If you look at the picture to the left, these are just a few of the steel iron shafts available and they run the range from 85 grams to grams. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone. This may not seem like much but weight can dramatically change your. A shaft thats too heavy will cause a labored golf swing. Until recently, this trend was applied only to woods and hybrids. Graphite has become the standard in metal woods for a while now and we wanted to explore the subject of weight. Light weight steel iron shafts for 2018 dlance golf. Light weight steel iron shafts for 2018 light weight steel shafts are offering a lot of clubfitting options. It is why the wheelhouse for driver shaft weights on the pga tour is in the mid 60gram range, with some players having tried. Before you decide which shaft you need, understand how to read shaft. The first decision you need to make regarding shaft selection is whether to use steel or graphite. What kind of players need a light shaft, what kind need a heavier one.
Volant means to take flight, and these new innovative shafts live up to the name. Sergio is an interesting player to bring up though, because while he does use a heavy shaft 90g, considered heavy for a driver by todays standards, he plays his drivers at 43 now a standard 3 wood length, so hes effectively using the heavier shaft to maintain the swingweight as a 5565g shaft would be unusable at the length he prefers. Then, this past weekend, i did a driver fitting with a player. If you are thinking about getting new wedges, make sure you have the right shafts. I too was concerned about the extra weight, but my distances werent hurt at all in fact i actually hit the nikes further. Why you should be playing heavier equipment golfwrx. For the driver test, they hit seven drives each with a 50, 60, and 70 gram shaft, all using the same. This is typical for hybrid clubs with graphite or light weight steel shafts. New and cheap drivers from top brands like callaway, taylormade, and wilson, to name a few. Light siv padhy august 17th, 2017 both light and heavy rare earth metals are versatile and play a vital role in manufacturing electronics. Whether your shaft is too light or too heavy, your golf game will suffer if you are not playing the proper shaft weight. Switching to an ultralight driver shaft may boost swing speeds, but for a select group of players on tour, going heavier has been produced the best results. That enables them to be swung at great speed, but to little avail, if the weight falls below a certain amount. Dec 11, 2018 senior flex shafts are appropriate for golfers who swing between 75 and 90 mph and carry a driver about 180 to 200 yards.
I will eventually switch to a 65 or 75 gram driver shaft for more club head speed. A shaft thats too light will hurt your ability to make solid contact. Head weights were changed with shafts to make testing, more or less, swing weight neutral. That should be obvious from the numbered items above, some of which in the too flexible. Driver and fairway wood shaft weight game improvement golf.
With tour players moving to 95 gram graphite shafts from gram steel shafts, there is room for normal amateurs to go even lower. My drives were much more accurate with the heavier driver shaft. Jun 25, 2017 considering i used to play 116g graphite in my driver, no. The driver that produces the greatest distance may also be more difficult to control, leading to errant shots. What are the benefits of heavier golf shafts in golf, there is often a distanceaccuracy tradeoff when selecting equipment. To further cement this case, two players had their worst dispersion range with the heaviest shaft, and three had the largest distance to target with it. With so many options, including steel shafts and graphite shafts, its difficult to know how to choose the right iron shafts for your game and your swing. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone to. Aerotech golfs first super lightweight golf shaft for irons, the new volant graphite shafts were developed using the extensive knowledge of iron shaft design that has made aerotech golf the no. The most common flex choices are ladies, light, regular and stiff.
Explaining the effect of wrong shaft flex in golf clubs. What happens when golf shafts are not right for your swing d. Iron golf shafts graphite composite aerotech golf shafts. These services are usually free of charge, but they can help you to become a better golfer by helping you to use the right equipment. The average swing speed, ball speed and distance numbers are pretty similar, regardless of weight or flex. Golf club shaft flex guide everything you need to know about. Oct 16, 2018 the best thing to do is make sure your shaft flex is wellmatched to your swing by meeting with a clubfitter or at least a teaching pro in a hitting bay when buying new clubs. Player 5 is the shortest player and 7 is the longest. Jan 28, 2014 accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone to heavier driver shafts. There are no disadvantages to playing heavy shafts. The lighter the shaft, the faster the club can be swung. Choosing the proper golf shaft for your swing is essential to reaching your.
Carbon fiber vs aluminum vs steel driveshafts cj pony parts. Each player went through two different testing sessions one with a driver, one with an iron. Jan 23, 2012 so i put the 57 gram shaft in my 3 wood and 5 wood and could not hit these clubs at all. I have always subscribed to play the heaviest shaft that doesnt cost you significant distance. Whether youve been fit or not, you have a certain shaft weight in your current clubs. Nov 23, 2016 testing was done using a stock callaway big bertha fusion driver with ust recoil 450f4 stiff flex shaft. Stiff driver with a ahina shaft and hitting the heck out of it. Odds are, youve tinkered with your driver shafts to help squeeze every last yard out of your swing, while paying little attention to your iron shafts. Heavy metals wikipedia some people use old tires in their gardens, sometimes to grow potatoes, tires release cadmium, not a good idea. Testing was done with drivers in the neutral 9 loft position.
Golf iron shaft test heavyweight shaft vs lightweight shaft with launch. It also has a wight in the bottom of the head that you can change to make it heavier or lighter. Content filed under the ultra light driver shafts category. Choosing the proper golf shaft for your swing is essential to reaching your potential on the golf course. How to choose the right shaft flex for the rocketballz driver. It is why the wheelhouse for driver shaft weights on the pga tour is in the mid 60gram range, with some players having tried shafts as light as 43 grams. Should i use regular or stiff shafts in my golf clubs. First off, most wedges you buy off the rack will have a standard. I was curious about the various pros and cons of light and heavy shafts. Graphite has become the standard in metal woods for a while now and we wanted to. Steel golf shafts are traditionally heavier than graphite shafts and the key benefit, according to the u. The old rule was play the lightest shaft you can control for maximum distance.
