Iron shaft change

[shewy]

So after my ICY wedge fitting last night I got talking to Iain and told hime my ball flight is really high, now knowing his stuff as he does he said that my shafts in my irons 85g steel would cause a lot of that, he recommened a heavier shaft to bring the ball flight down,specifically said True Temper black gold if you can get them are great shafts,I've located some on the net and was wondering if anyone has had experiance of these.

 

[the_coach]

Before handing out the $'s for either re-shafts or new set of irons.

You really need to be sure why you tend to flight the ball over-high, nothing too much wrong in flighting the ball if it will still hold it's line in a breeze & still provide distance.
Guessing as you flagged this up to the guy, maybes this is not the case & the height is causing you some distance & holding the line in the wind issues.

If you do have these issues some, you'd be a ways better looking at why you're getting this little ways over-high flight.
As you'd still be presenting heavier shafted clubs the same ways at impact, so they would still fly high, the shaft change to heavies alone isn't going to lower the flight a great deal but also you'll tend to lose some swing speed so distance.

We all would like a 'quick' fix through equipment, usually this doesn't happen to well for us.
Would be a ways better spending that shaft or new specced club monies & going to a PGA pro with both a good high speed camera for quality slow-mo images & a launch monitor so you can then address the root of the cause.

Haven't seen the swing so this is just a generalization of the issues many folk with over-high & occasional ballooned ball flights have.

To get these over-high flights, at impact the clubs are presenting either the same static loft they have at address (so as they are built) or the method of contact is even adding some more to that static loft. When what we are ideally looking for is to take loft off the static loft the clubs have & present a lower dynamic loft through impact with a centered strike, to get an optimum trajectory, good flight plus optimum distance for the clubhead speed produced.

To be able to achieve this lower dynamic loft through impact it needs the hands to lead the clubhead with a forwards leaning shaft, the golfers weight location through impact has to be at least around 80% on the posted lead leg, the lead hip has to have cleared to give the space for the arms hands & handle to be forwards of the clubhead coming into impact.

 

[nemicu]

I'll echo what the coach says - get your swing checked out first before making any decisions on shafts for wedges or irons. Technique plays a large part in this, but equipment has to be considered too.
Be that as it may, the TT Black Gold shaft is now discontinued and is very difficult to locate in any lengths or sets. It's also a descending weight shaft design and therefore will play a lot heavier in than your irons - some 120g - 110g or so trimmed to length. Coupled with this, the shaft plays very firm to flex and is a lot stiffer than most shafts in like for like flex - one for the better or stronger player perhaps. I've never had any issues with them (apart from the descending weight design) and it's a very good shaft for the right player - however they may be far too specialist these days to make them a certainty for anybody to recommend them specifically - unless they were trying to flog a set of course. To be honest, because they are somewhat stiffer and heavier, it's no surprise that they will indeed bring your ball flight down but this may be at the expense of spin and distance and feel - qualities that shouldn't be overlooked by any means. The best advice (other than from coach) would be a fitting session for your irons to find a solution to your needs. It probably won't be TT Black Gold in my opinion.

 

[Bobirdie]

You shold buy a demo iron from ebay with s300 shaft. You should get a low flight with that if its not a swing fault. Saves spending a fortune re shafting and not noticing much of a difference

 

[shewy]

Thanks guys my pro has offered me a demo to take out

 

[Foxholer]

Re-shafting is a pretty expensive way of achieving what you want to do.

Better (cheaper) to buy another set of clubs - with the desired shafts - and sell yours.

All after getting your swing checked, as per the_coach's post, of course.

 

[guest100718]

Nice shafts, I have them in my MP53s. You can get a set off ebay for about 75. They wont however bring down your ball flight. I hit the ball far to high and changing to them didnt briong it down.