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Yea that checks out. If the 6 iron passes the new head to head test against the Srixon today I'll order some shims along with the rest of the heads. Playing partners are going to lose it if I show up with more new clubs this season 😂

I just glued it up with some quickset. It's drying so I'll find out soon. Wondering if there was some dried epoxy at the bottom of the bore perhaps preventing me from seating the shaft properly. I should have gave it a good scrape but kind of late now.

Has anyone had fitment issues with .355" in Maltby heads? I pulled my a Modus 120 out of my ZXI5 set to try with my TS4 6 iron. The Modus is .355". Maltby says the bore is universal but the shaft fits incredibly loose. I used glass shafting beads but im not confident in the fitment at all. Seems like a shim is needed, but doesnt that defeat the purpose of having a "universal" bore?

Yea I saw they relegated them to ebay. I'm up in Canada so getting them over the border is a bit pricey unfortunately. Still might end up being cheaper than going with a OEM shaft though.

I made a post a couple of days ago about this. ZXI5 vs TS4 vs TS3. TS3 wanted to miss left the most out of all three by far.

Me too. TS3 were terrible for me. TS4 clicked almost first swing.

Little update. Weekend was a bit busier than expected so no range or sim on Saturday. I played 22 holes today though. 9 Wood: I love it. I must have been swinging like an idiot at the range the other day. Basically every shot I hit with it today came out high and straight. My playing partners (1 friend and 2 randoms) were all considering getting 9 woods by the end of the round. I pulled it frequently even where I'd typically take my 7 wood just to get some reps under the belt. I did hit two hooks with it though which I blame on the shaft. The MPF Pro Stiff is quite a bit softer than the Ping Tour 2.0 Black like I mentioned in my initial post. I can really get after it with that shaft, but with the MPF I really have to focus on making a smooth easy swing (playing partners said those shots looked effortless). I took a couple swings with the TS4 today on course for fun, and hit some good shots again, but it wasn't a proper testing session. I think I'll need an X-Stiff in the wood. I'm curious to try that in the irons too but honestly my gut tells me the I should just go with something a bit heavier and more stable. Which is too bad. I was really hoping those shafts would work for me because the value is so good. The older version might have been a better fit by the looks of it.

Interesting. I wonder how these would compare to Steelfiber 95 and/or Modus 105 (both of which I was fit into). I was trying to steer clear of this shaft price range, but might reconsider. Modus 105 would be half the price. Accuracy is the #1 thing I'm after so I'll do some research on the Dart V for sure.

Quick range session after work. 100 balls. Ramblings: Clubs Hit: - 9W 40.5" (1 inch short) - TS4 6i (37") - TS3 6i (37") - All MPF Pro + Stiff - Srixon ZXI5 6i (37"), Modus 120 (current gamer) Me: - HCP: 15? (I don't track but typically shooting 85-90 on a fairly tight/wooded 6200 yard course) - ~85mph 7i Spent 80% of my time on the irons. I'd hit 3-5 with each before swapping them out. Irons: Favourites of the day: 1. TS4 2. ZXI5 3. TS3 I thought the TS3 would be best suited for me but I could not put two good shots together with it for some reason. It also really wanted to go left on me. TS4 was the standout, just ahead of the ZXI5. Dispersion seemed to be the tightest. I like the ball-flight the best too. I would wager the better dispersion was due to the higher spin compared the ZXI5. Despite the ZXI5 being marketed squarely as a players distance iron and having stronger lofts than the TS4, I found I was only getting an extra 5 or so yards out of the Srixon. Mishits seemed to perform equally well too. Very forgiving. I felt no less confident standing over the TS4 6i than I do with my ZXI5. I have a shallow angle of attack and am a bit of a picker, so I'm wondering if the narrower sole/less bounce on the TS4 is what made it so agreeable for me. In conclusion, it felt like I was throwing more darts with the TS4 without any real noticeable loss in forgiveness and/or distance compared to the Srixons. TS3 will get another chance on the sim, but it's days are looking numbered. YMMV. Shafts The obvious elephant in the room is the drastic difference between the Modus 120 and the ~80g graphite maltby shaft. Traditionally I have enjoyed hitting lighter graphite shafts. I felt they helped me improve my tempo and timing. This year I impulse bought the Srixons and have been playing with them exclusively for months, so I think I've adjusted to the weight even though it was out of my sweet spot. So, going from that to graphite felt super weird, I wont lie. I'm not exactly sold on the shafts yet. They are quite a bit softer than what I was expecting. I'm wondering if I should have gone with X-Stiff. To be fair, last time I was fit I was put into 105 Modus stiff or 95g Steelfiber stiff...so both my gamers and my maltbys are outside the recommended range, and after hitting both side by side I do think a ~100g shaft would be best. Practically speaking the difference in shafts only really presented themselves with my misses. I was turning it over more with the lighter softer graphite in the TS4/TS3, and I would leave them out to the right with the ZXI5/Modus combo. Wood: Didn't hit a ton of balls with it like I said. I still have to see about this one. It felt noticeably dead off the face compared to my Ping G425 7W if I'm being honest. My first few shots were terrible and came out low and hot (didn't even think that was possible with a 9 wood). Likely user error but it is cut short and after playing around with ball position I managed to find a bit of a groove and hit several nice shots in a row. The MPF shaft in the 9W is also softer and lighter than the Ping Tour 2.0 Black (or something) that is in my 7 wood, so that took a little adjustment. I was pressed for time and didn't have a chance to play with the loft sleeve. I was turning them over a bit to the left but nothing terrible. Maybe X-Stiff here would have been the play too... I enjoyed it but will just have to dial it in a little more. One thing I was happy about though was the distance. Part of the reason I cut this short was because I want this to sit in my 5 iron spot because I have not been getting along with my ZXI5 5 iron, mainly due to leaving it a mile right. The yardage gap between the 6 irons and short 9 wood was looking pretty perfect to my eye, so hopeful that I got that right. The bag makeup that I'm toying with is Dr, 7w, 9w, 6i-LW. That said, I am now very interested to try out a TS4 5I/MPF because I dont think I left a single 6i out to the right today. Next Steps: 1. Get on the SIM (tomorrow morning potentially) 2. Hit off grass 3. Buy more clubs?

I basically got an identical setup in the mail today. 9 Wood + MPF Pro + Stiff. I had it built short too after watching a Ping tour truck video where they said they basically built all their 7W and 9W short for tour players. I play all my other clubs short so I figured why not. I also got a 6i TS4 and 6i TS3 with the same MPF + Stiff shafts. Looking forward to testing on the sim this weekend (hopefully) against my ZXI5. I'm a bit concerned that the shafts are too soft but I'll trust the data on the sim. Main concern is hitting a good spin number, ZXI5 are a bit low spin for my liking, and dispersion. After over a year of lurking in this thread, I finally have some maltby in my life.