Srixon u65 shaft help.

Currently I have a u65 with the Miyazaki Kailua 7 with the 5445 flex code (I think). It feels like a noodle. My 6i Speed caps at 93. I play px 5.5 in my irons and they generate a straight ball flight that's mid to high with ballooning.

I want to put the same shaft into my u65 heads, but unsure of what to do. Considering soft stepping as I'm afraid a three and four iron shaft will be too much for me, but I also don't want noodle feel that I'm getting from graphite.

Any input?

Aldila NVS 85 hybrid shaft. Comes in .355 tapered. I use it in my U65 4 and 5 iron in lieu of the Miyazaki. Play it to the same length as per Srixon. Very unnoodlely(?).

I went soft step of my iron shaft into my 20 degree. It’s awesome, same feel as my irons. I couldn’t get any consistency with it until I went heavy and shortened to traditional iron length.

Thank you for this. Maybe I'm not crazy after all.

> @SUITS said:

> I went soft step of my iron shaft into my 20 degree. It’s awesome, same feel as my irons. I couldn’t get any consistency with it until I went heavy and shortened to traditional iron length.

6i speed at 93, that's PX 6.0 speed. I don't think you should soft step for your U65, unless you want to launch higher and spin more .... but you complaining about your Miyazaki stiff-regular being too soft.

Think I should just go straight in with no soft stepping then? I am reluctant to go to 6.0 because I'm usually tired by the back nine and everything slows down.

Might be a dumb question, but can I just cut the 2 iron shaft I bought down to 3i length to retain the qualities of the 5.5?

> @shaolingolfer said:

> 6i speed at 93, that's PX 6.0 speed. I don't think you should soft step for your U65, unless you want to launch higher and spin more .... but you complaining about your Miyazaki stiff-regular being too soft.

> @MooreGreens said:

> Think I should just go straight in with no soft stepping then? I am reluctant to go to 6.0 because I'm usually tired by the back nine and everything slows down.

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> Might be a dumb question, but can I just cut the 2 iron shaft I bought down to 3i length to retain the qualities of the 5.5?

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> > @shaolingolfer said:

> > 6i speed at 93, that's PX 6.0 speed. I don't think you should soft step for your U65, unless you want to launch higher and spin more .... but you complaining about your Miyazaki stiff-regular being too soft.

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That would be a hard-step, and you'd fall between a 5.5 and a 6.0 if you did that.

FWIW I have the U85 3-iron, and I put an X100 3 iron shaft straight in. Play stiff in my irons but X in my woods, and decided since its mostly a tee club I wanted it to match that swing instead of my iron swing, so you may also want to consider what is currently in your woods/hybrids as well before settling on an iron shaft.

Not knowing what you want to do with that club, I will say just go straight in but check the swing weight.

I'm primarily using them off the fairway or out of the rough. My 3w and 5w keep me in good shape off the tee.

@shaolingolfer said:

> Not knowing what you want to do with that club, I will say just go straight in but check the swing weight.

The stock shaft shouldn't stop you from using graphite. Even the stiff is a noodle. It ruins the whole club. I'm not surprised they went to a recoil in the 85.

If you want to use a PX I wouldn't soft step them. Remember the shaft is a lot heavier tho.

Once I get the stock shafts out and go to steel it will be really easy to swap to graphite.

> @Poolparty said:

> The stock shaft shouldn't stop you from using graphite. Even the stiff is a noodle. It ruins the whole club. I'm not surprised they went to a recoil in the 85.

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> If you want to use a PX I wouldn't soft step them. Remember the shaft is a lot heavier tho.