Some players will see this chart and think they need to shop for stiff tip shafts in s or x,and only complicate their misery. What you want to look for is a higher launching shaft that feels more stable read. The hyperbolic flex zone provides a stiff tip section and a firm butt section, meaning the shaft flexes in the center. The low torque and increased stiffness of rogue makes it the preferred shaft for players with high swing speeds looking to control launch angle and reduce spin like recent cabrera and stallings. Titleist 915 d2d3, nike vapor fly pro, nike vapor flex 440. Hi all, i am a new member on this forum and this is my very first post. Tourlevel distance and feel with power hole and power chamber technologies. This grip feels so natural, i am glad that it is conformed to usga. The mean, piratelooking graphics on the new rip phenom hide a ton of new technology geared for added stability and power. It should play a trifle stiffer but will probably be hard to quantify much performance change. This is probably a holy grail type question, but is there a driver shaft that gives a midheight, tight dispersion, but lowers spin. The extra weight and stiffness was soooo much better than the garbage rbz stock shaft.
The vizion 50 ultralite 60g with some of the lowest torquesweight ratios in all of golf is ideal for maintaining a midlaunch boring trajectory with plenty of accuracy. Almost all drivers now have optimal cg center of gravity for this. Dec 11, 2011 taylormade debuts rocketballz, r11s lines of clubs. You need to go the manufacturers pages and see what they are designed for, and go where you can try them out on the head prior to. Matt has a very unusual very high speed, low spin swing. Hybrids considered to be ironreplacement clubs, hybrids come in numbered sets like irons with the number corresponding to the iron they replace. I suspect as driver shafts have gotten longer the oems are just cutting them longer rather than reengineering to the new longer length. Taking a look at popular driver shafts on the pga tour. I had a strong mid low launch that just carried and carried. Where the ball strikes the club face affects distance more than anything else.
Miles of golf named top 100 golf shop for th consecutive year. Mid to high launch low spinning shafts general equipment. The shaft features a midhi bendpoint for a mid low launch and a low spin tight dispersion and penetrating ball flight. Additionally, the ls tec has a rougher face design, another feature incorporated into the design to help bring spin rates down. However, since this is glg or, if youve ever read any of my yahoo. Our resident dimplehead tackles the necessity of low spin drivers, the best forgiving irons, and taylormades new original one mini driver. Innovative sole design for consistent ball contact. A forgiving driver reduces side spin, a massive sweet spot, and ideal for high handicappers to easily hit the golf ball. Use the 3iron or 6iron to grip the golf ball and impart spin. Wilson staff cortex driver golf equipment and accessories. Fujikura speeder pro 56 graphite driver shaft with adapter. Another fantastic option is the new accra tourz lt.
This shaft weighs 59 grams and has a butt grip end diameter of. Tech talk top of the line low spin shaft shootout golfwrx. Discussion in golf equipment talk started by nututhugame, jan 10, 2010. Answers, you should know im going to use a lot more than just one word the shaft has one main job to do. Jasonp is right, there really isnt such a beast that exists. How the world long drive champs hit a golf ball farther than. All lowlaunch, lowspin shafts have stifftip designs, but the addition of boron puts the tensei ck pro white in a class of its own when it comes to lowering launch angle and spin rate. Need help with which shaft for my epic driver i played yesterday with the epic sz with the rogue max65 shaft in a stiff flex at 44. Still, his 3 wood tends to balloon when he misses it. Nows the time to swap steel for graphite in your iron shafts. Move the ball up in your stance, get some axis tilt away from the target and tee the ball up higher to catch it on the upswing. If you have no trouble turning the club over and are looking to take the left side out of play, the agera looks really good. I installed an r11 tip to compare it to the other shafts i have tested and this shafts is definitely one of the longest shafts ive hit.
I was at golfsmith today and demod the titleist d with the diamana ahina 72 along with several other shafts. It is the mid launch of the blue, but the super low spin of the black. Titleist ts2, ts3 and ts4 golf drivers deliver speed, distance, and incredible performance. Nov 22, 2016 enjoy our exclusive photos of the triton, the driver design that was selected as the winner of the golf channels television show driver vs. Thus the indigo was made for me not really, but it feels like it. My experience has shown that golfers tend to be fairly consistent when it comes to club speed and this illustration shows us just that there was a change of less than 1 mph between the. If you look at the chart above of shafts available for titleist drivers in 2015, you can see a pretty linear slope from low launch and spin to high launch and spin. Thus, you have a penetrating launch and a very fast swing speed, thanks to some serious tech under the hood.
