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drgam, 1/2" = 1* jeff/clubfitters

dunkotime, the TX-Tours are DynamicGolds on a diet. their bend profiles are the same & they'll swingwieght the same (lower balance point). they do FEEL softer @ impact than the DG's. for most players, that'll be a good thing. the TX-90 is the opposite of the TX-Tour. the TX-90 is designed to hit the ball higher. the TX-Tour is an outstanding stick for the player who needs the ballflight of the DG, but w/o the extra heft. over the course of 18-72 holes, that can make a difference. jeff/clubfitters

slaminsam, it does everything that i need a loft/lie machine to do. jeff/clubfitters

rice12oketman, take a look @ the GraphiteDesigns PurpleIce, if you're suited to a 65gm stick. if you need something a bit heavier, take a look @ the Grafalloy ProLaunch BLUE. jeff/clubfitters

rice12oketman, their bend profiles are oposite. the original BLUE is a tip-stiff/butt-soft/hi-kick stick. the ProLaunch is a tip-soft/butt-stiff/lo-kick stick. i've hit the ProLaunch & built several sticks w/it for strong players. don't let the bend profile fool ya'... it's a serious stick. i'd recommend it, highly, to anyone. jeff/clubfitters

wmann, any switch of graphite & steel is all about weight & feel. jeff/clubfitters

lilcaeser, don't make the world more complicated than it already is. install parallel sticks. jeff/clubfitters

primo, it's hard to see the problem w/the long putter, when we have no problem w/a driver that comes w/nuts & bolts & a lug wrench. jeff/clubfitters

akfly, other than making it stiffer, not much else. technically, the torque gets a bit lower, but noone will notice. some players will claim that it lowers their ballflight, but i've seen no measurable evidence of that. besides, that's not what tipping is for. tipping to lower ballflight is anti-clubfitting. over tippng (not the restaurant kind) will destroy the desgned tip-action. some players will try to turn an 'S' into an 'X' thru tipping (usually more than 1")... that's a mistake. there are shafts out there that are manufactured w/extended tip-sections to accomodate bore-thru installations. those sticks will be tipped at least 1 1/4" for standard bore clubheads. but, you should NEVER tip to try to change a full flex rating. jeff/clubfitters

akfly, you can't count on a butt-freq number of an assembled stick to tell you much. the bend profile of the 'NV' is tip-stiff/butt-soft. 1/2" should be about right. jeff/clubfitters

thumpersr, the more that you hit down into the ball, the more you'll benefit from bounce. reducing loft angles will reduce bounce angles by a 1:1 ratio. jeff/clubfitters

akfly, 2* safely. after that, procede @ your own risk. w/patience & a good bending machine you can go more, but keep in mind that when you change the loft angle you also change the bounce angle & the offset. jeff/clubfitters

golfdr, swingweighting falls under the category of fine-tuning. shaftweight/totalweight are more important. swingweighting is usually one of the last two steps in the clubfitting process (the other being a dynamic lie fitting for the irons). proper swingweighting is important for feel, but not critical to performance. it's also contingent on other factors & very subjective. jeff/clubfitters