12-13-2006, 03:09 AM
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| Member | | Join Date: Feb 2005
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| Re: Shafts
A very informative post! I was having all kinds of trouble with my driver – I was taking lessons – and the suggestions abounded. A club fitter saw me at the range and told me that I was over-powering my shaft. I thought he was looking for a quick sale– I had my driver reshafted with a stiff flex and many of the problems I struggled with disappeared – the very next day! I am undecided, thought, if I prefer steel or graphite. The way regular flex shafts bend, especially in rough, I find discouraging. I took back my Cobra Baffler – graphite 3 iron/hybrid reg flex and replaced it with a stiff flex steel shaft 4 iron/hybrid – and I love the latter. I think I am leaning towards steel shafts – distance isn’t much of a factor for – not that I hit the ball far – I would much rather prefer accuracy. So, as a general proposition, what do you think are the trade offs between graphite and steel shafts? I have read that graphite shafts have come a long way technology wise (I broke a few Callaway graphite driver shafts – I read online that the older Warbird series were comprised of about 4 layers of graphite – and with age and use they weaken,) now there are graphite shafts 20 layers thick – incredible! Any way has the technology going into steele shafts kept up with their graphite counter parts….and what in your estimations are the benefits and downsides of each….. Thanks, James  |