Stiff shafts don’t work for me
This morning, I went to the Hank Haney Golf Ranch in Lewisville on a cloudy, dreary day, threatening rain. My plan for today was to test the irons and woods I’ve built over the past few months and see if any of them can pull existing clubs out of my bag. In short, no.
I warmed up with the Toski Target T-58 6-iron that’s been in my bag most of the year. After that warm-up, I lined up my test 6-irons:
- Snake Eyes Viper Ti-4 with Grafalloy Prolite graphite shaft;
- Toski Target T-56 with UST PRoforce Rv2 75 graphite shaft;
- Toski Target T-56 with Dynalite Gold SL steel shaft;
- Toski Target T-58 with Custom Lite steel shaft;
- Snake Eyes 600B forged heads with Dynamic Gold steel shaft.
Basically, with the irons, the test was completely inconclusive, none stood out from the rest, although my best shot of all was with the Snake Eyes forged head (and there’s no way those unforgiving clubheads are going in my bag until I’m a much better golfer).
Next up, I got out the Toski T-6 driver, 3-wood and 5-wood and tested them. With the sole exception of one shot with the driver, and one with the 5-wood, I was completely unable to load the stiff shafts in these clubs, which makes me conclude that my swing is not suited to stiff shafts. The shaft never seemed to load properly and I never really felt like I could hit any of the clubs well. So, stiff shafts are definitely out, for now.