Question:
I don’t know why, but I wondered the same thing when I saw the article.
Response:
I’ve always thought that a golfer with a faster swing speed would need a stiffer shaft. But here are a few clubs which seem to go against the trend:
<snip All the featured clubs were robot tested. Can anyone enlighten me as to why the clubs would be like this? TIA Zaf
Zaf: I’m not sure what the table shows, but TEMPO is somewhat independent of swing speed. Tempo here refers to the rate of accelerating the clubhead…is it slow and smooth, or fast?
Response:
I’ve always thought that a golfer with a faster swing speed would need a stiffer shaft. But here are a few clubs which seem to go against the trend: Club Shaft flex Tempo Callaway GBB R average S slow Cleveland VAS Ti R average S slow Goldwin AVDP System R fast S slow Palmer PHD R average S slow (extracted from Feb 97 Golf Digest) All the featured clubs were robot tested. Can anyone enlighten me as to why the clubs would be like this? TIA Zaf