LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Do we REALLY need longer shafts? Thread: Do we REALLY need longer shafts? View Single Post #1 07-08-2006, 01:38 PM metallion Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 458 Do we REALLY need longer shafts? I remember reading an article about Jack Nicklaus. The title was "All I know" and had some 100 observations that Jack thought was the most important about the game. As far as I can recall one of them was "most golfers should use normal length shafts". I went to a clubfitter. He looked at my swing and I ended up being fitted with shafts a whopping 1,25 inches longer than standard. Maybe I wanted to be "special". Or maybe I wanted a trick helping me to play better. Either way I bought his advice. Fast forward while learning some about TGM. Looking at my swing video it was clear I kepy my right shoulder too high. Eventually resulting in pulls. I started suspecting my clubs. And today I found a fitters station where I could grab 2 6-irons same make and type as my current ones. Only that they were regular length and 1/2 inch extended respectively. The latter 2 degrees upright. Result. I hit the regular length and 1/2" extended irons far better than the ones I carry. Straighter and Longer. So I am looking for a regular length set. For sure. And opinions... __________________ When James Durham recorded 94 at the Old Course at St Andrews in 1767, he set a course record that lasted 86 years. Golf: A curious sport whose object is to put a very small ball in a very small hole with implements ill desiged for the purpose - Sir Winston Churchill metallion View Public Profile Send a private message to metallion Visit metallion's homepage! Find all posts by metallion