Wrong shaft flex

[Mcdougle]

What problems does having a too flexible shaft, like regular shaft for someone who needs a stiff shaft? Would the regular shaft loose you distance or is there not much difference?

[lgskywalker37]

Re: Wrong shaft flex

i think a too flexible shaft would give the ball a low hook, and alot les acurate from being too whippy. You need a shaft that fits right so that you get whip for power, but not too much whip and cause lack of accuracy. but a too stiff shat will give you less power (the club would have no whip) and would go high slice.

[Broadus]

Re: Wrong shaft flex

My understanding is that playing with too flexible a shaft can cause one to hook the ball. I'm not sure that distance is as much an issue as direction. Others more expert than I will want to comment.

Bill

[LowPost42]

Re: Wrong shaft flex

I just upgraded from an S flex to an X flex in the same model. My slice is gone.

IMO, having the wrong flex, either too strong or too weak, is going to promote whatever swing flaws you have. I haven't yet gone to an XX flex shaft to prove my theory on the stiff side, but it seems to make sense to me.

For those who think that too flexible causes hooks, can you explain why?

[Broadus]

Re: Wrong shaft flex

Doesn't more shaft flexibility (a weaker flex) allow the clubhead to "whip" through the ball more at impact? This would create a hook if the flex is too light for one's particular swing, wouldn't it?

Bill

[james.welsh]

Re: Wrong shaft flex

Imagine if a shaft was so soft it was like a piece of rope. Now think of how the clubhead would tend to droop down and to the back because of its weight. This means the club face tends to open, the loft tends to increase and the lie tends to increase. If you have a faster swing you need a stiffer shaft to counter-act the "noodle" effect. Of course a real shaft isn't so soft but it illustrates how the flex affects your ball impact. That's pretty much it. See the image. Maybe it helps explain this a bit better than words do. Now you know why it is that you slice the ball when you overpower the shaft (swing too fast).

[fahie]

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yeh surely it would never whip before you hit the ball because it would have to much lag in the shaft already so you would leave the face open?

im no expert so thats just my thinking!

adz

[a_hornsfan]

Re: Wrong shaft flex

The times I have played with a whippy shaft, like just hitting shots on the range with a senior flex, I get HIGH, DRAWS/HOOKS. This is also what I have bee repeatedly told by a club maker.

[dannyra]

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I think with a weak shaft, it depends on your timing on what your going to get as a ball flight. If your release is right on time or a little early I think you'll get a hook. As the force down the shaft may make it spring back into position and since it's week make the club head whip past neutral.
If you have a later release the force down the shaft won't be what it needs to whip it back, and there for it will stay open.