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Prea · 05-14-2006, 12:05 PM

I have a slight fade on my drive that I would like to turn into a straight/draw drive. My swing speed is 124 and I have a regular flex shaft, would it help to have a stiff flex shaft?

I have a stiff flex 5 wood and I hit that thing straighter than ever.

Any help would be greatly apprecieated.

white_tiger_137 · 05-14-2006, 12:21 PM

I don't know about hitting a draw, but with that swing speed you should be playing a stiff shaft anyway. At the very least, your bad slices won't be as far off line.

Prea · 05-14-2006, 01:02 PM

I never really had a bad slice, i just had a little fade which i dont like very much.

xStyLe · 05-14-2006, 08:23 PM

Having a fade isn't necessarily a bad thing. I would learn how to adjust your game to your swing, rather than your swing in this situation.

Prea · 05-14-2006, 08:55 PM

I feel like I have tried everything though.

fitz-uk · 05-15-2006, 03:16 AM

Get a stiff shaft, it should sort that out (as long as your not doing anything else to promote a fade).

I have the same average swing speed as yourself, I would be better off not using a club if it had a regular shaft in - it would be too whippy.

Prea · 05-15-2006, 04:32 PM

I think that this fade has come because I was 5'2" four months ago and now I am 5'8", so I have definatly increased my swingspeed since then when I had a regular flex shaft.

fitz-uk · 05-16-2006, 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Prea

I think that this fade has come because I was 5'2" four months ago and now I am 5'8", so I have definatly increased my swingspeed since then when I had a regular flex shaft.

You have grown 6 inches in 4 months?!

Gonna cost you a fotune in trousers you keep growing at that rate.

Prea · 05-16-2006, 09:56 PM

Ill put that bill on my parents.

fitz-uk · 05-17-2006, 03:30 AM

With a height change of 6 inches your swing plane may have become more upright and too steep allowing a slight fade to incrouch on your game. Try taking the club away a little more around the body and see what happens.