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I have a 21* Nike Slingshot Tour hybrid with the DGSL steel shaft (R-flex) and its awesome. I love it. So I went on a search in my area to get another in the 24*. Couldn't find one with steel anywhere. I didn't want to order because the *21 was ordered and it took a month (was supposed to be 2 weeks!). I didn't want to wait.

Saw the new Cleveland HiBore hybrid at my favorite proshop. Picked it up and looked and felt very similar to my Nike. Only problem was it was graphite I hate OEM graphite propietary shafts because they usually are doodoo (with rare exceptions). I went ahead and bought the HiBore and played with it today. This shaft is dead. It has no feel at all. I couldn't even feel it load up and release. I hit it fairly ok and straight, however it was not giving me that "HiBore trajectory" I was hoping for to replace my 4 iron. I was hitting low-to-mid bullets. Not exactly what I want when I am trying to attack the pin from 190-200, the whole purpose of this hybrid. In fact, my Slingshot with the steel shaft launches way better than the HiBore. My questions are many for you club experts and hoes out there.

Could this shaft me DOA (dead on arrival)? Perhaps its a lemon from the factory? I need to have my pro shop determine that, but do you think its a possibility?

Secondly, should hybrids be played with graphite? Many people think so, but I happen to be of the line of thought that these hybrids are replacing irons, so they should have steel shafts. What do you all think?

Thirdly, if this shaft is not DOA and just a pile of doodoo, should I just throw in a DGSL or perhaps the new hybrid graphite shafts like the IROD or Fuji Bonzai would be better...maybe better than my trusty steel?

TIA,

graphite for distance, steel for accuracy and consistency. What you could do, is now that you have the hibore, try putting a DGSL in it since they arent to expensive.

Haha Cheese Calzone, i see we have an Italian here, im Italian too, yea i go with steel usually on my woods just had one re-shafted, i hate some of the stock shafts you got in the hybrids these days thats why I'll stick with a 2 iron

hehe..yeah....100% Sicilian blood. That will probably end when I have kids though...hard to find a good, American-Italian girl these days...heck...hard to find a good girl period.

Anyway, yeah I was just wanting some feedback on some of these new hybrid graphite shafts from the crowd. I don't want to limit myself if they are really good. On that note, I think I am most likely going to put a DGSL in it to see how it performs since they are indeed inexpensive. ****, I noticed as you get to be a better golfer, you spend more money on the game

The irod shaft is quite good...really solid at impact and doesn't balloon the ball...hybrid heads are pretty heavy so adding a steel shaft makes for a heavy club...DGSL saves some weight, but even though I play fairly heavy irons and wedges, I like the lighter weight of the graphite in my hybrids...I kept the stock diamana in the TM rescue dual tp that I have and that is a dynamite shaft...

Geez Big. You had to be BORED to dig up this dinosaur of a thread.

Sorry, browsing keyword "accuracy" and got mixed in with current threads...