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No more triple bogies!!
- Oct 31, 2005
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I am curious whether anyone else has experienced this, or whether the clubmakers in the group have an answer.
I have a set of forged Tommy Armour 845 V-25 irons. They originally came with TT S300 shafts. I felt that I lost a little too much distance with this combo, so I re-shafted the 6-iron a couple of times, trying to find the right combination of ball-flight, feel, and distance. I ended up loving the Dynalite Gold R300. Great feel and the consistent (higher-trajectory) ball-flight and distance I was looking for.
So I just had my other irons 5-PW reshafted with Dynalite Gold R300s.
All of the other irons are now about the right distance and ball-flight, but much more jarring on off-center hits. This was not a problem with the S300 shafts, as the feel on an off-center hit was a much more "muted thud" than a "jarring whack". And the 6-iron still feels much less jarring than the other irons. Why is this? Something to do with the way the shafts were epoxied in? Or maybe the 6-iron shaft is splined correctly, and the other irons aren't (I'm not sure I believe in splining, vis-a-vis steel shafts).
Or is it even a problem? Should I be happy that I'm getting this kind of feedback? The hit feels great when I hit the ball in the sweet spot. And the irons are doing what I want them to do, performance-wise. Problem is, I don't hit that dime-sized spot on these clubs all the time. I'm afraid I may end up with elbow problems.
Should I re-shaft them with the Dynalite Gold R300 Sensicore shafts? Or keep learning to hit the sweet spot better.
Your thoughts are appreciated.
I have a set of forged Tommy Armour 845 V-25 irons. They originally came with TT S300 shafts. I felt that I lost a little too much distance with this combo, so I re-shafted the 6-iron a couple of times, trying to find the right combination of ball-flight, feel, and distance. I ended up loving the Dynalite Gold R300. Great feel and the consistent (higher-trajectory) ball-flight and distance I was looking for.
So I just had my other irons 5-PW reshafted with Dynalite Gold R300s.
All of the other irons are now about the right distance and ball-flight, but much more jarring on off-center hits. This was not a problem with the S300 shafts, as the feel on an off-center hit was a much more "muted thud" than a "jarring whack". And the 6-iron still feels much less jarring than the other irons. Why is this? Something to do with the way the shafts were epoxied in? Or maybe the 6-iron shaft is splined correctly, and the other irons aren't (I'm not sure I believe in splining, vis-a-vis steel shafts).
Or is it even a problem? Should I be happy that I'm getting this kind of feedback? The hit feels great when I hit the ball in the sweet spot. And the irons are doing what I want them to do, performance-wise. Problem is, I don't hit that dime-sized spot on these clubs all the time. I'm afraid I may end up with elbow problems.
Should I re-shaft them with the Dynalite Gold R300 Sensicore shafts? Or keep learning to hit the sweet spot better.
Your thoughts are appreciated.