benb1989 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 End of last year I was recently fitted for a new driver and advised I needed an X-stiff shaft, which I ordered and so far so good. The rest of my clubs are stiff shaft and I haven't really had any issues or inconsistencies like I did with my stiff shafted driver. I need to purchase a hybrid club as I currently have a big gap in my bag between 5 iron and 3 wood. I dont know if i should be going x-stiff or stiff, due to covid lockdowns I am unable to go an be fitted in time. I do swing alot harder with my driver than I do the rest of the bag, and I havent had an issue with my irons being a stiff shaft. Whats other peoples experience? Do you tend to keep the same shaft flex throughout the bag or is it common to have a stiffer shaft in the driver? Thanks Micah T 1 Quote , Driver, Mavrik Max 10.5*, Aldila rouge white 60, XS flex , 3 Wood, MX-700, S flex , 4 Hybrid, Mavrik Max, S flex , 5-PW 699 Pro, KBS Tour S flex , Wedges, Vokey, 52*, 56*, 60* , Putter, Stroke Lab Black #7 , Pro V1 Link to comment
null Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 There is no shaft standards so an x in one shaft my feel like a stiff in another - especially if your swing speed is on the border of the traditional stiff/x range i swing around 115 and have xstiff through the bag Ian Fraser at TXG swings around 116mph and plays x stiff in his woods and stiff in his irons There are no absolutes Blueberry_Squishie, Micah T, RollingGreens and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment
benb1989 Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, jlukes said: There is no shaft standards so an x in one shaft my feel like a stiff in another - especially if your swing speed is on the border of the traditional stiff/x range Do you happen to know your driver swing speed? Just logged onto the forseight sports performance site to check from my driver fitting. The slowest swing speed was 114.9mph and the fastest was 118.4mph, Micah T 1 Quote , Driver, Mavrik Max 10.5*, Aldila rouge white 60, XS flex , 3 Wood, MX-700, S flex , 4 Hybrid, Mavrik Max, S flex , 5-PW 699 Pro, KBS Tour S flex , Wedges, Vokey, 52*, 56*, 60* , Putter, Stroke Lab Black #7 , Pro V1 Link to comment
null Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, benb1989 said: Just logged onto the forseight sports performance site to check from my driver fitting. The slowest swing speed was 114.9mph and the fastest was 118.4mph, Definitely look to be xstiff across the board as a safe bet. What driver shaft were you fit into? do you have and specific hybrids/shafts you’re looking at? Micah T 1 Quote Link to comment
benb1989 Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 (edited) 14 minutes ago, jlukes said: Definitely look to be xstiff across the board as a safe bet. What driver shaft were you fit into? do you have and specific hybrids/shafts you’re looking at? An Aldila rouge white 130. I dont, but I am now thinking I will just have to wait and get a fitting booked for once lockdown allows. Frustrating because I am playing a course I have wanted to play for years once lockdown is lifted in a couple of weeks. I will just have to play the course without a hybrid. Thank you for your help Edited March 17, 2021 by benb1989 Micah T and null 2 Quote , Driver, Mavrik Max 10.5*, Aldila rouge white 60, XS flex , 3 Wood, MX-700, S flex , 4 Hybrid, Mavrik Max, S flex , 5-PW 699 Pro, KBS Tour S flex , Wedges, Vokey, 52*, 56*, 60* , Putter, Stroke Lab Black #7 , Pro V1 Link to comment
dcherif Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I play xstiff in irons, stiff in everything else. hybrids, wedges, fairway, driver Micah T 1 Quote Link to comment
Vegan_Golfer_PNW Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 I am stiff in irons. Soft stepped xstiff in hybrid. Stiff with Tensi orange pro SH and stiff but tipped 1” Tensei orange pro for driver. Micah T 1 Quote Follow my journey to enjoying golf and going low Driver: Epic Max LS Ventus Black 6x 44.5" 3wHL: Rogue ST LS 75x Tensei AV Blue w/ xlink 7w: Apex UW 21* MMT 80S DI: Caley 01X 18* with KBS PGH Stiff plus 95g 4-AW: 0211 with KBS Tour Stiff 2.5* up 3/4" long, Soft stepped, MOI matched Wedges Zipcore Putter: L.A.B. Directed Force 2.1 69*/35" in blue Ball: TBD Shot Tracking: Bag: Vessel VLX 2.0 Grip: Lamkin Sonar + Midsize My Reviews: Caley 01X Driving Iron Review 2023 Max Swing Speed Training and Speed Progress: Current Speed 120 in the MGS Speed Challenge (updated 3/15/23) TAIII #2 Review here: TAIII Impact #2 Putter ) Zipcore Tour Rack 54/full and 58/mid (review here) 0211 2019 Unofficial Review Link to comment
