. It’s a bore through head & felt a little stiff, but I had 93MPH on the swing monitor. The price was right $40. I put it in the bag.
I wanted a draw weighted driver & swung them. I liked a Hogan CS-3 with 70 gram stiff. The club’s weighting was right, getting straight, but short drives and the shaft felt a little stiff, as expected. I’m still thinking stiffer equals more control. I bought one on E-Bay & put it in the bag.
I’ve got a Hogan CFT 3h with a #4 shaft that I hit OK, nothing spectacular, but I do OK. My irons are Titleist 822OS w/ NS950 stiff. These feel softer than the Rifle 5.0’s I had in my previous set. I hit the short irons pretty good, long irons not so much. I thought the softer feel was the result of the lighter shafts. 100 gram vs. about 120 for the rifles.
Now I’ve got stiff shafts in my clubs, I'm swinging harder to get distance, and my scores have been climbing. I’ve screwed my swing tempo up, and wrecked my back, so now I’m 20 strokes over where I was at the end of August when I played Bogey golf.
Last week I badly duffed the 975 & this guy I was playing with handed me his 16 degree rescue mid with an R flex in steel. It felt right and the ball was long & straight. I went down, demoed the same club & got consistent results – long & straight. Bought it.
With the driver, I will occasionally rip one a long way, but it’s not routine, more often I lose it right. The 975 is out of the bag.
Played yesterday with a sore back, lost about 8 balls & shot 113. I’ve totally lost control of my swing speed & tempo and was just flailing at the ball. The only long club I could hit was the R flex Rescue, but I hit it very well. To top it off, my Pro moved out of town & I can’t get with her for advice, so I’m at a loss.
It looks to me like it’s the arrows not the Indian. Does this whole thing sound reasonable that the 93mph swing speed was bogus, and those stiff shafts have ruined my swing, my back & my game?
Also, can anyone confirm that those stiff NS 950's in my irons play softer than Rifle 5.0's?
“Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope.”