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Bob_Huntley

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O/T Steel or Graphite
« on: July 15, 2007, 09:38:49 PM »
I keep a set of Ping I3s steel shafts in the trunk of the car and on the way home from the office visit with Ben Doyle at Quail Lodge, hit a few shots and get a small lesson. The results are generally spectacular.

I then go out to the club, get my graphite shafted Ping G5s, go the range and think I am the incarnation of Bobby Jnes but on the course look like Bridget.

Has anyone else gone back to steel with better results?

Bob

Peter Pallotta

Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2007, 09:47:24 PM »
Bob
I'm not a very good player, but I've found that I'm more consistent when all the clubs in my bag have the same shaft material. In my case, that means steel in the irons, but also steel in my 18 degree hybrid and my older-model, steel-shafted 3-wood. I recently removed the graphite-shafted driver from the bag, just for good measure (and for other reasons too). Not quite what you were asking about, but just thought I'd share.  

Peter  

Tommy Williamsen

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Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2007, 09:47:51 PM »
No, but I have gone back to forged and feel like I have died and gone to heaven.
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Matt_Sullivan

Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2007, 10:07:36 PM »
I played graphite shafts for 8-12 months a few years ago while recovering from a rib injury. I'm a decent player -- low single digits -- and like to give it a belt, and I found the stock Ping graphite shafts not quite as reliable as steel on either distance or direction. I believe that this was in part because of the lighter weight and higher torque, but also because they were 1/4 or 1/2 inch longer than steel. I wonder if length is the issue with your graphite shafted set; it could make switching between them off-putting.

Anyway, as soon as my ribs allowed I went back to steel, with improved results, and have stayed there.

If you want to stick with graphite, it might be worth investing in some after-market graphite shafts which are generally heavier and have less torque than the stock models (KJ Choi plays a high quality, heavier graphite made by MCC). Alternatively, there are some good lightweight steel shafts around. A friend of mine who is a good player has just switched to the Nippon Steel shafts (95 or 105g, can't remember which) with great success.

Jim_Kennedy

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Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2007, 11:09:21 PM »
Bob,
There isn't a graphite shaft in the world capable of giving you the feeling that steel provides, and it's that feeling which makes you Jones, Bob.  
"I never beat a well man in my life" - Harry Vardon

Bob_Huntley

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Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2007, 11:57:10 PM »
Bob,
There isn't a graphite shaft in the world capable of giving you the feeling that steel provides, and it's that feeling which makes you Jones, Bob.  

Jim,

I am ready to believe you.

Bob

redanman

Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2007, 11:52:15 AM »
Bob

I happen to think that you should be playing steel.  It offers so much more.  There are plenty of lightweight steel shafts of quality if overall weights and swing weights are a problem; you can get bloody anything you want now.

Bill

RSLivingston_III

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Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2007, 01:18:44 PM »
Bob,
There isn't a graphite shaft in the world capable of giving you the feeling that steel provides, and it's that feeling which makes you Jones, Bob.  
And I can recommend anoher shaft material that one-ups steel....
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Dan Herrmann

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Re:O/T Steel or Graphite
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2007, 01:22:38 PM »
Bob,
There isn't a graphite shaft in the world capable of giving you the feeling that steel provides, and it's that feeling which makes you Jones, Bob.  
And I can recommend anoher shaft material that one-ups steel....

Hickory?