True temper elevate tour x flex guestion

HITMAN67 · December 3, 2021

Hi Guys,

Need some info. On elevate tour x flex stiffness. I'm unable to demo the shaft in my area.... currently playing steelfiber i110 stiff taper tip staright in t100 and have no problem loading them.... 8 iron goes about 150y~160y. I've heard elevate tour x falls between s & x... so based this info., are these similar in their stifness ?

Thanks!

dmeeksDC · December 4, 2021

Just one man’s opinion but I’d say you’d be fine in Elevate X if you like Steelfiber 110 stiffs. I typically play stiffs including in Elevate, but I fit regs in the SF 110. The stiffs felt too boardy to me.

eddiebigeddie · December 4, 2021

My opinion is you’ll be fine. I currently play Elevate Tour in X and love them. I’ve dabbled in the steelfiber 110s and while I like them (too light) the stiffness was right on par with the elevates.

Neilvice · December 4, 2021

I Agree with 👆.
I have them in my current pxg’s.
I had the elevate stiff flex in a prior set of Pxg gen 2 and they felt loose and sloppy. The x is soft to flex imo but just right for my aggressive transition.

NRJyzr · December 5, 2021

19 hours ago, eddiebigeddie said:

My opinion is you’ll be fine. I currently play Elevate Tour in X and love them. I’ve dabbled in the steelfiber 110s and while I like them (too light) the stiffness was right on par with the elevates.

eddiebigeddie · December 5, 2021

1 minute ago, NRJyzr said:

SW was a tad too light, but it was the overall weight that was too light. Didn’t want to put 10+g of weight on head to get me where I wanted to be.

NRJyzr · December 5, 2021

Just now, eddiebigeddie said:

SW was a tad too light, but it was the overall weight that was too light. Didn’t want to put 10+g of weight on head to get me where I wanted to be.

There's a theory from Dave Tutelman that I've been using, as I work my way into the graphite world...

As a nod to full club MOI, his suggestion is to take one third of the shaft weight reduction and add it back to the clubhead. I've dumbed that down for my own use, with the not quite accurate 2g = 1 swingweight point "rule of thumb" that we've all heard for decades.

So, D2 with DGS300 at 130g, when installing 105g shafts into those clubs, I would be looking at 8.3g added per clubhead, which I translate to an extra 4 swingweight points. I lead taped those clubs to D7. For the MP20 HMB 2 iron I picked up with Steelfiber i95, I went to D8, may go another point higher.

posted with apologies for those who are seeing me bring this up for the 39th time...

eddiebigeddie · December 5, 2021

Understand that, but I also don’t want D6+ irons…I’m comfortable in the D3-4 range. Back to the Elevate Tours….great shafts provide a good amount of “relief” with the VSS compared to traditional steel.

BirdieBob · December 5, 2021

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HITMAN67 · December 6, 2021

Guys ... appreciate the info.

I have mild case of trigger finger on my left middle finger. This is the main reason why i switched to steelfiber from steel about a year ago.

Steelfiber does help with finger pain but always missed "steel" so when I heard about elevate tour "VSS" I wanrted to see if I could best of both worlds.

Skipperation · December 7, 2021

I haven't hit the steelfiber but I soft step Elevate Tour X in my 5 & 6 irons for a little extra help getting them up but play soft stepped X100 in 7-PW. Love the feel of the Elevates and expect to gradually transition into the rest of the set eventually.....or until True Temper discontinue them as they seem to do with all the shafts I like!

Pekeface68 · December 7, 2021

What type of shaft labels are on the Elevate Tour? Are they stickers or silk screened onto the metal like the DG Tour Issue shafts?

BirdieBob · December 7, 2021

5 minutes ago, Pekeface68 said:

What type of shaft labels are on the Elevate Tour? Are they stickers or silk screened onto the metal like the DG Tour Issue shafts?

Silk screened.

Sparty4202 · December 8, 2021

On 12/6/2021 at 12:38 PM, HITMAN67 said:

Guys ... appreciate the info.

I have mild case of trigger finger on my left middle finger. This is the main reason why i switched to steelfiber from steel about a year ago.

Steelfiber does help with finger pain but always missed "steel" so when I heard about elevate tour "VSS" I wanrted to see if I could best of both worlds.

FYI…I have had the surgery to eliminate the trigger finger issue on my right hand, it’s a piece of cake and is does work. I’m going to have it the surgery this winter on a finger on my left hand.