I Bought a new driver. Played it a couple rounds and while I could tell it was forgiving, I could also see distances were way short.
Today, I ran out for lunch and took a launch monitor to the range. As I expected, I was spinning the holy hell out of it. 5000+ RPM’s. It was terrible.
Coming off the face it sounded and felt good, but just terrible distances.
I tried everything. Swing slower. Move ball forward. Try hitting up on it. Disgusting.
Went back to the car and grabbed my old shaft, swapped and immediately, with the same clubhead speed, I was seeing 20-30 yards more carry.
It’s still not good, spinning the ball 3000-3500 RPMs. But dramatically better than the shaft I had in the new driver.
Lesson for anyone else out there running out to buy a club off the rack. If the shaft isn’t fit for you, numbers can be way off. It’s worth going through hitting clubs and swapping shafts to get things right.
For me, this is super difficult because I use Jumbomax str8 grips. Nobody has shafts with those grips. I feel like swinging a club with mini regular grips is terrible…as in it alters my swing pretty significantly. As a result, it’s a terrible situation. I do my research and make the decisions before ordering based on what I think will happen. But in this case I was way off.
I went with a softer shaft (stiff) Hzrdus Blue. I expected the softer shaft to give me more speed with less effort. I also thought the softer shaft would help me slow down my swing (something I have been working on). Traditionally, I haven’t been off too far…this was a big miss on my math. :)
My bigger issue is, I have two bags so I always buy 2 clubs. I planned on waiting until I tested the new driver, but found a great deal so ordered the second one…such a bonehead.
Then, I found another smoking deal on the newest model and bought it. Figured I would sell one I just bought. Such a cluster!
@Russell Hogue, PhD I seen you traded it in did you see my posts on recommended shafts in the comments
@Russell Hogue, PhD Send me a message with your phone number I can not get into my private messages it doesnt work... or I am just stupid lol.... I will call you
@Russell Hogue, PhD I seen you DM but have no clue how to get to them and when I go on your profile to DM you it doesnt work lol @Tom Saguto maybe some help... Anyways I got you on shafts https://xcalibershafts.com/collections/avalon-series/products/avalon-6-wood
This in a TS... Xcaliber shafts are way underated and are the Bomb 109.99
same thing as the top but a 50 gram version again get the TS
same thing but literally the 69 gram version.. highly recommend this in the TS
https://xcalibershafts.com/collections/pro-series/products/pro-hbl60-wood
This is on sale for 29.99 get this in TS I am copping one now cause I had no clue it was this low
https://www.golfworks.com/maltby-mpf-pro-series-dr-graphite-wood-shafts/p/ma0289/
I have this shaft in my driver right now and it is amazing... Real talk the Stiff will play like an X flex graphite tour design IZ same CPM and bend specs
https://www.golfworks.com/aldila-next-gen-nv-556575-graphite-wood-shafts/p/al0077/
this at an x flex and 78 grams will be dam good option to lower spin as well
https://www.golfworks.com/grafalloy-prolaunch-red-graphite-wood-shafts/p/tt0136/
this in an x flex higher gram weight another option... overall any of these shafts will work.. I figured you might by more than one to tinker with.. if your anything like me... LMAO... so I kept all shaft prices under 100 dollars and tried to find some really affordable good ones
Yeah your shaft is completely wrong for your swing @Russell Hogue, PhD .. That is why it is important to get fitted with a proper shaft... So a shaft has 3 bend points that be firm mid soft, so top can be firm, mid shaft bend soft, bottom shaft bend firm, this helps with the torque factor... when fitting, If you spin the ball way up there.. I have literally fitted people with a 90mph swing speed with an X-flex shaft to specifically lower the spin numbers and get them hitting it straighter.. You could try tip trimming the hazardous blue shaft which should help with lowering spin... But real talk there are some super whippy spinning stiffs... and some Tire rod low spinning regular shafts.... It sounds like the shaft and not the head, because you switched to a different shaft and noticed 1500 rpm difference is spin.. that being said... I would recommend playing with led tap and putting as closed to the front of the club head on the bottom as possible... that will also help reduce spin.... Based on your launch angle and swing speed, typically the max you want is 3000 back spin... and 2400-2750 is really ideal for most distance... Unless you launching super high... in which case 1800-2200 is I ideal for high launch angles... There are some great low spin stiff shafts available for like 50-65 bucks so it wont hurt your pockets to much... If you want I can research and find some for you
The shaft is the engine, so it best be properly tuned. The performance variation between different shafts with the same head was a real eye-opener during my fitting session.