Hello.
I never got this straight, so help me out plz.

Which one is more stiff, S200 or S400????

by the way, it would be great if anyone could tell me what shaft flex tiger is using.

Thnx.

The S200 and S400 are different because of weight, not flex. Both of them could be exactly the same CPM's, but their weights are 124g for the S200 and 130g for the S400.

Doc

And aren't these just manufacturing tolerances from the same shaft spec. They are simply sorted afterwards and grouped according to weight without a fore plan to make the different weights. In general the heavier shafts tend to play a just a tad stiffer due to the thicker walls, but not always.

I think Tiger plays True Temper DG X100's in his irons.

What an interesting question you raise here. After shafting and reshafting thousands of clubs it never occurred to me that maybe the S200, S300, and S400 shafts were not maufactured specifically for different weights. Now, I will have to find out. Will ask the rep when I see him next.

Doc

Voila! A little reserch and the mystery is sort of solved.

True Temper tries to manufacture their DG shafts in three standard flexes and weights. They are the R300 (regular flex) at 125g, the S300 (stiff flex) at 127g, and the X100 (x stiff) at 124g. In the regular and stiff flexes, if the shafts are lighter due to manufacturing, they are labeled R200 and S200. If the shafts are heavier due to manufacturing, they are labeled R400 and S400.

The x-stiff shafts seem to start out at the lightest shaft X100 (124g). If the shafts are a little heavier due to manufacturing, they are labeled X200. And, if they are even heavier yet, they are labeled X300.

So, it does seem that the different designations are due to manufacture variances in weight.

Doc

Thanks!!
I've learned a lot.