[HossOnMoss]

Top Cat ATL, on 13 May 2012 - 10:33 PM, said:

Would like set of 8 kbs tour shafts feloniousmonk422@yahoo.com

Email sent.

Texsport, on 14 May 2012 - 02:47 AM, said:

Jim Furyk has been playing a C-taper R+ flex in his irons.

Furyk is indeed playing R+ flex in his irons, but they are actually KBS Tour and not the C-Taper models.

[Texsport]

HossOnMoss, on 14 May 2012 - 07:53 PM, said:

Email sent.




Furyk is indeed playing R+ flex in his irons, but they are actually KBS Tour and not the C-Taper models.

Now that's a high launching set of irons I'd bet.

Texsport

[HossOnMoss]

Texsport, on 15 May 2012 - 03:57 AM, said:

Now that's a high launching set of irons I'd bet.

Texsport

You ain't kidding!!! I play KBS Tour X in the same irons as Furyk and they go plenty high already. I can't imagine what the ball flight is like with R+.

[Texsport]

HossOnMoss, on 15 May 2012 - 11:23 PM, said:

You ain't kidding!!! I play KBS Tour X in the same irons as Furyk and they go plenty high already. I can't imagine what the ball flight is like with R+.

I love the feel of the KBS Tour shaft, but that high flight just got too high and distance robbing for my swing.

The C-taper made me a club longer,lower and with less spin, for the Texas wind, but you can't hit the C-Tapers thin at all----you lose a 1/2 club of distance if you do.

I figure that the KBS Tours are better for pickers and the C-tapers are better for diggers with some clubhead speed.

Texsport

This post has been edited by Texsport: 16 May 2012 - 04:44 AM

[Righty to Lefty]

Texsport, on 16 May 2012 - 04:42 AM, said:

I love the feel of the KBS Tour shaft, but that high flight just got too high and distance robbing for my swing.

The C-taper made me a club longer,lower and with less spin, for the Texas wind, but you can't hit the C-Tapers thin at all----you lose a 1/2 club of distance if you do.

I figure that the KBS Tours are better for pickers and the C-tapers are better for diggers with some clubhead speed.

Texsport

Cut it out Tex...when was the last time you hit a ball thin? I, on the other hand, hit balls thin all the time, so I can confirm this finding!!

[Texsport]

Righty to Lefty, on 16 May 2012 - 08:52 AM, said:

Cut it out Tex...when was the last time you hit a ball thin? I, on the other hand, hit balls thin all the time, so I can confirm this finding!!

When you start to get older, bad things can happen!

Sometimes, when trying to shallow it out for a lower trajectory, unwanted results may occur if I don't pay attention. So, I do pay more attention when hitting low punches with C-Tapers.

This brings to mind the importance of exact ball position on all shots---at least for me.

I was a picker in my former life as a Jimmy Ballard advocate.The main miss with a Ballard, lateral swing is a thin shot---especially when the ball creeps forward in the stance.

With a more rotary and vertical action, fat shots are more likely if you get the ball too far forward.

In my golfing life I've gone from being a 2 post LtoR ,diver/digger; to a RtoL,slider/picker; and finally to a 1 post LtoR,digger.

Texsport

This post has been edited by Texsport: 17 May 2012 - 04:22 AM

[weaves25]

Can anyone tell me in the custom series if the stiff shafts are 6.0....I can't find those specs anywhere.

[Texsport]

weaves25, on 30 June 2012 - 10:09 AM, said:

Can anyone tell me in the custom series if the stiff shafts are 6.0....I can't find those specs anywhere.

Yes, the C-Tapers are S(6.0), S+(6.5), and X(7.0).

Most players think that the C-Tapers feel slightly stiffer than the KBS Tour shafts.....but may play similarly. I think it may depend on if you are a digger or sweeper.

Texsport

This post has been edited by Texsport: 30 June 2012 - 05:01 PM

[weaves25]

Thanks Tex...but I was actually wanting to confirm the kbs tour custom series. I can find the tour flexes, but the custom series doesn't carry the sub-flexes, so I wanted to confirm the stiff.

[gv-golf]

weaves25, on 01 July 2012 - 02:18 PM, said:

Thanks Tex...but I was actually wanting to confirm the kbs tour custom series. I can find the tour flexes, but the custom series doesn't carry the sub-flexes, so I wanted to confirm the stiff.

The KBS website is a little confusing on the custom flexes, but if you go to the page that gives the specs of the KBS Tour you can hit the "customize" link and it takes you to the Custom page. The Customs are just cosmetically enhanced KBS Tours.

Also, to correct some info on the flexes, with info from the KBS website...

KBS C-Taper flexes are: R+ = 5.8, S = 6.3, S+ = 6.8, X = 7.3

KBS Tour flexes are: R+ = 5.6, S = 6.1, S+ = 6.6, X = 7.1

Hope this helps, GV

[Texsport]

gv-golf, on 02 July 2012 - 05:52 AM, said:

The KBS website is a little confusing on the custom flexes, but if you go to the page that gives the specs of the KBS Tour you can hit the "customize" link and it takes you to the Custom page. The Customs are just cosmetically enhanced KBS Tours.

Also, to correct some info on the flexes, with info from the KBS website...

KBS C-Taper flexes are: R+ = 5.8, S = 6.3, S+ = 6.8, X = 7.3

KBS Tour flexes are: R+ = 5.6, S = 6.1, S+ = 6.6, X = 7.1

Hope this helps, GV

GV


You're all over it!

Thanks from everyone.

Texsport

[Texsport]

I find the chart in the link below to be a most helpfull tool.

http://kbsgolfshafts...aft-performance

Texsport

[gv-golf]

Texsport, on 02 July 2012 - 12:34 PM, said:

GV


You're all over it!

Thanks from everyone.

Texsport

Thanks, Tex. In the past I probably put too much credence in the importance of FCM, but Marcus has convinced me that the FCM is just one of many factors in fitting. More attention needs to be paid to bend profiles, feel, performance, etc, etc, and Marcus is the man with the big knowledge base there.