TX / TOUR FLEXES??

[fluffy265]

Can anybody shed some light on "TX" flex for me? The Tour issue, Tour flex & Tour only names seem get thrown all round the place, especially in world of graphite shafts. However one shaft I get along with particularly well with is an old GD Pershing 75 TX flex. Now "generally speaking" should a TX flex labeled shaft be any different to an X flex? Is this a case of :

1. a shaft being produced similar to X flex but with tighter manufacturing tolerances.
   
2. an actual flex / stiffness designation
   
3. marketing
   
4. all of the above...
   

Any help appreciated.

 

J

[TLUBulldogGolf]

Pretty sure it's stiffer than an X, maybe not a full flex, not sure exactly how much stiffer it would be

[fluffy265]

Come to think of it Graphite Design use the TX designation frequently, but I've never seen any published specs on any TX shafts.

[Howard_Jones]

There is no standard for flex, but if we talk shafts like Dynamic Gold TOUR X7, or Tour Prototype Monaco TX flex, then they are 1 flex class stronger than X100 (10-12) cpm stronger butt side, so its no marketing gimmic.

[drewjam]

Here is some info from Graphite Design on their TX flex shafts: "[color=#282828]The TX is a tour issue only shaft with is 10 CPM stiffer that a x-flex shaft it's not a XX. It has lower torque and is always produced when a new model is introduced on tour." I'm not sure about the other companies.[/color]

[fluffy265]

Thanks guys, that's the info I was after.

Cheers J

[pdaero]

I think companies created it so tour vans could install the shaft without excess tipping that could increase spin.

[kwooten31]

UST's TX flex is between stiff and X, all depends on the manufacture..

Edit: Sorry I think UST uses TS as that flex not TX.. I will look it up though.

[robbie91]

The TX designation has always bothered me. Just call it XX .. there seems to be very little info on how much stiffer it is.