The past two years I've been using KBS stiff shafts in my irons. The previous two years I had irons wth Project X 6.0 shafts.
Both have felt good to me but after this season I started wondering if one of the reasons my iron play wasn't quite as good the past two seasons was because of the difference between the KBS stiff and the Project X 6.0 shafts (no, I was not fitted).
Reading about the shafts the past two years, I've learned that the Project X are more butt stiff than the KBS --- something they probably is an asset for me as I have an aggressive downswing and was fitted for a shaft wth a stiff butt in my driver a few years ago.
So I started thinking about soft stepping the Project X shafts and last week put my Project X 6-iron shaft into the 7 iron if my current set and compared it to the 7 iron (wth the Prject X shaft) of my old set at Launch earlier this week,
The newer iron head with the soft-stepped shaft had a bit more kick, flew a bit higher and farther and was just as accurate as the 7 iron from the old set.
So this afternoon I've put the Project X shafts --- soft-stepped --- into my current heads.
Now --- of course they are now 1/2" longer.
I've read that the lie will therefore be 1 degree more upright. I wonder how much of a difference that will make for me?
I'm 6'3" though I've been playing standard length irons my entire life.
I guess I'll eventually find out in a few months.
Both have felt good to me but after this season I started wondering if one of the reasons my iron play wasn't quite as good the past two seasons was because of the difference between the KBS stiff and the Project X 6.0 shafts (no, I was not fitted).
Reading about the shafts the past two years, I've learned that the Project X are more butt stiff than the KBS --- something they probably is an asset for me as I have an aggressive downswing and was fitted for a shaft wth a stiff butt in my driver a few years ago.
So I started thinking about soft stepping the Project X shafts and last week put my Project X 6-iron shaft into the 7 iron if my current set and compared it to the 7 iron (wth the Prject X shaft) of my old set at Launch earlier this week,
The newer iron head with the soft-stepped shaft had a bit more kick, flew a bit higher and farther and was just as accurate as the 7 iron from the old set.
So this afternoon I've put the Project X shafts --- soft-stepped --- into my current heads.
Now --- of course they are now 1/2" longer.
I've read that the lie will therefore be 1 degree more upright. I wonder how much of a difference that will make for me?
I'm 6'3" though I've been playing standard length irons my entire life.
I guess I'll eventually find out in a few months.
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