DoctorDave

Greetings zerohandy & TourSpecGolfer, Thanks for the additional info. It has been very helpful. I am going to go with the R7 425 Tour with the Code-6 stiff. I have a feeling it will feel very similar to my Diamana Red Board but a bit tighter with lower launch and less spin. I like the analogy of a Rombax shaft with extra kick! The fact that it is without any boardy feeling appeals to me. Good stuff TourSpecGolfer! As far as tipping it goes, I agree with you zerohandy not to do that. I have never been a fan of tipping shafts to make them play stiffer. Especially now a days. Shafts are designed with a specific profile built into them and tipping can change that profile if your not careful. If I want something stiffer I would just buy the stronger flex shaft. Again to all of you, thanks for the great info. I will have this thing probably by the weekend. So when I'm done putting it through its paces I will write a complete review for your perusal. Till then I bid you a fond farewell. Dave

Hello there zerohandy, First of all I would like to point out what a pleasure it is to read your post (and gocchin's) which reflects a decent and mannerly tone. Something that is seriously lacking on BSG where there is a definite undercurrent of contempt for one another. It gets to me sometimes. I'm just not that mean spirited. Enough said. As gocchin stated this is good feedback. The kind that can help an aging golf Pro like me. Thanks. Now here is what I have been experiencing with my driver. I have a Cleveland Ti460 with a Diamana Red Board 63S in it. Face angle is half a degree open and even though it says 9.5* loft on the club it is really 10.5*. I really like the shaft. It is smooth and the soft tip and firm mid section has a nice easy to hit sensation to it. Yet it does not balloon the ball at all. But, the 10.5* loft is just to much and this Cleveland head, although solid with very straight flight, spins the ball way to much. This equates to sometimes launching alittle high and too steep of a descending angle, which means not enough roll. Us old farts need roll. So here is my thinking on the upcoming new driver. The R7 425 Tour 9.5* head is a lower spin one. The Code 6 has a firmer tip section and as Matrix states, quote; "the mid section has 50 count boron placed 10-12" from the butt of the shaft for a special "hinge" in the mid section for a very high moment of inertia. This setup should really make it easy to avoid launching to high and most likely lower my spin rate as well. Hopefully this will equate to a flatter descending angle and more runout. This kind of contradicts what you say about how the Code 6 launches for you. My concern is some say that it plays pretty soft to flex. So I feel that I am caught in between the "stiff" and the "strong" flex categories. I have a screwy situation because of past heart and back surgeries. One day I can have alot of pain and my SS is only 98 and on other days when I'm feeling really good my SS can be up to 107. Honestly, most days it is about 102-104. Sad. I am a very consistent player (last 20 scores average 70.27) and strike the ball pretty good. So there is no way I can have a shaft that is to weak. I like to turn it over right to left, so I am slowly getting the impression that the "stiff" might be better for me than the "strong". Especially, as gocchin put it the Code-6 Stiff plays "tight". You mention that also. I really like the weight and CPM of your 425 setup. I'm sure mine will spec close to yours. I hope that it will launch lower and spin less, as advertised, than my current driver. I just want to make the right choice with the flex. You suggest tipping a stiff. How much and how would that compare to the strong flex in your opinion? I really appreciate your input. That includes you too gocchin! Maybe after reading this you will have something further to add. I'm just trying to ensure that the Code-6 Stiff and this head combo will not play to weak and spin to much. If not, I may have a winner. Thanks again. I definitely will be spending more time over here on this board. Talk with you soon. Dave

Hey gocchin, Thanks for the input. I'm going to go with a Code 6 in a R7 425 Tour 9.5* loft. I just can't end up with a shaft that is to soft. So the choice between the stiff and the strong will be an important one. I was reading a thread from November '06 where Tourspecgolfer was conducting a personal test and the Code 6 was included. He was going to have some of his friends participate also. But the thread ended without any of the final results. Has he posted these findings or was the test never conducted? If its on here somewhere, maybe you know where it is. DoctorDave

Looking for some info on this shaft. Really interested in how it performs in a R7 425 TP Tour. Do the Stiff flex and the Strong flex play true to flex? Which one of these two flex's would serve a scratch handicap with a SS of 103-105 the best? Anyone playing the Code 6 in a 9.5* 425 Tour? Need some feedback. Thanks.