When it comes to seeing all the types of shafts in the irons that exist in golf, would you like to know which one to choose? Don't worry! In this article we tell you. Do you need us to advise you? Contact us.
At the time of choosing the best iron for your golf, one of the essential aspects are the shafts. Let's see how to approach this issue.
The shafts are one of the three fundamental parts of a golf club (head, shaft and grip). The shaft is the great protagonist in this game, since it ensures that the head arrives on impact, taking advantage of all its properties and all the time and money invested in prototypes and final designs.
The temples are the part in which a fitter must focus completely on a fitting and where he will really be able to see the intelligence and his good work. Recommending a shaft to a player can be done by any fitter with more or less adequate experience, but being able to recommend a shaft with a type of weight in which the body unconsciously coordinates and which player can get the most out of the stick is not something within the reach of any fitter. We are scholars of all materials, we test them, we study the behavior of each shaft, we test specifications and we have the maximum possible experiences with a single goal, high performance, both for high handicap amateurs and professional players on the most important tours in the world. .
Golf shafts used to only find two types of shafts: STEEL and GRAPHITE.
But steel shafts, although players think that they have evolved over the years, the truth is that in the last 20 years steel shafts have not changed anything at a technological level, but have only evolved in reducing weights, in that the shafts have different colors and the narrowness of the wall of the same, making them thinner and as a consequence lighter and more flexible. With a single objective, that players who cannot play steel shaft, can play it. But that has some handicaps at the health level.
The leap comes with the "GRAPHITE" shafts because over the years the SI graphite shafts have really made a huge technological leap and the graphite shaft companies have evolved. Actually, the graphite rod can be found in different types:
Much has been said about the difference of playing an Xstiff shaft, but the difference in frequency from a stiff shaft to an xstiff shaft is 10 cpm, that is, in a 45” driver the stiff shaft is at 262 cpm and in xstiff it is at 272 cpm.
Playing an Xstiff shaft is often recommended by all fitters for players with speeds of 110-115 mph, but is that really a rule that is always followed? Not always but in the following articles we will talk about these aspects.
What an X shaft brings to a player is that since the shaft is harder if the speed is in that range it gives more control of the line and a normal distance, but if the player's speed or performance drops, the problem such as a loss of line and distance. In addition, the X shafts are always of each weight section of each manufacturer, the heaviest shaft since it has more material because the walls are larger and thus the shafts are more stable.
The stiff shaft is a shaft with a frequency that hovers in a 45” driver at 262 cpm and in a standard 37.5” 6-iron it is 324 cpm. That means it's a tough rod any 100 mph player can play with and even at a steady 98 mph it can still be recommended but at a lower weight for consistency and performance. But as I have said, speed is not the only parameter that must be evaluated when selecting a stiff shaft.
There are many things that we have to assess when selecting the right shafts for the irons and not just the speed of the club. We must take into account the following parameters:
What I want to say with it? As I have commented before, a fitter with a basic experience can recommend a material and even a teacher, who sees many swings every day, can do it quite well, but are they really qualified to make an adequate recommendation? I think not, since for Handmade Custom Clubs, making a complete set of clubs requires planning, vision of the past, present and future. More than anything there are many more parameters that are valued that can only be done when you do a fitting with us.
The short game is very important to achieve precision in golf and, we must tell you that, it is very difficult to do it without good wedges that
A driver fitting is done when you are clear that customizing your driver will make it adapt to the 100% and your swing.
If you thought that at Handmade Custom Clubs (HCC) we only focused on creating custom golf clubs for advanced and senior players,
Let's begin!
Start playing your best version with clubs that adapt to your game and your swing, and not the other way around. If you want to enjoy bad golf days and make your good days really good, book a fitting with us and let's get started.
7 responses
Hello I hope you can help me.
I am 61 years old, I play 3 times a week, I am a 10 handicap, I currently use Taylor Made M4 irons with an R Flex graphite shaft, I want to change them for some Taylor Made 790 variila MMT 55A irons, do you think I can use this type of shaft?
Thank you for your time.
Hi Carlos
Without seeing you hit balls even online it is difficult to decide, obviously if your speed is not very high a senior shaft is the prudent selection.
Greetings
Miki
I AM 66 YEARS OLD
HANDICAP 12
NORMAL PHYSICAL STATE
HEIGHT 1.70
WEIGHT 70 KGS
USE GLOVE SIZE S
WHICH SHAD AND GRIP SUITS ME ON THE PING 430 IRON
Hello Jose
In order to make a correct recommendation I need the following information. How is your ball trajectory? What total distance do you do with the 6 or 7 iron?
All the best
Miki Rapado
Is the “lite” flexibility more similar to the R or the L?
I am 47 years old, 183 cm tall and 80 kg in weight. Hcp 16
I don't play full strokes because I have 2 lumbar disc herniations.
I play 2 days a week.
My clubs are 10 years old with regular steel shafts and I want to replace them with more modern ones. I am thinking of changing to regular graphite shafts. Would that be the right thing to do?
Good afternoon Ramon
It is the most common solution for a person with hernias, but since we do not have the other parameters necessary to close a recommendation, we advise you to send us through info@handmadecustomclubs.com the necessary data such as distance, height and club speed with a 6 iron and we will send you a recommendation within 24 hours
Greetings
Miki