RollingGreens Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Stiff across the board. Pretty similar with shaft preference in woods and irons with a softer handle. With that swing speed it does seem like the xstiff vs stiff. Do you have any swing faults or ball flight tendencies with your old driver setup? @benb1989 GaDawg and Micah T 2 Quote Stealth 2 Plus 9deg Kai' li Red Stealth 2 13deg Aldilla Rogue Silver Stealth 2 15deg Aldilla Rogue Silver JPX 921 Hot Metal 4-PW Nippon Modus 120s SM8 54 and 58deg Dynamic Gold Wedge Flex Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Titleist ProV1 Hoofer Stand Bag Stewart Q Follow Electric Caddie 300 PRO Rangefinder Official Nippon Regio B+ Driver Shaft Review Official Stewart Q Follow Review Link to comment
Micah T Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 End of last year I was recently fitted for a new driver and advised I needed an X-stiff shaft, which I ordered and so far so good. The rest of my clubs are stiff shaft and I haven't really had any issues or inconsistencies like I did with my stiff shafted driver. I need to purchase a hybrid club as I currently have a big gap in my bag between 5 iron and 3 wood. I dont know if i should be going x-stiff or stiff, due to covid lockdowns I am unable to go an be fitted in time. I do swing alot harder with my driver than I do the rest of the bag, and I havent had an issue with my irons being a stiff shaft. Whats other peoples experience? Do you tend to keep the same shaft flex throughout the bag or is it common to have a stiffer shaft in the driver? ThanksWhat’s your 7 iron swing speed? I swing my driver close to all out,(116-118mph) but try and keep my iron swing below 94. Any faster/harder and I start pulling shots dead left. My driver is a tour stiff, and so is my 3 wood, but my driving iron(Hzrdus smoke) and my AP3’s are just stiff, 6.0 project x.Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy Vegan_Golfer_PNW 1 Quote Driver - Cobra LtDxLS 3 Wood - Ping g410 LST 2iron - Titleist U505 Irons - Ping i59 Wedges - Vokey Sm9 Putter - Mizuno Mcraft IV Link to comment
benb1989 Posted March 17, 2021 Author Share Posted March 17, 2021 57 minutes ago, Micah T said: What’s your 7 iron swing speed? I swing my driver close to all out,(116-118mph) but try and keep my iron swing below 94. Any faster/harder and I start pulling shots dead left. My driver is a tour stiff, and so is my 3 wood, but my driving iron(Hzrdus smoke) and my AP3’s are just stiff, 6.0 project x. Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy I don't know, the only time I've used any sort of launch monitor I've used with my irons is the trackman at my local range and looking at the app the ball speed is between 112-115mph. Not sure what that relates to in swing speed. I don't feel I swing my irons as fast on the course though. I try to be more controlled 1 hour ago, RollingGreens said: Stiff across the board. Pretty similar with shaft preference in woods and irons with a softer handle. With that swing speed it does seem like the xstiff vs stiff. Do you have any swing faults or ball flight tendencies with your old driver setup? @benb1989 My old driver setup was massively inconsistent. Ball flight was always high, but would be just as likely to go right as it would left, the fitter was adamant the shaft was a big issue. Since I've changed it's been much more consistent, although because of these lockdowns I've not used it much Micah T 1 Quote , Driver, Mavrik Max 10.5*, Aldila rouge white 60, XS flex , 3 Wood, MX-700, S flex , 4 Hybrid, Mavrik Max, S flex , 5-PW 699 Pro, KBS Tour S flex , Wedges, Vokey, 52*, 56*, 60* , Putter, Stroke Lab Black #7 , Pro V1 Link to comment
GaDawg Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 If you are going to swing your hybrid like your irons, go with stiff. Also, if your 3 wood is stiff I would do the same with the hybrid. Quote Driver: TSI3 - 10*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff Driver: Stealth Plus - 10.5*, Oban Kiyoshi Purple O4Flex-65 Grams Purred 3 Wood: SIM - 15*, Graphite Design Tour AD DJ5 Stiff Hybrid: TS3 - 19*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff Irons: 5 - PW T150, with Nippon Zelos 7 Reg, 4 iron - U505 with Project X HZRDUS Black Stiff Wedges: Vokey SM 8 - 50*, 60* Standard Wedge Shafts Wedge: Milled Grind 3 MG3 56* S200 shaft Putter: Studio Select Newport 1.5 Putter: Phantom X 5.5 Ball: Pro V1x Link to comment
Jmikecpa Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Just for perspective I play an X in all but row wedges. My 5 wood has S on the shaft but by CPMs is well into the X flex range. The standards by manufacturer are all over the board so play what works. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote WITB 2024 Driver: Qi10 LS 9* HZRDUS RDX Smoke Blue 60 6.5 Fairway: M5 15* Evenflow Black 75g 6.5 Fairway: Sim 19* HZRDUS Red 75g 6.5 Hybrid: 0317x 22* KBS Proto 95x Irons: X Forged CB 5 - PW MMT 105 TX Wedges: Jaws Raw 50*, 54* & 58* TTDG "OG" Spinner Putter: Toulon Madison BGT Fire 34.75" Ball: Z Star Diamond Link to comment
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