Need steel shaft advice

[SiberianDVM]

I'm putting together my next set of clubs. It's for when I'm a "senior".

I'm thinking of deheading my beatup Apex II blades, having the heads refinished, and then reshafting them with some lightweight steel shafts in senior flex. I want the swingweight to be D0-D1, which is slightly less than it is now (D2).

Along the same lines, I have accumulated a Louisville Smart2 driver head, and a Louisville Smart2 3wood head, both in beautiful mahogany stained persimmon. I plan on getting a 5 wood as well. I want to shaft them in lightweight steel, senior flex, as well, if I can get similar performance to graphite. The driver head is 250cc and 200gm; the 3wood head is 175cc and 205gm. I want the swingweight to be D0-D1 and max length to be 43.5 inches.

Any suggestions for shafts that meet this criteria?

 

[obagain]

I would either go with a true temper tx 90 or a rifle.
The tx comes in a senior flex and weighs 90 grams
The rifle has more options but will be be a little heavier. You can get them in 2.0 and up so you could go with a 3.0 soft, 3.5 standard senior or a 4.0 for a stiff senior.

 

[SiberianDVM]

Thanks, OB. The TX-90 looks like the real deal.

 

[Rockford35]

Aren't the TX-90's discontinued? They have the for sale still, but I thought they were being replaced....

Out to lunch here?

R35

 

[SiberianDVM]

They are still listed on the Maltby website, but I haven't tried ordering them. I was going to get a local clubshop to order and install them.

 

[Rockford35]

http://www.golfsmith.com/products/1970I


That's the page for the TX-90 iron shaft on Golfsmith. They had them really cheap and on their blowout page for something lik 6 bucks a shaft.

I was almost 100% certain that it was "get them while you can" time for them.

R35

 

[SiberianDVM]

Oh well, something similar then?

The Rifles look cool, although it might be sacrilege to put them in old blades like the Apex IIs.

 

[obagain]

I have not talked to the rep in a couple of months but I have not read anything on them discontinueing the tx 90.

 

[Rockford35]

Well then, there you go.

I have no basis from where I heard that, it just sticks in my brain for some reason.

They could be just out of them at GS for all I know...just seemed coincidental, is all...

R35

 

[ualtim]

The TX-90's are in the 2006 GS Catalog. I think they stopped carrying the TX-90 Tours or they were discontinued. Regular TX-90's are the High Launch slower swing speed varient. TX-90 Tours kind of became redundent with the lighter weight DG SL's. Similar profiles and weights.

 

[Rockford35]

The TX-90's are in the 2006 GS Catalog. I think they stopped carrying the TX-90 Tours or they were discontinued. Regular TX-90's are the High Launch slower swing speed varient. TX-90 Tours kind of became redundent with the lighter weight DG SL's. Similar profiles and weights.

Binog. The Tour version. I had the 05 GS catalogue out last night and was flipping through it, but couldn't figure out what the SL's replaced.

Thanks Tim.

R35