Spoon Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 i just recently pulled the stock ngs graphite shafts out of mytype x and put in some black golds regular from my mizuno mx23 set. after installing it in the epon x heads the swingweight is now d6. am i missing something here? nothing was done to the shafts they are as is the sw of the mizuno with mx23 was d2. could the increase in sw be due to the fact these heads came from a set w graphite shafts? do heads for stell shafts and graphite shafts weigh the same? would appreciate some info thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffer19 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 i just recently pulled the stock ngs graphite shafts out of mytype x and put in some black golds regular from my mizuno mx23 set. after installing it in the epon x heads the swingweight is now d6. am i missing something here?nothing was done to the shafts they are as is the sw of the mizuno with mx23 was d2. could the increase in sw be due to the fact these heads came from a set w graphite shafts? do heads for stell shafts and graphite shafts weigh the same? would appreciate some info thanks That particular x is probably designed for 60 to 70 g graphite and your black gold is probably 120 to 130 g. IMO, one should not put steel shafts into graphite irons or vice versa. You can remedy the SW by having the fitter to put some lead tape inside the grip end to counter balance it but the total weight would increase but decrease in SW. You can even balance certified each club but that would be an expensive way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 That particular x is probably designed for 60 to 70 g graphite and your black gold is probably 120 to 130 g. IMO, one should not put steel shafts into graphite irons or vice versa. You can remedy the SW by having the fitter to put some lead tape inside the grip end to counter balance it but the total weight would increase but decrease in SW. You can even balance certified each club but that would be an expensive way to go. thats what i figured, i have a set of typexs w graph shafts that i wanted to use. too late now as the black golds are already in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blader-X Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 thats what i figured, i have a set of typexs w graph shafts that i wanted to use. too late now as the black golds are already in. Hey Spoon, Is the increase in swingwieght throwing you off some? I myself like the heavier swingwieghts. Helps me not to overswing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted September 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 Hey Spoon,Is the increase in swingwieght throwing you off some? I myself like the heavier swingwieghts. Helps me not to overswing. B, actually the clubs are still with my clubfitter. i will pick em up tom. i just got worried since they are d6 and my prior clubs were at most d2. anyway i found out that the mizunos have a deeper bore or something as compared to the shallower epon. becasuse of this my clubs are all 1/4" longer than standard. butt trimming it 1/4" would effectively lower the sw to d3/d2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted September 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 had the butt trimmed 1/4" thsi effectively lowered the swingweight to d2.5 anyway man am i loving the combo even more than my mx23s. those are gone. club feels so much more alive and the shaft is defintely a perfect match for my swing style. this defintely outdoes the type x w tcr3 i had and sold several weeks back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blader-X Posted September 8, 2007 Report Share Posted September 8, 2007 had the butt trimmed 1/4" thsi effectively lowered the swingweight to d2.5 anyway man am i loving the combo even more than my mx23s. those are gone. club feels so much more alive and the shaft is defintely a perfect match for my swing style. this defintely outdoes the type x w tcr3 i had and sold several weeks back Glad to hear you're liking them. I'm telling you I'm really close to making a switch to Black Golds in the entire set. Nothing wrong with the 1150's mind you, just thinking about it. You all know how that goes. A couple years back I used to think these Black Gold were just hype, but after having them in the wedges that idea is out the window. Of course a so called expert gave me that idea, but then you shouldn't believe everything without giving it a go yourself. Keep us posted on how these irons work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 Glad to hear you're liking them. I'm telling you I'm really close to making a switch to Black Golds in the entire set. Nothing wrong with the 1150's mind you, just thinking about it. You all know how that goes. A couple years back I used to think these Black Gold were just hype, but after having them in the wedges that idea is out the window. Of course a so called expert gave me that idea, but then you shouldn't believe everything without giving it a go yourself. Keep us posted on how these irons work out. back from my first round of golf with the epon bg combo. shafts are defintely all that! they are so lively, so much different from my epon x with TCr3. this is my new gold standard. so impressive in fact i had three friends who just shifted to black golds after trying my mx 23 BG. also converting all my wedges to BG:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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