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paintitblack85

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Hi there

i'm looking around for my first driver. Now i am not sure what flex to choose. i hit my 7 iron about 145-150 yards if i get a clean shot. what driver-flex would you suggest for a tm burner superfast 2.0 or the new rbz driver?
 
paintitblack85 said:
Hi there

i'm looking around for my first driver. Now i am not sure what flex to choose. i hit my 7 iron about 145-150 yards if i get a clean shot. what driver-flex would you suggest for a tm burner superfast 2.0 or the new rbz driver?
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Sounds like you would probably need an R flex, but it also depends on your tempo and such. You will hear this a lot in this thread, but getting a fitting would be your best bet.
 
I suggest you go get fit properly. No one on the internet can answer that with 100% certainty.
 
Best thing to do is get a fitting or at least go and hit everything available to you to see what works best for you. There's more to picking a flex than based on static numbers
 
I think he has a pretty unique situation in that he can't really demo where he lives.

I think R flex is a good starting point.
 
Everyone will say get fitted (rightly) but I appreciate that especially in Europe it's not always that easy, I would definitely have a look on here and read up on a few different Drivers and see if you can take them for a whack.
I only tried 2, G15 and TM R11 in both Stiff and regular and would happily have bought either but the regular shaft felt as though I was losing more control of the club head in the backswing and it was more luck than judgement that I was connecting cleanly with the ball
 
Anders73 said:
Everyone will say get fitted (rightly) but I appreciate that especially in Europe it's not always that easy, I would definitely have a look on here and read up on a few different Drivers and see if you can take them for a whack.
I only tried 2, G15 and TM R11 in both Stiff and regular and would happily have bought either but the regular shaft felt as though I was losing more control of the club head in the backswing and it was more luck than judgement that I was connecting cleanly with the ball
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thanks for your help. yes maybe i can give the burner or the rbz a hit or two. but i can't take them on a course for a round. maybe i can also hit the jpx 800. i think i'll go with a regular flex. im still young and fit but i find that my swing isn't the fastest because i am playing for about 2 months now.
 
Start with an R flex, 460 head size, standard length. For what it's worth I would buy used if I were just starting out today.
 
Obviously I'm with everybody else about getting fitted.

If that's not an option, a less-scientific test a sales rep once told me about was the "150 Rule". Whatever club you use at 150 yards...

* Short iron = Stiff flex
* Middle iron = Regular flex
* Long iron or Wood= Senior/Ladies flex

Since you're hitting your 7 iron about 145-150, I'd say based on that you're somewhere between a Regular and Stiff flex.
 
A good part of flex is determined by how you load the shaft, your transition, and the like...not just swing speed. As others have suggested a club fitter could give you the best recommendation. Good luck! :)
 
This is from the GolfWRX forum. It's a great explanation about the myth about shaft flex "codes" -

"Shaft Myth #3 – The letter flex code on the shaft tells me how stiff the shaft is
No it doesn’t because there are absolutely no standards in the golf industry for how stiff any of the shaft flex codes are. Every golf company and shaft company is free to determine how stiff their various shaft flex letter codes are to be. As a result it is very common for the R Flex from one company to be similar in stiffness to the S Flex from another company or the A Flex from a third company. Not only that, but it is very common for a flex in one model of shaft to be stiffer or more flexible than the same letter flex in a different shaft model from the same company!
There is no better proof than to offer a clear illustration. Following is a graph comparison of 7 different R-Flex shafts, from 6 different companies. These shafts were all measured using the same methodology to graph the comparative stiffness at 7 identical points along the length of each different shaft. The numerical measurements represent cycles per minute (CPM) of frequency measured with a 454 gram weight on the tip end of the shaft.
For comparison of the relative stiffness for all these R Flex shafts, focus on the CPM measurements for the 41 in and 36 in columns in the data chart. At these points on the grip end of the shaft, a difference of 7 CPM in the 41/36 measurements is equivalent to one full flex, based on averages from more than 2000 different shafts. (when the tip weight is reduced to 205g, a 10cpm difference is equivalent to one full flex level) As you can see, among these 7 shafts there is a relative stiffness difference of 28 CPM, which is nearly four full flexes – and yet all of these shafts are labeled by their respective companies as being an R Flex shaft.

Next let’s look at a graph comparison of a number of the R Flex shafts from different shaft models, all from the same company. Within these 6 different R Flex shafts all from the same company, can be seen a range in basic stiffness of 19.5 CPM, which equates to a difference of nearly 3 full flex levels. Yet all are labeled as R flex shafts.

It is VERY IMPORTANT to understand that such variations are by intent and DO NOT represent a mistake or lack of quality in any manner by these companies. Remember, each company is free to determine their own standards for the actual stiffness for what each flex of each shaft is to be. It is not wrong – it just is the way it is.
What’s wrong is when golfers do not know this and make buying decisions based only on a meaningless letter code imprinted on the shaft. So the next time you head out to buy a new club(s) or a new shaft, please remember that R does not equal R, S does not equal S, and none of the letter codes equal each other. If you want another good reason for why it is worth it to be professionally custom fit by an experienced custom Clubmaker, here is yet another one of many reasons to do so. Many of the experienced clubmakers are well aware of the variations among the flexes of all the shafts and can guide you into the very best shaft selection for YOUR swing characteristics." - GolfWRX (Tom Wishon)
 
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