DaveT, Are you sure it was me? I have recommended Paragon Low Torque and Raven Low Torque iron shafts but don't recall ever recommending Rapport to anyone.
I can't remember the last time I sold a Rapport. Cub ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Tutelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 4:22 AM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: ACD shafts > Five iron. Relatively forgiving head. > > Rapport Low Torque shaft, at Cub's recommendation. (I don't think I'd use > it in a set; it's tip-trim only.) Medium-weight shaft. Club a little long > (about 3/8" longer than my steel-shafted clubs), to keep the swingweight > the same as my clubs. Shaft somewhat stiffer than mine -- because it's > tip-trim only so I couldn't get a flex softer and fix it. > > This is mostly to see if the extra length hurts. If I can't hit it as > consistently as my current 5i, then I'll try it at the same length but > lower swingweight. If that fails too, I'll continue to use steel for my > irons until somebody comes out with a graphite shaft that is light weight > but sufficiently tip-heavy that it swingweights like steel. > > Cheers! > DaveT > > At 06:48 AM 3/3/03 -0500, bud carbonaro wrote: > >Dave > > > >Tell us a little about your experiment??? it sounds like obviously an iron > >with a graphite shaft.... are you going with a very light weight shaft? or > >something in the 80+ gram range??? are you playing with swingwts or lengths > >different than your steel shafted irons??? > > > >Bud > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Dave Tutelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:38 PM > >Subject: Re: ShopTalk: ACD shafts > > > > > I don't know. My take has always been that the principal advantage of > > > graphite shafts was weight. With the reduced weight, you can make the > >clubs: > > > * Lighter swingweight, if you don't have the strength for full-weight > > > steel shafts. > > > * Longer at the same swingweight, if you need them longer for whatever > > > reason. > > > > > > By either measure, I don't need graphite in my irons. But I'm going to do > > > some experiments with it anyway. I already have the experimental club. > >Now, > > > if the snow will cooperate and go away, I can do my experiment. > > > > > > Cheers! > > > DaveT > > >
