PutterPing Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what Soft Step means in regard to steel shafts? Is it a type of shaft or just a method of trimming the shaft in a particular way? I saw the term mentioned in one of TourSpecGolfer's posts that I've copied and inserted below. Thanks for any assistance, I was just asking out of interest as I've never heard of the term before. :smile1: Yes, One of my drivers has a Soft Step X100 in a R7 head and I get great results when I really commit and go after the shot. I have lost about 10-15yds which is a lot but accuracy has gone up big time for me. I'm hitting most of the fairways now and shooting lower scores. I have had the same success with the soft step X100 in my FW's also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAQ Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 I was just wondering if anyone could tell me what Soft Step means in regard to steel shafts? Is it a type of shaft or just a method of trimming the shaft in a particular way? I saw the term mentioned in one of TourSpecGolfer's posts that I've copied and inserted below. Thanks for any assistance, I was just asking out of interest as I've never heard of the term before. :smile1: Soft Step means when you put the 2 iron shaft into the 3 iron and the 3 iron shaft into the 4 iron and down the line... That's when you soft step ONCE. If you hard step you go the other way... PW shaft into the 9 iron and on up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutterPing Posted February 12, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 Thanks FAQ for the info on the irons, what length shaft then would Chris have put in his driver to soft step? From what you've said, if you put the 2 iron shaft in the 3 iron, then you'd put your driver shaft in your 3-wood, and what then with the driver? If you hard stepped once, I guess you'd just put the 3-wood shaft in the driver, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAQ Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Thanks FAQ for the info on the irons, what length shaft then would Chris have put in his driver to soft step? From what you've said, if you put the 2 iron shaft in the 3 iron, then you'd put your driver shaft in your 3-wood, and what then with the driver? If you hard stepped once, I guess you'd just put the 3-wood shaft in the driver, right? Putter, I've never heard of soft stepping Woods. They are always cut to length and I don't see where it's even applicable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutterPing Posted February 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Just going by what Chris said in his post about soft stepping his fw and R7 driver. Anyone like to chime in? Thanks for your input FAQ, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfer Posted February 13, 2005 Report Share Posted February 13, 2005 Thanks FAQ for the info on the irons, what length shaft then would Chris have put in his driver to soft step? From what you've said, if you put the 2 iron shaft in the 3 iron, then you'd put your driver shaft in your 3-wood, and what then with the driver? If you hard stepped once, I guess you'd just put the 3-wood shaft in the driver, right? Putter, I've never heard of soft stepping Woods. They are always cut to length and I don't see where it's even applicable. I agree with "FAQ" on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBooras Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Just going by what Chris said in his post about soft stepping his fw and R7 driver. Anyone like to chime in? Thanks for your input FAQ, much appreciated. It's possible that he didn't tip-trim the X100 as much as is required to be a true X100. I'm not sure the term "soft step" would apply to this method, but I'd assume that's what he means. A standard Dynamic Gold X100 requires 1.25" of tip trimming in a standard bore. If he trimmed anything less, say 1.00", it could be a sort of "soft stepping". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PutterPing Posted February 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 Thanks Nick :smile1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eaglegolfer_06 Posted February 18, 2005 Report Share Posted February 18, 2005 If I soft stepped Project X 5.5's once, how much more flexible would it play? As flexible as 5.0? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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