Swing speed again

[golfdub]

So I posted an thread the other day stating my swing was 105 mph and yep I must of been smoking the green stuff when I got those figures as my actual swing speed with a 6 iron is 80-84 mph. So any help with shafts and yes I know it takes a lot more than the club speed but as I'm only in the market for a second hand set I feel I have only 3 choices, stiff, reg and Inbetween.

Any ideas ?

 

[Ethan]

So I posted an thread the other day stating my swing was 105 mph and yep I must of been smoking the green stuff when I got those figures as my actual swing speed with a 6 iron is 80-84 mph. So any help with shafts and yes I know it takes a lot more than the club speed but as I'm only in the market for a second hand set I feel I have only 3 choices, stiff, reg and Inbetween.

Any ideas ?

As you say there is more to it than swingspeed, but I think you are likely to be in a regular flex in a normal weight steel shaft, maybe something slightly firmer in a lightweight shaft.

Get to a range or pro shop with the Mizuno Swing DNA and ask for a go, and 3 swings later you should have an idea what shafts they would recommend to start with.

 

[duncan mackie]

I agre with Ethan that there is no substitute for practical assesment.

However, if you really want to pursue a theoretical solution use something like

http://kbsgolfshafts.com/fit-system

the results you get will be as good as the accuracy/honesty of the data you put in

 

[raj]

Have you seem this?
[video=youtube;8MLDfgiJuFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MLDfgiJuFI&feature=g-u-u[/video]

Saw this today and thought it was quite interesting.

 

[Alex1975]

Have you seem this?
[video=youtube;8MLDfgiJuFI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MLDfgiJuFI&feature=g-u-u[/video]

Saw this today and thought it was quite interesting.

Dont read to much into this, he has not talked about how smoth the transition, shaft weight ball flight or a number of other things. Mark is making a point that its not all about kit. He does a lot of custom fitting and does believe in it.

 

[Ethan]

The point he is making is a very narrow one. And that is that launch angle, for a given player, is much more dictated by clubhead loft than shaft flex. OK, in irons that is fair enough.

But what he didn't show you was whether the spin rates and ball speed are different, or distance of the shot.

And it doesn't mean that the average golfer can switch to X100 shafts and expect to see no difference compared to their current regular shafts - they will certainly see a major difference and almost certainly not in a good way

 

[MGL]

With a driver SS of that, I would look for Stiff shafts if your looking for second hand.

As I said in my original post to yours, it does depend on the manufacturer but you are def not in a regular with that speed.

 

[G1BB0]

I just had a go with the true temper fitting tool.... I play reg yet it recommended either S300 or x100!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I know its a rough guide but not one of them came back as regular even if I tweaked it slightly

http://www.truetemper.com/shaftfit/index.html?reset=1#

 

[JustOne]

I play regular shafted irons and I hit it a fair distance. It's possible a slightly stiffer shaft may help my dispersion but i hate the feel of anything other than regular... and I'm not getting any younger Anything over a PX5.5 feels like an iron bar to me.

All my woods have stiff shafts though.

 

[Ethan]

I play regular shafted irons and I hit it a fair distance. It's possible a slightly stiffer shaft may help my dispersion but i hate the feel of anything other than regular... and I'm not getting any younger Anything over a PX5.5 feels like an iron bar to me.

All my woods have stiff shafts though.

PX 5.5 is a shade stiffer than TT DG S300.

 

[MGL]

PX 5.5 is a shade stiffer than TT DG S300.

Are you sure? I think its more like a 'firm'

 

[HughJars]

Are you sure? I think its more like a 'firm'

correct

 

[Essex_Stu]

Rifle 5.5 is firm, PX 5.5 is stiff I believe unless its the flighted version.

 

[MGL]

Rifle 5.5 is firm, PX 5.5 is stiff I believe unless its the flighted version.

Its still not as stiff as a DG though, a Stiff in which generally CPM's at about 5.8, 5.9. Not that they have the same properties across their length.

 

[Alex1975]

PX 5.5 is a shade stiffer than TT DG S300.

This... and ye he is sure....

 

[Ethan]

Based on frequency (CPM), PX 5.5 is slightly stiffer than TTDGS300. However, different people may have different subjective experiences because the flex profiles are different. PX is not as tip stiff as TTDG but some people find PX rather boardy, which is not surprising as that was the intention behind them.

The closest equivalent to PX in a Rifle or a PX flighted is 0.5 stiffer, i.e. PX 5.5 roughly equals Rifle or PXF 6.0.