fatshot Did exactly the same thing. Bought some Raptures, not necessarily for the game improvement aspects, but for the graphite regular flex shafts. However, having not played golf for awhile, I was hoping the game improvement would help out. My swing was so out of sorts that I have yet to be able to take advantage of the technology, but last week I finally started to hit some good irons and dialing in the lengths. We'll see how the rest of the season goes, but last week I was 10 over for 9 holes, which really is about what I used to average. Hoping I can continue improving from here and age happily with the Pings. One thing I have noticed is the Raptures don't seem to bend either way for me, but I can still pull-hook them with the best on occasion.