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jrob November 15, 2015 1 Comment

Hi Britt, it’s me again asking about help for a senior golfer. The irons I have been using are the Titleist 710 AP1’s with the Aldila VS Proto-T “ByYou” 75-R graphite shaft supposed to be R but it feels pretty firm to me. If I were to send my irons to Golfworks to be re-shafted what shaft or shafts would you and or Michael recommend? And what grip- if that would make a difference?

I am using a Cleveland 488 Custom 10.5 driver with the G-Tech A flex shaft and it seems to be working fine. I see G-Tech also has an iron shaft or would the LTech be a better choice-or any other shaft that you prefer?

I notice in Mr malby’s book that he recommends a .335 tip iron shaft for seniors-I don’t know what the 710’s tip is.

Again I appreciate any help you can give me.

Thank you,

Jrob

jrob commented November 19, 2015

Thanks Britt for the answer, my Golfworks catalog shows the Xcaliber Tour as a 370 tip -is that an error?
Boring the hosel sounds to me to be too much of a modification to a very good iron.

Thanks
Jrob

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Thanks Britt for the answer, my Golfworks catalog shows the Xcaliber Tour as a 370 tip -is that an error?
Boring the hosel sounds to me to be too much of a modification to a very good iron.

Thanks
Jrob

Answer 1 · 2015-11-18T20:49:13+00:00

The irons are .355 taper and the options are limited. The AeroTech SteelFiber 70CW would be one .355 option, available in A flex. The other would be the Xcaliber Tour X in A flex. Don’t let the “Tour” name fool you. The A flex was originally tested and worked out so well that we kept it as an option, even though it probably did not make a lot of sense to. Beyond that, modifiying the hosel to take .370 would open up the options and allow you use the G-Tech, or the L-Tech you mentioned. If you do choose to bore out the heads, I like the Xcaliber Iron L/A combination flex. We have had a lot of success with it. Also, the Kuro Kage Iron A flex (Special Offer on the back inside cover of our catalog) is a good shaft. There are many good options when it comes to a .370 A flex graphite iron shaft. The key is to find the right weight.

Britt Lindsey

Britt, do you think it might be possible to soft step the Xcaliber iron AS20028S (not the Tour) R flex down to a A or maybe an A+?
Jrob