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I guess this is subjective, but I had my irons reshafted this winter by Gary Usher in Savannah, GA, another very respected club builder (Chipandputt.com). He told me that he does not believe that all of this extra is relevant with steel shafted irons. He does, however, have all of the latest equipment, and does spine driver/fairway wood shafts.

I don't know if I could tell the difference, myself, but in spite of a finger tendon injury that is limiting my playing/practice time so far this year, I am hitting my irons really well, and can tell the difference (subjective again) in the feel of my clubs (I went from Apex 3's to 4.5 Tour Flighted Rifles--I have one set of each with the same heads--Hogan Directors ca. 1980-85). This is without any blueprinting, just a different shaft design. The ball flight is definitely improved across the spectrum (3-E Wedge).