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What is SensiCore? |
| What is flex? |
| What is sub-flex and what is the difference between the
sub-flexes? |
| How can you make a shaft play stiffer or weaker? |
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What is swing-weighting? |
| What is a high bend point (or flex point, or kick point)
and when would I want a high bend point instead of a low bend point? |
| What can I do to hit the ball farther? |
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What can I do to hit the ball straighter? |
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What can I do to hit the ball higher (or lower)? |
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How do I reshaft my current golf clubs? |
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What is SensiCore?
SensiCore is a vibration damping mechanism which reduces vibration/shock 70% better
than other steel shafts and 25-30% better than graphite shafts. It is 14" long and is
inserted 10" down from the butt end of the shaft. It does not effect the playability
of the shaft. A club maker does not have to worry about cutting into it when tip or butt
cutting. The only drawback is that you cannot swingweight the club using lead powder
because you can’t cork it from the inside.
To find out more about SensiCore, click here.
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What is flex?
"Flex" is the relative stiffness of a shaft. True Temper's flex designations
are (from most flexible to most stiff):
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L |
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R |
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Junior |
Ladies |
Action |
Regular |
Stiff |
Extra-stiff |
To find out what flex shafts you should have with your clubs,
find out about fitting
yourself for shafts.
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What is sub-flex and what is the difference between the
sub-flexes?
Sub-flex is the relative stiffness of a shaft measured to a finer degree within a flex
category. That is why you'll see flex designations like R200, R300, R400, etc. Weight is
the major difference -- 200 is lighter, 400 is heavier. R300, S300, X100 are the standard
flexes. About 3 grams is the actual weight difference. For example an R200 may play a
little more flexible than the R300 and the R400 may play a little stiffer than the R300
only because of the weight.
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How can you make a shaft play stiffer or weaker?
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 | Parallel tip shafts: Trim more off the tip end; increasing the amount trimmed off the
tip by 1/2" will change the shaft about a sub-flex. |
| Tapered tip shafts: "step the shaft down"- since tapered tip shafts come in
different lengths, a person can put the 3 iron shaft into the 2 iron club and so on,
therefore shortening the tip to 1st step section and increasing the stiffness about a sub
flex. |
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| To play weaker:
| Parallel tip shafts: Trim less off the tip; same rule applies as trimming more. Make the
finished club length longer- every additional 1/2" over standard length will weaken
the club a sub-flex. |
| Tapered Tip Shafts: "Step the shaft up"-Put the 2 iron shaft into the 3 iron
head and so on, therefore lengthening the tip to 1st step section and decreasing the
stiffness about a sub flex. |
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If a person does this to their clubs they will have clubs with stiffer or weaker tip
sections therefore the club will "feel" like it is playing stiffer or weaker
than before.
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What is 'Swing-weighting'?
The swing-weight of a club is the balance of the overall weight of the club. The higher
the swing-weight the more the weight is distributed towards the club end and vice versa.
Standard swing-weight for men is D-0 to D-2 for women it is C-7 to C-9.
Basic swing-weight rules: every 2 grams added to head weight = 1 s/w; every 7 grams of
shaft weight = 1 s/w; every 4 grams of grip weight = 1 s/w ; every 1/2" over length =
3 s/w. To increase swing-weight,
either 1) lengthen the club,
2) add weight to the head,
or 3) use a heavier shaft. To
decrease swing-weight, either 1)
shorten the club, 2) add weight to
the butt end, or 3) use a lighter shaft.
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What is a high bend point (or flex point) and when would I want
a high bend point instead of a low bend point?
A high bend point shaft (Dynamic family) has a firmer tip
feel at impact and may produce a lower shot trajectory. A
low bend point shaft (Dynalite, Release, Rocket) has a
softer tip feel at impact and may produce a higher shot
trajectory. Mid bend point shafts (TT Lite, Gold Plus) are
in-between. The actual point on the shaft where the bend
point is located is only a couple inches difference between
a low and high bend point.
Bend point, kick point, and flex point all mean the same
thing.
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What can I do to hit the ball farther?
| Use a lighter
weight shaft.
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| Use a more flexible shaft.
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| Check your lofts and lies on your clubs. |
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What can I do to hit the ball straighter?
| Use a heavier shaft.
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| Use a stiffer shaft.
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| Check your lofts and lies on your clubs. |
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What can I do to hit the ball higher (or lower)?
| To hit higher:
| Use a lower bend point shaft (minimal effect) |
| Weaken the loft of the club (major effect) |
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| To hit lower:
| Use a higher bend point shaft (minimal effect) |
| Strengthen the loft of the club (major effect) |
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