At 10:31 PM 9/13/2007, Richard Wampler wrote:
Of course I have had this same problem with Hypersteels - 19º does just
fine but when I use the 15º I can't get it in the air.
I don't remember that there is a 15* Hypersteel. IIRC the lofts were 13,
16, 19, and 22.
right you are. I had always been reading the bottom of the club and (now I
know) there is paint missing so it always looked like a 15 to me. I need
to wear my glasses more often. Since I have duplicate sets of the
Hypersteels, I got the other one out, and the 16º is very easy to see.
Will a softer shaft get it into the air for me? And if so won't I lose
the yardage I want because of the softer shaft?
Today shaft manufacturers know how to make shafts to flight the ball lower
or higher. While it is somewhat related to butt frequency, it has a lot
more to do with the flex profile towards the tip. So it is possible to
make a high-launch S-flex or a low-launch R-flex shaft. I have clubs with
both of the above in my own bag.
When the Aldila One first came out I tried a few of the variations and did
not notice a difference, but will look into what you have written. I have
a NF4 so will start paying more attention to the flex profile towards the
tip. Thanks!
I think TFlan The Empirical, would say there is only one way to find out.
And he would be correct.
And he was.
I can tell you what I have done with my Hypersteels. It was motivated by
theory, but the empirical results have kept them in my bag for more than 4
years.
All my fairway woods have the Hypersteel heads. For whatever reason, I
seem to hit a hybrid more reliably than a full-depth fairway wood. So my
3w is a 16* hybrid, my 5w a 19* hybrid, and my 7w a 22* hybrid.
I decided early on that 3* is not nearly enough spacing between fairway
woods of the same basic design. So I spread out the distances they covered
by shafting them differently.
* The 19* has a conventional fairway-wood graphite shaft. I get a towering
flight from it.
* The 16* has a low-launch (but relatively butt-soft) R-flex shaft. It
hits low bullets that cheat the wind and roll forever on normal (or, of
course, hard) fairways.
* The 22* has a steel shaft to cut off some ball speed (due to higher
total club weight, and also to the resulting shorter club length).
This works for me. I just got back from RSG-Ohio. On the last hole of the
last round, I had over 200 yards of gradual uphill to the green. I hit a
low rope with the 16*. It was on the front apron when it stopped.
Nice shot. I will try some more necessary sparementin :-)
I am so jealous when I see others hit nice high arcing 3 woods or 13º to
18º clubs. Other than working on my swing is weenie flex the answer?
I no longer have the clubhead speed to make 13* work off the ground. (It's
great off a tee.) But my 16* bullet gets me more total distance (at least
if I keep it out of the rough) than the same head does with a shaft that
gives it a "nice high arcing" trajectory.
food for thought. Thanks again!
Rick
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