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Nbesa 16 November 21, 2023 1 Comment

Hello, I am looking to understand how the lower BBGM of Maltby heads (specifically TS3 and TS4) affect shafts pulled from other brands of irons (Mizuno, Titleist, etc) if I use them on the Maltbys

I understand that for example, it’s not recommended to build a TS4 4-GW set with shafts from other 4-GW set of another manufacturer as it will play different, not sure if stiffer or softer. Read that maybe a good idea is to soft step, reusing the 3-PW from another brand into the 4-GW Maltby.

How true is this and how should I go with trying this vs getting brand new shafts?

statechamp Answered question November 25, 2023

Rlafoone commented November 23, 2023

Britt mentioned earlier that by soft stepping and not adding extensions the clubs would play 1/3 flex less (if memory serves me correctly). if you don’t adjust head weight.
adding length (extensions) not adjusting head weight, overall cpm (measured from the butt) would decrease, the cpm of the shaft measured in relationship to to the head (ie. 11″, 16″, etc to the clubhead remains the same).
My game isn’t good enough to distinguish between 1/3 flex – a full flex.

When in doubt (and if it’s going to get into your head when you’re standing over a shot), replace the shafts :-)

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Britt mentioned earlier that by soft stepping and not adding extensions the clubs would play 1/3 flex less (if memory serves me correctly). if you don’t adjust head weight.
adding length (extensions) not adjusting head weight, overall cpm (measured from the butt) would decrease, the cpm of the shaft measured in relationship to to the head (ie. 11″, 16″, etc to the clubhead remains the same).
My game isn’t good enough to distinguish between 1/3 flex – a full flex.

When in doubt (and if it’s going to get into your head when you’re standing over a shot), replace the shafts :-)

Answer 1 · 2023-11-25T12:41:43+00:00

The stiffness aspect is a very small part of this. The BBGM is much closer to the ground on the maltby heads then most other heads. You’re taking shaft and moving it to a head that’s closer to the ground. It will be shorter in overall club length. Then what the used shaft came from.

if you look at this image it shows the shaft inserted into a iron head. If you look at this head the BBGM is that measurement. On a maltby iron head that’s gonna be much tighter to the ground. On a lot of other manufacturers heads it will be further from the ground.

let’s say you take a shaft from a mizuno 7 iron and it has a BBGM of 1.5” and you try to put it in a maltby 7 iron with a BBGM of 1” you’ve built a 7 iron that was .5” shorter then what the shaft was pulled from