Getting older

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I have a question that I don't think needed its own thread.

 

I just turned 50 in January, so I'm in that middle ground where I don't feel as old as I really am, but I'm beginning to realize that I'm not 30 anymore, either. I played Saturday and in the middle of the back 9, I realized my elbows were getting sore. Not so sore that it changed the way I was playing, but enough that it was noticeable.

 

So, have any of you guys encountered this? I play Ping i20's with stiff steel shafts in them, and I'm wondering if it's time to make a switch to a different shaft. I've tried a couple of graphite shafts in the past, but they felt so floppy, I couldn't hit them and didn't think I'd be able to get used to them. Would a regular steel shaft help this? Has anyone made a switch because of wear and tear on the body?

 

I'm just pondering the idea of making a change, and wondering if I need to.

Two suggestions -

 

You could go to a lighter steel that has shock absorbing qualities like sensicore. That was my first move - I went to something like a dynamic gold S100 with Sensicore in my Adams Muscle back irons. Those were sweet and I played well with them.

 

Then it was a heavier graphite in my mid 50's, lighter graphite S flex same irons (Nicklaus iron max) in my late 50's. Currently it's very light graphite R flex in G30's and I seem to be having very few aches pop up.

 

This is where a tool like the Mizuno shaft optimizer falls short IMO. Its measuring swings when a golfer is fresh - he's not always going to be fresh in a round unless he's physically fit.

 

Aerotech has some very nice graphite/steel options but it is expensive.

 

 

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