I am playing ap2 714's with pxi 5.5 shafts, I special ordered these clubs from titleist so the shafts are factory installed, btw I love them, they fit me to a tee, no pun intended. I was recently playing indoor golf with a friend who just received his new cally cf 16's, he ordered them with the same shaft I'm playing, pxi 5.5, his seem to be playing much softer then mine are, we compared the graphics on the shaft between the titleist and cally, they don't line up, the graphics on the Callys are one inch further up the shaft ( softer ). All eight Irons are one inch softer, the hosels on the cally and titleist are identical where the ferrule meets the shaft so if the shafts were installed as the shaft manufacturer recommends the graphics should line up.

My question is does titleist hard step there iron shafts when installing them or do they install them as the shaft manufacturer suggests. We are assuming that cally is soft stepping them but he didn't order them soft stepped and I didn't order my titleist hard stepped. My friend with the Callys wanted his clubs to be the same flex or FCM' s as mine but they appear to be a bit weaker. Help We are confused, thanks.