PowerThrust
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I recently changed out my entire bag, for an upgrade that was about 15 years overdue. The most significant change I made is my iron set, Ben Hogan DBM Ptx Pro's w/UST Recoil 780 F4 with SMACWRAP. I didn't want to post this on the Ptx Pro review thread, because I love the clubs and have said as much in that thread. My post today pertains more to my shaft selection and some shots I've seen...
Again, to be clear, I love the clubs. You might ask, how can I say I love the clubs if I'm saying I think I might have the wrong shaft...I still think I can make them work. I guess the question is, should I make them work, or should I look for something else, ugh, lol.
When I swing smooth, am confident that the smooth swing will net the results I need, they're amazing...but we all now, occasionally you're in between clubs, or maybe there's a slight breeze that jumps up in your face and you feel you need a little extra...in several of those cases (now that I've got about 15 rounds with these clubs) I've noticed REALLY extreme bad results from trying to put a FULL load on the club.
Generally I have a pretty smooth swing, but when I try to load up an iron shot (usually only with say a 6 iron or shorter) my tendency is not to have a longer swing but a more "violent" transition...in the past this has worked well for me with DG s300's, but with these recoils, even though I'll have solid contact I can really FEEL the bend and the result is a very weak, fade short and right...just not a shot shape/result I have ever seen before. At first I figured it was just me, making a poor swing because I tried to swing with too much mustard. But this has happened in rounds where I'm really on and have been sticking some shots, so I don't think it's necessarily me now.
So I guess my question is, for those of you who have made these types of changes before, and probably alot more often than I have, have you seen these types of issues with graphite? It just really feels like on those instances where I amp up, the shaft just doesnt keep up, so maybe the profile isn't quite right.
I went and got fitted local before making the shaft selection and the initial Mizuno DNA called out something in the KBS Tour x-stiff range...but I looked at him and told him that look, I'm 44 years old, I'm not trying to go to an x-stiff shaft for the first time in my life...so we tried a bunch of different shafts...and since I knew the recoil was one I was interested in, he had me swing a stick with the Recoil 95 ES?? I think that's right...and everything checked out well then, so he said the 780 F4 would be a good fit as well.
I should probably just refrain from loading up on a shot and go back and club up and swing smooth and easy, probably the right answer...
Why does everything have to be so complicated, lol.
Again, to be clear, I love the clubs. You might ask, how can I say I love the clubs if I'm saying I think I might have the wrong shaft...I still think I can make them work. I guess the question is, should I make them work, or should I look for something else, ugh, lol.
When I swing smooth, am confident that the smooth swing will net the results I need, they're amazing...but we all now, occasionally you're in between clubs, or maybe there's a slight breeze that jumps up in your face and you feel you need a little extra...in several of those cases (now that I've got about 15 rounds with these clubs) I've noticed REALLY extreme bad results from trying to put a FULL load on the club.
Generally I have a pretty smooth swing, but when I try to load up an iron shot (usually only with say a 6 iron or shorter) my tendency is not to have a longer swing but a more "violent" transition...in the past this has worked well for me with DG s300's, but with these recoils, even though I'll have solid contact I can really FEEL the bend and the result is a very weak, fade short and right...just not a shot shape/result I have ever seen before. At first I figured it was just me, making a poor swing because I tried to swing with too much mustard. But this has happened in rounds where I'm really on and have been sticking some shots, so I don't think it's necessarily me now.
So I guess my question is, for those of you who have made these types of changes before, and probably alot more often than I have, have you seen these types of issues with graphite? It just really feels like on those instances where I amp up, the shaft just doesnt keep up, so maybe the profile isn't quite right.
I went and got fitted local before making the shaft selection and the initial Mizuno DNA called out something in the KBS Tour x-stiff range...but I looked at him and told him that look, I'm 44 years old, I'm not trying to go to an x-stiff shaft for the first time in my life...so we tried a bunch of different shafts...and since I knew the recoil was one I was interested in, he had me swing a stick with the Recoil 95 ES?? I think that's right...and everything checked out well then, so he said the 780 F4 would be a good fit as well.
I should probably just refrain from loading up on a shot and go back and club up and swing smooth and easy, probably the right answer...
Why does everything have to be so complicated, lol.