STIFF VS REGULAR SHAFT IRON TEST - ON COURSE!
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- My Name is Jak Lee, I am a PGA Professional golfer/ coach based in Doncaster. I offer friendly free advice with the aim to educate and inform golfers on a wider basis, but more importantly have a laugh in the process! You can find me on all my social media platforms below:
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I'm 50 years old, a 3hdcp. Club head speed has just intersected with age. I normally played stiff shafts and switched to regular. At my age, it takes a while to loosen up, and tend to stiffen up very quickly, with no mobility. If I swing smooth with a regular shaft, I could keep the ball on line with a slight draw. If I stepped on the gas I tended to hit a high fade. I could feel the club head a touch behind at impact. This was with long irons and the driver. I found it really made very little difference with 8 iron and down for obvious reasons. I much rather prefer bringing a speed stick with me now, to stay loose, and hitting the stiff shafts. I tend to hit a more penetrating ball flight with them, for those windy days. hope you live long enough to find out what it's like. I'll be watching some more videos. Thanks.
Christopher Chamberlain yeah hope I don’t die soon too mate 😂😂
@@JakLeeGolf Save this post and message me back in 25 years. I'll help you maintain a low handicap when you get there. Funny things will happen. OMG the yips. That happened around 40. The worst thing you can ever go through. Some never recover. I was stuck with them for 2 years. I wanted to hang myself.
Great video! Thanks for showing us the difference (or lack of) between the two flexes. Super helpful.
no problem thanks for watching!
I think the most important factor is the lie of the clubs...Recently went to the range with my 35 year old Wilson Tour blades (Dynamic TT Reg, neutral lie), and 2 days later went out to play with my current Srixon blades (2º flat, dynamic S300 stiff). I think I noticed more difference in the lie than in the shaft! Perhaps worth testing????
Lie angle is super important mate yeah!
The main difference using stiff shafts is the displacement is usually tighter...if you're a decent golfer. On a side note I used a stiff shafted driver at the week end for the first time (Titliest 915 D3) and none went right...initial setting was C3, but was drawing too much. Went for the D4 which I found to be better for me.
Squizzy Bollocks the main difference is the golfer mate! A golfers variances shot to shot will more than likely be far greater than the variances between 2 different shafts
A good fitting for me is also a lesson 👍🏼 sounds like you’ve been fitted well for your driver
Just depends the golfer. Typically it’s better to play something too soft than too stiff.
Very good review. Just got a 2nd hand set of 620 CB with DG 105 R300 shafts and so far I enjoy those. Been gaming the Modus 105 in regular with my other set. I can say that it launches slightly higher than the Modus 105, although Modus is 1/4 inch shorter. I will get those fitted and see if I need to make any adjustments
Great stuff, let me know how it goes
I just bought irons with the Nippon Modus 105 tour in regular. I did a basic bend the shaft test against the DG 105, and Nippon seemed firmer. The DG 105 seemed much softer or easier to bend when pressing the clubhead into the floor.
Loved those types of tests, thanks for posting.
pleasure rob, thanks for watching, more to come!
Stiff irons have less head twist and toe droop allowing for cleaner contact.
Mike Eastridge
I’ve just got some p790 with c taper s. can’t load the 4 iron what so ever. Was playing amt white in ap2 Do the c tapers play a lot stiffer also losing distance with the c taper. Think I should of gone r+. Thanks
Thank you very much, Very informative as well as testing was done in an equal was as not to give one an advantage over the other. Well Done.
Pleasure, thanks ever so much for watching!
That's what I figured when I got my club fitted.
The same shaft model, 1 step of stiffness from R to S does not make a big difference as long as the weight of the shafts are the same. Maybe a little softer feeling with R when hit.
If they are in different weight category, it is different story lol
Yeah i've always felt weight makes more difference
Which one did you go with? Im trying to decide between these two myself
@@BuffaloBarber24115g, stiff for better consistency over distance since i have enough distance.
Impressive video, Jak, thank you very much. I am hcp 20 and I am planning to buy new irons with steel shaft (taylormade Sim max). The speed of my 7i (with an old graphite Nike Oss) is 85 mph. Should i buy those clubs with an steel KBS MAX 85 Regular or stiff shaft? I am a little bit lost. I appreciate your professional help. I use stiff in my driver (100 mph). Your opinion would be very useful. Thanks in advance.
