Driving distance,old to new

Hi Bill,

I went to graphite shafts for the irons more than 15 years ago, and I have used nothing else since. I always had to be ahead of the curve, and I read up on how much lighter the graphites were, and how they were easy on the body re vibration and shock, and I had to try them. I believe Player was one of the first to use them on the tour, but for some reason he stopped. Being lighter and being assembled longer than steel shafted clubs, I figured that the graphites would help with distance.

The graphite shafts used to be inconsistent, but they are much improved now. Some pros are using them for irons. If I'm not mistaken, Monty started using them, as I recall seeing in a recent event.

Ted

hi Ted
my 3 and 4 irons are graphite shafted. but the rest of the irons are steel.
i had them matched to my Ping eye2 one iron and like you say there is a fe yards more in them than steel shafts.
my steel 5 iron hits about 180 and my clubs gap about 12 yards down to the wedge but there is a 15 yards between the 3 and the 4 so i get about 3 yards more. don't know if this is the extra inch in the shaft or the fact its graphite.
with the Zing head there very big but the graphite shaft handles them fine.
cheers
Bill

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There was a discussion earlier in this thread about lengths of drivers. Add to the list of players who play shorter drivers than what casual golfers play off the shelf, Geoff Olgivie, whose driver is 44.5". He does have long arms though.

Ted