viscount17
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Re: Flex question
23/07/2008 23:34
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you have now opened up a minefield of a subject.
very briefly, shafts have different flexes to suit different types of golfer, stronger/weaker, fast swing/slower swing etc. there are actually five (more common) flexes Extra Stiff, stiff, regular, ladies and senior, which very broadly are speed indicators.
It gets more complicated because not all shaft manufacturers use the same marking (S could be Stiff or Senior, which can also be A) and no two manufacturers shafts are the same for the same marking (one R could be 70 - 90 mph, another 80 - 100)
then you have to get into kick points etc. have a look at the link below, then Google on 'shaft flex kick points' - there's lots of reading
http://golf.about.com/cs/tipslessons/a/shaftflex.htm
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The bag is changing:
Driver: TaylorMade r7 460 reg/Ping G5 10.5 stiff
5-wood: TaylorMade r7 steel
Hybrids: Bayhill Plasma 4i 25*/Ben Sayers M1 2i 17*
Irons: MacGregor M565 forged 3-PW 4.5 Rifles
Wedges: Ben Hogan Apex forged 49* & 54*
Putter: Ping Karsten B60
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