Some of my early recollections of reshafting include removing the lightweight and big butt shafts from callaway great big berthas and goldwin avdp drivers to install 86 gram ei70 shafts. Golfsmith tests show 50% of golfers show a less than 6% increase in swing speed. A heavier golf shaft may provide an improved sense of control and cure some of. But, boy do we see a lot of variation of what is in our players bags. Because the spin is so high when you hit it with a weaker flex, the wind will magnify the spin and decrease your distance and accuracy. It is why the most popular weight for driver shaftweights on the pga tour is still in the mid60gram range, with some players having tried shafts less than 50 grams. Steel golf shafts are traditionally heavier than graphite shafts and the key benefit.
Mar 17, 2017 odds are, youve tinkered with your driver shafts to help squeeze every last yard out of your swing, while paying little attention to your iron shafts. For example, picking the wrong golf shaft flex can cause you to hook or slice the golf. The very short answer is play the same shaft in your wedges as you do in your irons. Rating is available when the video has been rented. Regular flex shafts are designed for golfers who swing 90 to 100 mph and carry a driver about 200 to 240 yards. A golf shaft that is too weak will flex excessively throughout the golf swing, creating an inconsistent release point. Hi, i was recently fitted and purchased new mizuno hot metal irons with the modus 105 stiff shaft. After all, the lighter the shaft, the faster the club can be swung. In addition to being light though, aluminum doesnt respond to weather as negatively as steel does, and so many people in snowier areas are excited to upgrade to aluminum just because aluminum is immune to rust. Today, much older and with several physical problems i use a 45 gr. I just switched irons ping i3 blades which had pretty light shafts to a much heavier shafted club nike blades with s400 shafts. Mar 31, 2018 the interactive transcript could not be loaded. The importance of shaft weight in fitting golf clubs cannot be overstated. The major golf club manufacturers offer a variety of shaft options for use with their clubs.
Over half of our testers posted their best dispersion range distance between farthest right and farthest left shots and average distance to target with the 85 gram shaft. We started testing with 65 gram driver shafts, and with these his club path was about 10 to 12 degrees to the left. Because of the weight, steel shafts are traditionally shorter than graphite shafts, making them easier to control. Aluminum is overall not a very strong metal, and it does poorly at high speeds. A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, tailshaft australian english, propeller shaft prop shaft, or cardan shaft after girolamo cardano is a mechanical component for transmitting torque and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drive train that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them. The faster the club is moving, the farther the ball goes. One of the most important choices you have to make when buying golf clubs is which shaft flex to use, with 80% of golfers being suited to.
A lightweight, plastic, juvenile club does even more poorly than does the weighted, training club. In fitting after fitting, i put more ilimas into fairways metals than all other shafts combined. The systems we have to rate golf shaft stiffness do not work across brands or even across models within brands. The right weight can mean an extra club in distance. Lights right for many pros, but heavy shafts still work for some. Most experienced club fitters use their experience to understand golf shaft stiffness. I now have a cobra bio cell driver with a seemingly really heavy xstiff shaft of 66g. I knew that the 9 would be a good match for me with the nvs shaft which is higher launching. Nov 05, 2018 should i use regular or stiff shafts in my golf clubs. Just looking at the four biggest wood brands callaway, taylormade, ping and cobra there are 34 different driver shaft weight options in 2018, and thats before you even start looking at custom or upgrade options.
Shafts arent the first thing most club golfers think of when trotting off to buy a new driver or set of irons. It is why the most popular weight for driver shaftweights on the pga tour is still in the mid60gram. Nov 27, 2012 when i was a young man and playing competitively my driver was steel and wood with a 5 gr. Jan 07, 2020 best golf drivers for distance and accuracy in 2020. Aug 01, 2010 it is possible to have two drivers, one standard and the other on the light side like the dst that have the same swing weight yet different overall static weights. Mar 30, 2020 you may still want to go to a professional club fitting at some point and learn all there is to learn about stiff vs regular flex. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone to heavier driver shafts. Oct 30, 2012 i had a rocketballz driver that i averaged 230250 stiff flex stock shaft. Now lets check back in with that company line about lighter shafts for slower swingers and heavier shafts for stronger players. Aug 16, 20 how to choose the right shaft flex for the rocketballz driver 3balls golf aug 16, 20 14511 views 0 comments congratulations if youre reading this, it probably means youve decided to buy a new taylormade rocketballz driver, or a used one thats new to you a smart decision buying used can save you quite a bit of. My driver has a 83 gram shaft which is heavy and my irons are dynamic gold regular and i believe they are about 122 grams.
Ultra light driver shafts mitsubishi grand bassara by jim achenbach. Just like the rush of graphite shaft makers to get 85 to 115 gram graphite shafts to market, steel shaft manufacturers are dropping from the 115 to 125 gram range to the 95 to 110 gram range. What are the differences between heavy metal and light. Steel shafts are heavier and provide the golfer with more vibrational feedback on. But when in doubt, always err on the side of more flexibility in the shaft. The new ultralight grand bassara metalwood shafts from mitsubishi rayon are aimed at amateurs looking for increased club speed along with a definitive shaft kick in the impact zone. Back to the question posed in the opening sentence of this article, how stiff is this golf shaft. Substitute a 65 gram graphite shaft for a gram steel shaft. The common sense counterpoint to the idea that light equals long is that heavy shafts lead to straighter shots. Just for fun, lets theoretically make a very heavy driver note. While it took a little time for heavy driver to get their clubs into the hands of golfers, it is now making its way into pro shops around the country.
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