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Congratulations testers.  Should be a good one

Congratulations testers.  Should be a good one

Congratulations testers.  Should be a good one

Hard to say.  There are other factors that will contribute such as head weight and total weight.   If all things are equal the additional 7* will make the putter want to stay a little more open to the path.   There will be other schools of thought that will say it makes zero difference.  

As RB stated some non pros can tell a difference. I assure you I can tell a swingweight difference taking a half an inch off my driver if I don’t adjust.   Also the op said the shaft was already on the verge of feeling too stiff so he may very well notice the “extra stiffness” from lighter swing weight. 

It can but it will be minimal.  I have a ventus 6s that I cut down an inch and I really couldn’t tell a difference except that my club feels better at address.

I hate to disagree with Jamie, but in reality that shaft WILL play a bit stiffer after you butt-trim it. However, the difference should be VERY minor. The one thing that will counteract that slightly additional stiffness is that you will be using a thinner, and thus slightly lighter, grip on the cut-down shaft, which will lower the club’s balance point slightly, thus increasing the swingweight (probably bringing the swingweight back to where it was with the midsize grip at the 1/2” longer length).
All things considered, the net effect is likely to be negligible, and you are also likely to gain a bit of additional control and accuracy with the shorter shaft length.

I could be wrong but cutting it shorter and putting the same grip on without changing the head weight will make the club swing weight lighter and inherently feel slightly stiffer. Probably not enough to notice at half an inch but you won’t know how it will affect you until you do it

It will not make it stiffer but shortening it AND switching to a lighter grip (standard grips and typically lighter the mids) will affect the swingweight significantly.  This can be adjusted fairly easily but if you just cut it and replace the grip it will feel different when you swing it, guaranteed.  Depending on length of cut and grip weight difference they may offset but my bet is that the SW will change.

Depending on the profile no it would make it softer. Usually the tip is softer then the butt end so trimming the butt would make it every so much softer. May not be by much if any depending on the shaft.

I need to cut my advr 6x down a half in our so.  Will that make the shaft more stiff?  It's on the verge of too stiff already so not sure I want to go that route.  Need to go from midsize to standard grip as well. 

You lucky dogs!  Congrats everyone

Excited to hear about these.  Congrats everyone 

Excited to hear about these.  Congrats everyone 

Excited to hear about these.  Congrats everyone 

Excited to hear about these.  Congrats everyone 

Nice. Congrats everyone 

Nice. Congrats everyone 

It's not super long but I have cleveland launcher halo that is probably the easiest 3w I've ever hit at 15*   I launch it very easily and I'm usually bad at that

LTDx 9* with adVR 6x
Odyssey versa 3 T S
really looking forward to getting these 2 out on the course

Have the Versa 3 TS coming this week, cant wait to give it a shot on the course.  Felt amazing and couldn't miss at the golf shop

LTDx 9* with adVR 6x
Odyssey versa 3 T S
really looking forward to getting these 2 out on the course

LTDx 9* with adVR 6x
Odyssey versa 3 T S
really looking forward to getting these 2 out on the course

LTDx 9* with adVR 6x
Odyssey versa 3 T S
really looking forward to getting these 2 out on the course

LTDx 9* with adVR 6x
Odyssey versa 3 T S
really looking forward to getting these 2 out on the course