Shaft Questions

[Carl]

Hi everyone, new to this forum.

I looking for new lightweight shafts for my irons due to a crappy back.

I´m thinking of trying the NS Pro 750 but I´m not sure about what

flex to get, how would you rate them in stiffness compared to Nippon

950 and TTDG R300?

//Carl

[gocchin]

Hi Carl, welcome to the forums. The 750's are around 75-83g depending on flex and which iron. They are very smooth shafts and perform a little on the soft side in comparison to the 950 and DG. Like the 950 you have, it does help get the ball up. Superb feeling iron shaft with great performance. Are you planning on putting these in your MP60's? Have you considered graphite? Some of the Jpsec graphite available performs like steel but at much lighter weights (50, 60, 70g range) and with graphite characteristics (shock absorption, low/mid kick, feel).

How fast do you currently swing your driver and what is your 5 iron distance? Flex on your 950's?

[Carl]

Hi Gocchin

I have no idea of my swingspeed with a driver, haven't used

a driver the last 3 years (a driver only makes my game worse),

I actually like my 950's which are reg flex but I´m wondering

if even lighter ones would be better. I usually carry the 5iron

~160 meters. My game could be described as good shortgame,

decent ballstriker with irons and crappy of the tee with woods

and usually scores somewhere around 79-80 on a par 72.

On bad back days the score go up to high 80's.

Yes the shafts are for the MP60's, I absolutely love those irons.

The only graphite's I'we tried is the Aldila NV105's

//Carl

[gocchin]

Carl your game still sounds pretty good scoring 79-80. So the bad back is affecting your game. Do you find on those days your clubs feel heavier and you off center hits make it hurt more? Are you happy with the ball flight of the 950's? Steel is more economical but some have seen gains in distance with no deterioration of accuracy by moving to lighter graphite.

[acrazygolfer]

Carl, I don't think lightweight iron shaft is a good choice simply because the premise behind lighter shafts is to allow golfers to swing faster, thus longer shots. I'd rather see you stretch before, during and after each round to keep the back from flaring. Not using driver and played in the high 70s, your short game is outstanding.

[Carl]

Thank you both for your suggestions, I always stretch during warm up but

that is to ease the problem that is related to a back disease affecting joints.

I have only been using the nippon's for the last few months, before that I used

ttdg r300 and those made it impossible to play on bad days due to the vibrations

on off center hits.

The nippon shafts still allows me to be playing on bad days but the long game is

affected while the short game is pretty much unaffected since I don't coil up

that much on those shots.

The nippon play a little soft and the flight is higher then what I'm used to but

I quite like both changes since they give me more soft landings on middle irons

which suits the courses I'm mostly playing. I wouldn't like the flight to be any

higher though.

Gocchin, which of the graphite's are you refering to? The axiv?

As I said earlier, I have only tried the aldila's and I didn't quite like them.

But then I´m not that much a fan of aldila on wood's either, only tried

them since they were available as a stock shaft from mizuno.

//Carl