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Originally posted by Proforged
In general graphite shafts will allow a person to hit the ball a bit farther because of their lighter weight, while steel is considered more accurate.
If you get the right flex of shafts in either graphite or steel they will be fine. Personally I would go with Graphite only in the longer clubs (Driver and maybe 3-wood) and steel in all the rest as accuracy is more important than distance in irons.
If you are older or have elbow problems or arthritis Graphite shafted clubs will be easier on your body than steel as they cushion the impact more.
And of course steel is significantly less expensive than graphite.
Good advice- I agree with all of these statements. I was just reading about this the other day. I've seen more about the Aldila ONE series graphite shafts lately, which gives you a choice of tip stiffness in one shaft, mid, low, high, etc. Seems to me like graphite allows for more experimentation this way. You might try this shaft too, as long as you're trying different things - (