Stiff V Regular

HuntingDrog

Hi, anyone know the difference between stiff and regular steel shafts?

I seem to remember someone saying to me once that stiff was for faster swing speeds.

I'm after getting my hands on MP32 irons with S300 shafts. I already have the MP30's with R300 in them. I'd like some extra feel from my short irons and I'm worried that the stiff shafts won't suit my game.

I'm a 6 handicap and would love some advice. tks

thewing

Go to either Golf Vision in Swords or Green 18 in Sandyford and get measured up - nice sticks, but if you're gonna spend that much it's worth it to get your swing speed/tempo measured and be told whether you should have stiff or regular.

ShriekingSheet

Most single figure players use stiff shafts and S300 are very, very popular. It's kinda stiff, without being tour-stiff if you get what I mean.

You're moving from one quite similar iron to another so personally I'd keep spec changes to a minimum, assuming you were happy with the old ones. That said, it is unusual for a 6 h'cap to use R400. I would suggest that S300s would offer you more control - especially if you find your current clubs fly a little high. But maybe you don't!

Best advice I can give you is this. Mizuno are great for giving demo clubs to their retailers - small pro shops and big stores. Nearly all these demos are S300 so get your hands on one and try it out.

zillmere

Hi,

I hit both the S300 & Project X 6.0 in a Mizuno MP57 6 iron the other night at golfvision.

The Project X have a lower trajectory.

They are very similar although the S300 have a higher flight. Do you want more height in your shots?

You should get your swing speed measured to be more accurate.

ShriekingSheet

zillmere wrote: »

I hit both the S300 & Project X 6.0 in a Mizuno MP57 6 iron the other night at golfvision.

I'm fairly sure S300 is much closer to PX 5.5 than 6.0. It'd be important to try similar flexs for the purposes of comparison.

copacetic

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Most single figure players use stiff shafts and S300 are very, very popular. It's kinda stiff, without being tour-stiff if you get what I mean.

You're moving from one quite similar iron to another so personally I'd keep spec changes to a minimum, assuming you were happy with the old ones. That said, it is unusual for a 6 h'cap to use R400. I would suggest that S300s would offer you more control - especially if you find your current clubs fly a little high. But maybe you don't!

Best advice I can give you is this. Mizuno are great for giving demo clubs to their retailers - small pro shops and big stores. Nearly all these demos are S300 so get your hands on one and try it out.

but most people just buy what comes in the clubs and S300 were pretty much standard for last 10 years or so.

IMO a clubhead like the MP32 which would tend toward flatter trajectory and a smoother swing is well suited to a softer iron shaft.

ShriekingSheet

copacetic wrote: »

but most people just buy what comes in the clubs and S300 were pretty much standard for last 10 years or so.

Yeah I guess that skewes the trend when you're taking popularity into account. But that said, I don't wholly agree that the type of golfers who play smaller, Mizuno irons and spending €500+ would just take what's there and not think or ask about flex.

Although I'd fully agree with you if we were talking about something like Callaway RCH firm flex back in the day - everyone just seemed to pull them off the shelf without question.

HuntingDrog

ok-i suppose the proof will be in the pudding.

I'll be playing 18 holes with these on Sunday morning, so we'll get an impression then

SalthillGuy

Most peole can play with a regular shaft
Mou need to be a low handicap to go stiff or more flex.
A good teaching pro can tell after a few swings which shaft suits you.
If you move away from regular, you need to know why you are doing it.

HuntingDrog

well i played on Sunday and boy was it a windy day!

However, once i stopped swinging the club like a maniac and slowed down the swing and let the club to the work, there was indeed a lovely feel off the clubs.

However, i didn't gain much out of it as regards the shafts. I will need to play these a few times and then go and then go for some swing analysis to see if they suit or not.

tks for the all the advice folks