Next time out I'll let you plug in my Smoke yellow.It has a Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 6X shaft. Questioning whether it is the right one for me
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Next time out I'll let you plug in my Smoke yellow.It has a Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 6X shaft. Questioning whether it is the right one for me
Next time out I'll let you plug in my Smoke yellow.
That said, I think only a SMALL percentage of golfers actually do load golf shafts in their swings and notice it.
This should be another one of those threads where people get mad at me for starting, yet can't stay out of hahahaha
Do you believe that shafts have 'feel' to them?
- If yes, what does that mean to you? How important is it?
- If no, why? And, how can you select something without considering feel?
My issue is I like ALL the feels. I enjoy a heavy rebar-like shaft some days, especially when my game feels a bit off as I find it reassuring and it seems to give me a bit more accuracy.
Other days I like a lightweight swizzle-stick that I can get an extra 3-4 mph out of, even if I lose a bit of that ‘feel’ of where the club head is.
That would be a fun test. Take a couple of 7 or 8 irons and shaft one with heavy and stiff and the other with light weight and see which one feels and performs better.
One of the reasons often overlooked in the lack of standardizing of flex is how steep shafts differ as weight changes. Unlike composite, where weight and flex are independent, steel still has limits.
Absolutely - sounds like a good blind test. Would make good reading.
My ‘fav 3’ driver shafts currently in a head to head (Flex/weight/torque):
Tensei Blue 70 TX - 77g / 3.2
Rogue White 130 70 X - 76g / 3.1
Riptide 50 6.0 - 53g / 5.4
The riptide is the odd one out but when I’m in the groove it just feels so easy.
It would be interesting to see how this kinda thing plays out in mid or short irons.
Absolutely - sounds like a good blind test. Would make good reading.
My ‘fav 3’ driver shafts currently in a head to head (Flex/weight/torque):
Tensei Blue 70 TX - 77g / 3.2
Rogue White 130 70 X - 76g / 3.1
Riptide 50 6.0 - 53g / 5.4
The riptide is the odd one out but when I’m in the groove it just feels so easy.
It would be interesting to see how this kinda thing plays out in mid or short irons.
Feel is absolutely detectable and influential to performance IMO. I think it starts with weight and then flex and profile matters too. I’m more of a believer now than before after having made recent shaft changes.
TouchéI don't think most golfers pay attention to feel. If they did their swings wouldn't look like they do.
That I don't not know because I'm still master of my domain.Blue or red? Which is the right one?
I believe
I do this a lot. I have about five different shafted 7-irons in my tester bag lately. It's interesting how preference and feel changes, and doesn't, each time around.That would be a fun test. Take a couple of 7 or 8 irons and shaft one with heavy and stiff and the other with light weight and see which one feels and performs better.
One of the reasons often overlooked in the lack of standardizing of flex is how steep shafts differ as weight changes. Unlike composite, where weight and flex are independent, steel still has limits.
I've swung a lot of other clubs, but never really paid attention to what the shafts were. Just got a generalized feel from them, which I probably couldn't even describe in anything more than vague terms if asked to. I fully admit that I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to shaft knowledge, it's just not something I've ever spent any time experimenting with.I think shafts have feel. And I would think that the more shafts a person is able to swing gives them a wider frame of reference to determine feel from. Personally, I wouldn't know the feel if someone told me what it was but that doesn't mean it's not real.
I have a limited frame of reference on which to draw... golfing since the 90's and only swung my own clubs... mostly those were steel shafts and maybe 6 total graphite shafts. So I wouldn't know feel from a hole in the ground.
I've swung a lot of other clubs, but never really paid attention to what the shafts were. Just got a generalized feel from them, which I probably couldn't even describe in anything more than vague terms if asked to. I fully admit that I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to shaft knowledge, it's just not something I've ever spent any time experimenting with.