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Aerotech SteelFiber i110 Taper Tip Iron Shafts

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Product Review (submitted on August 22, 2019):

I recently received a set of Callaway APEX 19 irons, something I’ve been after since I hit them on Demo Day in Orlando last January. I played them right out of the box for a week and then hit them on the range for another week (not the prescribed order of events but nonetheless it is what it is). I hit them well with the stock shafts but not as well as I did on the range at Demo Day. I decided it was time to change the shafts. I had a long conversation with Ray Lucas, VP of Global Sales & Business Development at AeroTech Golf Shafts. Their premier product, the SteelFiber shafts are the hottest shafts on the PGA TOUR. They’re probably the hottest product in the shaft industry right now. After discussing many things, including the benefits of living in Tennessee, we decided to outfit my new Callaway irons with the SteelFiber i110s in a regular flex. Changing from a stiff to a regular flex was a shot to my manhood, let alone my ego, but once I learned that SteelFiber shafts are more rigid than steel, going from a “S” flex to a “R” mad more sense.

The shafts were ordered, delivered and installed, just in time for a two week trip to Western North Carolina. Arriving at our first destination, I couldn’t wait to get out on the range and hit them. Unfortunately, I was running late so there would be no driving range; my first shot was a 150-yard approach shot to the green at Lake Toxaway Country Club; the ideal length a 7-iron. At least it was. I lined up the shot and took dead aim at the pin. With the new shafts, the ball had a high, arcing trajectory and was right online. Problem is that it flew the green; time to recalculate distances!

I’ve played about 15 rounds with the Apex-19/SteelFiber combination. What I’ve seen is not only a gain of 8 to 10 yards in each iron (4 – AW), but a higher, more penetrating ball flight and a tighter shot dispersion. I chose the shaft with the closest weight to my steel shafts and it seemed to be the right choice.