Driver Shafts

[jim8flog]

Think I’ll give the pro a shout, see what he says…..
Could end up being expensive

It does not need to be that expensive.

Always lots of shafts on ebay.

I have bought many shafts via that site and resold the ones I did not like.

A second choice would be golf clubs for cash for finding shafts

 

[Springveldt]

Drop 250 on a Ventus velocore, the pros use them so they have to be good, right ?

Or wait until they are on sale at GC4C, can get them for under £200 if you really want to try one out.

Can also send it back if you don’t think it’s worth it.

 

[Crazyface]

During fitting for my shiney new irons I tried my driver out. Smack 230 on the nose. Just what I expected. A few more hits and same result. The bloke at AG looked at the stats and said I should be more than that. He wandered off into the shop and came back with a 9 deg stiff shaft. Also he changed my set up. 250 immediately. Apparently I'm at about 93mph. Longer shaft on driver so faster. I'm currently awaiting a driver to be delivered with these new specs. If it stops raining I'll be able to test it as well. Maybe......

 

[Klimski]

I hope that driver works out for you. 9 degree and stiff sounds like a tough ask for 93 mph.

 

[KenL]

I hope that driver works out for you. 9 degree and stiff sounds like a tough ask for 93 mph.

But, you don’t know the full story. How the club is delivered, dynamic loft etc.

 

[Klimski]

But, you don’t know the full story. How the club is delivered, dynamic loft etc.

Yeah there's that. So I hope it works on the course

 

[D-S]

But, you don’t know the full story. How the club is delivered, dynamic loft etc.

Let’s hope it’s not Evri, could be waiting ages to see if the dynamic loft etc. is right.

 

[road2ruin]

I had a club check up at PXG yesterday and as part of that they had a look at my driver. Had a go with a load of shafts and the winner was one that I wouldn't have looked at in a million years and the fitter didn't even tell me what it was. It was a Project X Denali Red but it was an ultra light at 40g, technically it's a shaft designed for ladies!! My swing speed is 97mph and it just worked, apparently I have a pretty low spin driver swing and so the lower spinning shafts haven't helped me. This shaft is a high launch/high spin type job and I was getting far longer carry and the dispersion was greatly improved. As luck would have it I found a second hand one on GolfClubs4Cash for £50.00 that already has the right adapter so I have ordered that to give it a go rather than spending full whack on one.

Anyway, my point is that flex is only a small part of is especially as there is no industry standard as to what regular is vs stiff from manufacturer to manufacturer so you really have to try things out and keep an open mind.

 

[harpo_72]

I had a club check up at PXG yesterday and as part of that they had a look at my driver. Had a go with a load of shafts and the winner was one that I wouldn't have looked at in a million years and the fitter didn't even tell me what it was. It was a Project X Denali Red but it was an ultra light at 40g, technically it's a shaft designed for ladies!! My swing speed is 97mph and it just worked, apparently I have a pretty low spin driver swing and so the lower spinning shafts haven't helped me. This shaft is a high launch/high spin type job and I was getting far longer carry and the dispersion was greatly improved. As luck would have it I found a second hand one on GolfClubs4Cash for £50.00 that already has the right adapter so I have ordered that to give it a go rather than spending full whack on one.

Anyway, my point is that flex is only a small part of is especially as there is no industry standard as to what regular is vs stiff from manufacturer to manufacturer so you really have to try things out and keep an open mind.

Wow! You are just like me, low spin driver issues living in knuckle ball heaven ( it’s a nightmare!) . I went on a journey of discovery, it was expensive but that’s another issue.
I started using a graffaloy blue launch 42 g in ladies ( or long depending how you look at it) I got my epic speed heads tuned in and then started to fiddle a bit with lofts. Lofting up impacts face angle and that also reduces ball speed - never give anything away or sacrifice ball speed !
My current state is a Titleist TSR1 in 8.25 degrees with the light weight regular Mesh shaft. This is fine if shots are centred but I think the tip is a bit soft ( some deflection on off centre strikes etc ). I will get the titleist adapter put on my Graffaloy blue shaft and try that out .. The grafalloy shafts are £40-60 depending on adapters or grips so they are quite reasonable..
But if you want to just go down the standard route - go to a fitter.