Cutting down shafts / effecting swing weight

[Deleted member 21784]

The 10.5 head is now on the driver

12 is sold!

finding so many fairways and distance is very good.. clearing 200 yards on most drives and straight

shaft fitting is cancelled

no more tinkering!

 

[Deleted member 21784]

May have another convert to cutting down

played a bounce round with my mate yesterday.. he hit his driver a grand total of once... which he hooked left onto another fairway

on a 296 down hill par 4 I drove to 30 yards short of the green, he asked to borrow my driver.. boom hit same shot just 10 yards further than mine

he also borrowed it on a 270 par 4 and almost drove the green

he never uses his driver and its older so pretty worthless so he is now considering cutting it down to same as mine

 

[xcore]

Anyone stuck a 3w shaft in a driver before?

 

[fundy]

Anyone stuck a 3w shaft in a driver before?

yep many times

shorter and a bit heavier, works great

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Just bringing up an old thread as I have just made a change (note my last change 18 months or so ago)

So I drive better with the cut down shaft and the 10.5 head.. however I am prone when not getting my best swing to ballooning my drives and them losing a lot of distance.

So I have bought a Prolaunch red off eBay for £45, got my normal grip for £5 and gonna get it cut down to same length as the original shaft to see the difference. It’s suppose to be a low launching shaft so I’m hoping. I’ve set the loft to 11.25 as it closes the face on my driver which my pro likes me to set up because of my grip.. (long story)

Anyways going to use game golf to track the difference. Worst case I’ll go back to my normal driver

I’ve been finding a lot more fairways since the set up.. prime example was last week.. 50 yards difference between the balloon shots and the ones that had the nice flight

Just hoping this can help me find more consistent flight

 

[Parsaregood]

Why don't you spend 50 quid and get fit ? Would save you money and lots of tinkering with shafts unless you are changing technique to reduce spin. I'm trying to increase attack angle to reduce my spin loft and get my smash factor up for more ball speed, still getting reasonable numbers at the moment though

 

[Wolf]

Just bringing up an old thread as I have just made a change (note my last change 18 months or so ago)

So I drive better with the cut down shaft and the 10.5 head.. however I am prone when not getting my best swing to ballooning my drives and them losing a lot of distance.

So I have bought a Prolaunch red off eBay for £45, got my normal grip for £5 and gonna get it cut down to same length as the original shaft to see the difference. It’s suppose to be a low launching shaft so I’m hoping. I’ve set the loft to 11.25 as it closes the face on my driver which my pro likes me to set up because of my grip.. (long story)

Anyways going to use game golf to track the difference. Worst case I’ll go back to my normal driver

I’ve been finding a lot more fairways since the set up.. prime example was last week.. 50 yards difference between the balloon shots and the ones that had the nice flight

Just hoping this can help me find more consistent flight

Good luck hope it goes well for you, I've recently put a shorter shaft in my driver as per a fit I had years ago to see if I could regain my straight driving consistency. Since I've done it I have lost about 10 yards in distance but I have found my swing is better and I'm hitti g a lot more fairways again. Hopefully it works out the same for you.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

Why don't you spend 50 quid and get fit ? Would save you money and lots of tinkering with shafts unless you are changing technique to reduce spin. I'm trying to increase attack angle to reduce my spin loft and get my smash factor up for more ball speed, still getting reasonable numbers at the moment though

Next driver I buy in a few years I’ll get custom fit for sure, right now I’ll just try this experiment . Just about to embark on a loft extension so keeping my out goings as little as I can lol

 

[Parsaregood]

Next driver I buy in a few years I’ll get custom fit for sure, right now I’ll just try this experiment . Just about to embark on a loft extension so keeping my out goings as little as I can lol

If you have a tm or Callaway there's guys that will fit shafts on your old driver to maximise it for you, if your in Scotland, Scott Gourlay in Edinburgh is very good

 

[Deleted member 21784]

If you have a tm or Callaway there's guys that will fit shafts on your old driver to maximise it for you, if your in Scotland, Scott Gourlay in Edinburgh is very good

Down in sunny Essex I’m afraid lol

 

[Roops]

If your in Essex, go to Lee Porter or David Laffar at Hylands. They will sort you out. It's £50 for a fitting, and worth every penny. Just had a driver fitting done, absolute game changer for me.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

If your in Essex, go to Lee Porter or David Laffar at Hylands. They will sort you out. It's £50 for a fitting, and worth every penny. Just had a driver fitting done, absolute game changer for me.

Might give Lee a go have heard good things

Tried the shaft last now.. put the loft back down to 10.5 and just worked at it. Felt very heavy compared to my old shaft however i was carrying (my range has toptracer) over the total distance of my “lob drives” from the round before so the theory behind it seems steady

Once my swings even more stable I will go for a fitting

 

[dronfield]

A few years ago i asked a local golf shop to cut 1" off my driver.
I had read a lot of internet comment on how this would affect swingweight and so questioned what adjustments should be made - the guy asked me what my handicap was, and when i said 19, he said i would not notice any swing difference!

To be fair he was probably right - i did put one of the Tour Velvet lightweight grips on to act as a counterbalance, but not sure if it really made any material difference.

Now i just play a TM Mini Driver with the 43.5" standard shaft in it.

Rich

 

[Lump]

I’ve gone the other way, had a 3 wood shafted driver for years. There abouts regards distance and direction. Just started using a full length driver again (45.5”) and I’m loving it. The extra length of the shaft has meant I have to swing flatter and more up at the ball. I’m now carrying hazards and bunkers that have always been bang on my range.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I’ve gone the other way, had a 3 wood shafted driver for years. There abouts regards distance and direction. Just started using a full length driver again (45.5”) and I’m loving it. The extra length of the shaft has meant I have to swing flatter and more up at the ball. I’m now carrying hazards and bunkers that have always been bang on my range.

Morning, been playing almost 2 years now with the 44.5 shaft and noticed an increase in distance from the off however have now changed to a lower launch shaft because I sent my drives too high at times. Tested out last night and was carrying where my average drives normally finish after roll out so added say 20 yards with a nicer flight

I gripped down the shaft to make it same as my old shaft and tomorrow I’m going to have it cut down and regripped as I played undersize grips. Then I’ll go out with my game golf and compare the shaft to the old one

If doesn’t work the old shaft will just screw back in lol