Javier Fernandez make sure you try the Taylormade before you buy! Go for a fitting and compare them to your nikes 👍🏼
@@JakLeeGolf Thanks for your prompt response. Yes, I did, and much better sensation and good shots, but I tried only this KBS shaft in steel regular 85g. (which, at least for me was perfect) but everybody is saying me that I need a stiff shaft according my 85 mph. I am actually lost. This is not an easy choice.
Don’t be worried about what you ‘should’ have, the proof is in the testing, whatever comes out best is the best 👍🏼 I ‘shouldn’t’ have regular shafts in my wedges but I do so to help me with my spin rates ✌🏼
Great video, stuck for choice at the moment for new iron shafts in the clubs i want! Can ethier go 90g shafts but stiff or 120 regular. What would you recomend? currently carrying a 7 iron 165
make sure you go test mate, proof is in the pudding
What is your 7 iron swing speed (or driver swing speed) for comparison's sake? You have a very smooth transition phase which helps mitigate loading the shaft too much at the top of the swing and then having issues timing the release.
About 93 mph last time I checked Chris for the irons, 110 mph Driver
Pretty much as I would have expected, no difference at all!! I think it’s an ego stroker for some. I have hit both in my Irons and I have never seen one bit of difference. I even tried graphite and I actually think they played better than steel.
i think graphite could benefit more people definitely!
Listen I have a club head speed with my driver at 118-123 but use reg flex with my irons so I can swing slower and still achieve the distance I need to hit. Why go 100% when 70% matched with the right set up does the same thing. It’s more important to hit every shot solid, on the sweet spot and have control over the club than stroking my ego with swing speed.
Imagine the advantage you’d have if you retained your 100% CHS with a centred strike
3:43 Giggity
Nice swing Jak!
Thank you mate!
Doesn't S300 weight in at 130 grams? That is what True temper website say. I play a set of Wilson Staff FG-49 with S400 shafts. Have ordered a set of Wilson Staff Pi5 with S300 shafts from Ebay. I'm realy eager to test them out and compare if there is any differences in feel.
Christher Lenander that little graph I lifted in mate was direct from the true temper website
S400 are quite rare these days!
@@JakLeeGolf But this page say S300 weights 130 grams. www.truetemper.com/products/dynamic-gold/
@@JakLeeGolf Now I see. Is different DG shafts. I got the original TT DG S400 and S300 shafts in my 2 club sets.
@@SvingitGolf ditto - when I compared my KBS vs S300 that's what I found.
Nice revelation. My take is this....Do you swing your driver and 8iron the same speed????????.......not likely...correct?
So how can you have both with stiff shafts. Golf myths.....hi hi hi
MATE
What a comment. You've summed it up in one word. The only plausible explanation for a lot of what goes on. Golf.
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@@Godisnotjesus1967 good luck mate!
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Look at what you have......not at what you dont have
Weight trumps flex
Great video.... Just subscribed....ive got regular shafts
Doug Zembiec how they treating you Doug?
@@JakLeeGolf my swing speed with a driver is 109mph...
I have Callaway rogue pros.... They are performing great. Thanks
@@dougzembiec9995 That's great feedback. My driver swing speed is around the same as you +/- a couple mph...I've played the last 11 years with Project X 6.0 shafts and hit them well enough. My ball flight is a little low. I have an opportunity to get a really good deal on some TM SIM Max irons with Reg flex shaft. I was on the fence....and was definitely leaning towards paying for a fitting. But between this video and your feedback I think the deal is too good to pass up.
@@chrisgilligan4968 how did the regular shafts work out for you?
@@BuffaloBarber24 The shafts were fine - I wasn't a huge fan of the wider sole on the M4 irons. I ended up selling the M4's and buying a set of Mizuno JPX 921 SEL irons. Really liking those - and between the regular (and lighter) shaft, the club heads, and some swing adjustments I am liking my ball flight a whole lot more these days. I didn't get the extra distance I was hoping to get from the M4's - but so long as you know how far you hit them, and you can get the proper trajectory - that's the name of the game.
Why do you choke up so much? Control?
Just something I've always done mate! More comfort than anything
Pointless exercise as flight and distance is dependent on strike and you are not a robot.
What is the point of any human test?
stiff shorter
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