I am getting back in to playing a lot more frequently, at least twice a month. I was playing only 4-5 times a year. I am now looking at new clubs. I have found a few I like and have gone to get "fitted" at a couple of the big box stores that use a 7 iron and launch information. My current clubs are around 17 years old and are true temper dynamic gold R300 shafts. I am being told I should be hitting a stiff shaft based on swing speed (~78-82 mph with a 7 iron).
I know todays shafts are often lighter and the kbs shafts I have been trying have a higher launch so a different kick point but it seems to be in my head that when I am using a stiff shaft I try to swing harder than when I am using a regular shaft. I don't anticipate my swing to get much faster. I am looking for more distance at this point as I have lost probably 1/2 a club length as I have picked things back up.
Has anyone gone against their suggested shaft flex and been happy with it? Am I just letting it get into my head too much on shaft flex? Does the weight difference (being lower weight) of some of the newer shafts make stiff shafts more like the regular shafts I am currently hitting?
I do hit a stiff flex in my driver and hit around 240-250 fairly consistently with it. I just cant seem to get my head around hitting stiff shift iron shafts.
I know todays shafts are often lighter and the kbs shafts I have been trying have a higher launch so a different kick point but it seems to be in my head that when I am using a stiff shaft I try to swing harder than when I am using a regular shaft. I don't anticipate my swing to get much faster. I am looking for more distance at this point as I have lost probably 1/2 a club length as I have picked things back up.
Has anyone gone against their suggested shaft flex and been happy with it? Am I just letting it get into my head too much on shaft flex? Does the weight difference (being lower weight) of some of the newer shafts make stiff shafts more like the regular shafts I am currently hitting?
I do hit a stiff flex in my driver and hit around 240-250 fairly consistently with it. I just cant seem to get my head around hitting stiff shift iron shafts.