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**excivaamome** · 08-18-2009, 06:06 PM

That is not really true anymore. While R or S may be what most fit in, there is no standard as to what those are. Some companies R can be WAY different than another companies. That is a major problem in that most consider that they are either S or R and with OEM's picking the stock shafts it is not always the case.

In fact some shafts work great in some driver heads and not in others.

That's true for graphite shafts, but for steel shafts the R,S,X classifications are still pretty stable.

But what I'm referring to is a general bend profile which can be classified as R,S. or X. So in the case of graphites, a "basic" fitting might have a set of frequency numbers replacing a letter designation. So if you're fitting "Charlie" and you decide that he's most likely going to do well with a R flex, then you can choose from a group of shafts which all have frequency numbers that correspond to the R category.

When Charlie develops a consistent swing, then you can look at those numbers more closely and also include torque specs, tip specs, etc. and thus begin to actually "fit" Charlie to a specific set of specs. But if Charlie is just learning how to strike a golf ball, or hasn't yet developed a reliably repeatable swing, a shaft which specs out as "close enough" is all that's needed at that point.

-JP

08-18-2009, 06:06 PM	#9
excivaamome Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	That is not really true anymore. While R or S may be what most fit in, there is no standard as to what those are. Some companies R can be WAY different than another companies. That is a major problem in that most consider that they are either S or R and with OEM's picking the stock shafts it is not always the case. In fact some shafts work great in some driver heads and not in others. That's true for graphite shafts, but for steel shafts the R,S,X classifications are still pretty stable. But what I'm referring to is a general bend profile which can be classified as R,S. or X. So in the case of graphites, a "basic" fitting might have a set of frequency numbers replacing a letter designation. So if you're fitting "Charlie" and you decide that he's most likely going to do well with a R flex, then you can choose from a group of shafts which all have frequency numbers that correspond to the R category. When Charlie develops a consistent swing, then you can look at those numbers more closely and also include torque specs, tip specs, etc. and thus begin to actually "fit" Charlie to a specific set of specs. But if Charlie is just learning how to strike a golf ball, or hasn't yet developed a reliably repeatable swing, a shaft which specs out as "close enough" is all that's needed at that point. -JP
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