Sclearman
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I'm not sure where to start with this...
I've had clubs and have 'played' golf for 30 years. What that really means is that I have been to the driving range a few times a year and have played on a course about 6 times each of those years. I've had a couple lessons but I have been unsuccessful in getting a good consistent swing, especially with irons. To that end, I'm wanting to build a single length set of irons in the hope that I can 'master' a swing. I like golf, but it's not fun to shoot 120. Yes I need to practice more without a doubt.
I've built a couple sets of clubs in the past. They were nothing special and were in fact budget builds for me and one of my sons. We both have moved on to better sets, he's using some Adams, and I have a set of Ping Clones. I only mention this to say I have gone through the steps of building, I have tools.
My retirement will be here in a couple weeks. One goal is to play more often and get better. Toward that goal I have purchased components to build a set of single length irons. The heads are Pin Hawk single length irons. I bought a set of graphite shafts from MG Golf, they were deeply discounted. I was told by MG Golf that they were New Old Stock components that they had left over from building their own clubs. These are the shafts My other option within budget was steel shafts. These are marked as a True Temper, but calling them they had no real information on them. Looks like these were ordered as components specifically for them. The guy I talked to at True Temper said they sounded much like the Dynamic 105's they have now. MG listed the specs of the shafts as:
I asked for trimming instructions from MG Golf, and got an email stating that all the shafts were to be trimmed 0" at the tip, from 3 iron to PW.
However, The True Temper guy gave more standard trimming suggestions for what he thought would be the equivalent shafts, trimming for a 7 iron at 2.5".
So, my question is about the tip trimming. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions or more information on these than I do. I'm not sure why you wouldn't tip trim parallel shafts. All ideas and suggestions appreciated.
I've had clubs and have 'played' golf for 30 years. What that really means is that I have been to the driving range a few times a year and have played on a course about 6 times each of those years. I've had a couple lessons but I have been unsuccessful in getting a good consistent swing, especially with irons. To that end, I'm wanting to build a single length set of irons in the hope that I can 'master' a swing. I like golf, but it's not fun to shoot 120. Yes I need to practice more without a doubt.
I've built a couple sets of clubs in the past. They were nothing special and were in fact budget builds for me and one of my sons. We both have moved on to better sets, he's using some Adams, and I have a set of Ping Clones. I only mention this to say I have gone through the steps of building, I have tools.
My retirement will be here in a couple weeks. One goal is to play more often and get better. Toward that goal I have purchased components to build a set of single length irons. The heads are Pin Hawk single length irons. I bought a set of graphite shafts from MG Golf, they were deeply discounted. I was told by MG Golf that they were New Old Stock components that they had left over from building their own clubs. These are the shafts My other option within budget was steel shafts. These are marked as a True Temper, but calling them they had no real information on them. Looks like these were ordered as components specifically for them. The guy I talked to at True Temper said they sounded much like the Dynamic 105's they have now. MG listed the specs of the shafts as:
Flex | Raw Length | Raw Weight +/- 4g | Tip Diameter | Butt Diameter | Torque | Kickpoint |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regular | 41" | 100g | .370 | .660 | 4.7 | Mid |
I asked for trimming instructions from MG Golf, and got an email stating that all the shafts were to be trimmed 0" at the tip, from 3 iron to PW.
However, The True Temper guy gave more standard trimming suggestions for what he thought would be the equivalent shafts, trimming for a 7 iron at 2.5".
So, my question is about the tip trimming. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions or more information on these than I do. I'm not sure why you wouldn't tip trim parallel shafts. All ideas and suggestions appreciated.