If you've hard-stepped your irons...

[Pepperturbo]

> @hoselpalooza said:

> > @Pepperturbo said:

> > > @hoselpalooza said:

> > > > @Pepperturbo said:

> > > > I knew when each club felt smooth at impact and trajectory looked right to me, nothing more.

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> > > this is helpful, thanks. seems like perhaps the best solution for me is to experiment with (e.g.) a spare long iron and compare it against my current set-up.

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> > To me, swing weight plays an important roll in a club feeling right during my swing. I am a hitter of the ball, while others are swingers of the club. Both my tempo and transition are fast, yet I still need to feel the clubhead at the top.

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> > I recently went from 120 gram PX 6.0 shafts to much lighter Steelfiber i95cw "S" shafts. I was anticipating potential problem adjusting to the weight and flex difference reason I messed with hard and soft stepping. As it turns out there has been only a minimal adjustment. My new shafts were designed for players like me moving from steel to lighter graphite/steel, yet they have stiff butt and tips, so swing weight change wasn't noticeable.

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> what was the impact on distance? other changes in performance?

 

The impact seemed odd, hard to quantify, but it was as if I was losing something in the tip at impact. It's important to know I am a hitter of the ball, not a smooth swinger.

 

The loss was probably about 5-8 yards short of my past yardage. It felt a little easier to swing and get through the ball but that wasn't important to me. I wanted yardage back with each club. When I went to "stock" i95cw stiff, I regained the yardage even picked up a few yards per club. Yesterday, I was the oldest and only one in our tee group to hit to 8' on a 176 yard Par 3 green and used 5i and I am pushing 70. I am fighting the aging process. Yep, before anyone says it, it's a brag. lol

[hoselpalooza]

> @Pepperturbo said:

> > @hoselpalooza said:

> > > @Pepperturbo said:

> > > > @hoselpalooza said:

> > > > > @Pepperturbo said:

> > > > > I knew when each club felt smooth at impact and trajectory looked right to me, nothing more.

> > > >

> > > > this is helpful, thanks. seems like perhaps the best solution for me is to experiment with (e.g.) a spare long iron and compare it against my current set-up.

> > >

> > > To me, swing weight plays an important roll in a club feeling right during my swing. I am a hitter of the ball, while others are swingers of the club. Both my tempo and transition are fast, yet I still need to feel the clubhead at the top.

> > >

> > > I recently went from 120 gram PX 6.0 shafts to much lighter Steelfiber i95cw "S" shafts. I was anticipating potential problem adjusting to the weight and flex difference reason I messed with hard and soft stepping. As it turns out there has been only a minimal adjustment. My new shafts were designed for players like me moving from steel to lighter graphite/steel, yet they have stiff butt and tips, so swing weight change wasn't noticeable.

> > >

> >

> > what was the impact on distance? other changes in performance?

>

> The impact seemed odd, hard to quantify, but it was as if I was losing something in the tip at impact. It's important to know I am a hitter of the ball, not a smooth swinger.

>

> The loss was probably about 5-8 yards short of my past yardage. It felt a little easier to swing and get through the ball but that wasn't important to me. I wanted yardage back with each club. When I went to "stock" i95cw stiff, I regained the yardage even picked up a few yards per club. Yesterday, I was the oldest and only one in our tee group to hit to 8' on a 176 yard Par 3 green and used 5i and I am pushing 70. I am fighting the aging process. Yep, before anyone says it, it's a brag. lol

 

i legit lol'd, thanks for that. there's too much self-deprecation in the golf community imho. i appreciate celebrating achievement. rock on, @Pepperturbo !

[hoselpalooza]

On 9/12/2019 at 2:23 PM, Howard_Jones said:

YES i did ask for updates on JUMBO size in the 60 gram range for a sick driver experiment to myself, and during that tread, Jumbomax came up again, offering 50 grams grips in the same size as the others, so i still think you should try a "test pack" with a few of them so you dont need all that tape. Ordinary BU tape (Mitchell) who builds 0.015 for each later is 2 grams for 10 inch (average Bu length), so the tape itself does add some weight to the grip,

 

i just tested out 4 JMX ultralites -- S, M, L, XL. 90% going with the L. the XL might be a little much for me but i want to hit some more balls to compare L vs XL.

 

these are much thicker than my jumbo tour velvets (with 12 layers of build-up tape) and more than 30g lighter on average. only thing i don't like about the JMX ultralites is they are a little squishy feeling compared to my old grips. maybe it's a blessing in disguise since we're hitting off mats now. i.e. better vibration dampening. 

 

also got lofts/lies checked for my practice set. am very close to being able to experiment more with club specs. super excited about this!