This video i test a high launch shaft against a low launch shaft and using launch monitor i measure the difference between the two shafts. I have always loved the look and feel and sound of titleist drivers. In a simulation with all other factors equal, hitting just 12 34 below. For those that dont want to spend the big money, fuji pro tour spec is the one jb holmes uses in driver and fairway. Oct 01, 2012 how much are you looking to trim off it. See more ideas about golf clubs, golf and ping golf clubs. Manziel is a highspeed, high spin player, so it makes sense that he has a ping g400 stretch 3wood thats lofted at degrees. For those who dont know me, my tempo is pretty slow and i dont load the shaft too aggressively. Thp tv decided to go straight to the source and discuss this topic with a top shaft. I also was in the search for a high launchlow spin shaft. Any suggestions on mid to high launch driver shafts that have low spin. Play your best with wilson golf irons, including staff model blades, c300 irons, and d7 irons.
Rory made birdies in the front nine to surpass and lead the tournament. Sometimes shafts that worked well in one head dont perform as well in another head, but this one turned out exactly the same, if not better. Myth low spin shafts are always lower spinning than high spin shafts. Looking for a low launching low spinning iron shaft. In a relatively short time, kbs shafts have been adopted by top pga tour professionals and the custom department of every major manufacturer. Spin in general is a function of the clubfaces vertical or horizontal movement as it interacts with the ball. When engine braking is used to slow the car down, with torsenbased systems, the resulting reversetorque loads on the front and rear axle are equally stabilized, in exactly the same way that engine propulsion torque is apportioned fully. The e6 speed was slightly lower spin, but not much. Email for help choosing the correct aldila shaft for your game. It is a mid launchlow spin performance graphite golf shaft that optimizes the maximum performance and efficiency of spin and launch angles at various swing. New and cheap drivers from top brands like callaway, taylormade, and wilson, to name a few. The tour ad tp shaft has a medium stiffness starting at the handle thru the midsection of the shaft and a stiff tip profile to promote a midhigh launch condition and low spin.
Nov 24, 2015 custom engineered equipment to help you play your best. I hit the ball very long yesterday but inconsistant for me with the rogue max 65 stiff and will now compare it with the 6 gram heavier and 25% less torque rogue silver 60. Most have solid heads, but it isnt unheard of for an iron club to have a hollow head. Stock shafts for 2016 selected aldila rogue blacksilver stock option in. Your source for personalized golf balls and golf gear from. Find out if titleists ts golf clubs are the best fit for your game. Photos of the wilson staff triton, winner of the driver vs. The new tour ad tp also utilizes torayca t1100g carbonfiber prepreg with nanoalloy technology in the tip section of the shaft for additional shaft stability. I also love the ball buster grips, they are better priced and feel great. Designer glad to give golfers the shafts houston chronicle.
My greensinregulation have gone up by 50% because i am hitting shorter irons into the green. Similarities across the three shafts include keeping the handle flexes the same for feel, but adjusting the mid and tip sections for launch and spin to achieve desired results. Although swing has a major affect on spin, there are many shafts that can help bring the spin number down. The boron fiber also reduces torque, which can offer better energy transfer, more accuracy and better feedback especially for skilled, highswingspeed. Callaway big bertha alpha 816 dbd, taylormade m1, titleist 915 d2d3, cobra king ltd performance. Im curious what some of the best high launch low spin driver shafts are that some of you would recommend. Jun 16, 2016 earlier this week we published the results of our 2016 most wanted driver test. Sometimes the shaft feels like it has let go through impact if you know what i mean, just kind of wusses out on me. Stock shafts for 2016 selected aldila rogue blacksilver. Many club fitters believe premium shafts will improve the odds of the same swing hitting.
As a beginning golfer, you are likely to have more offofcenter tee shots each round than you will have smashes off the sweet spot. The same categories apply to the spin characteristics. Sidespin is obviously bad and you can try to counter it through a low spin head or shaft but that will only really be contained through a lessonswing improvements. I have been playing a diamana ahina 80 x shaft in my cobra s91 pro degree 3 wood for quite a while but now i am looking to change to an even lower launching and lower spinning 8090 gram shaft in the hope that it will improve my accuracy and maybe also give me a little extra distance since i mostly use my 3 wood off. The following shafts are the ones that have worked pretty well for me in the past, especially when i was playing more regularly and had around 110mph clubhead speed.
We know from testing that a ball that launches close to 17 degrees, and with little spin usually less than what most amateurs create will give our golf ball big carry distances and still have some roll as well as a boring trajectory through any wind. Kim braly signature kbs tour shafts was formed in early 2008 and has rapidly become the fastest growing steel shaft brand in the industry. With todays adjustable drivers, making the right shaft choice is even more important than ever before. This tightens the middle and tip of the shaft allowing us to soften the butt which will promote playability and feel without increasing spin. For a while now, golfers have heard about the high launch and low spin shaft that is almost a unicorn. Taylormade debuts rocketballz, r11s lines of clubs golf digest. Hzrdus black is a low launchlow spin design that features increased stiffness along the full length of the golf shaft, including an extra stiff midsection, that. Getting a better trajectory is expected when you buy one of the best driver shafts on the market and this specific option certainly does not disappoint. Spent almost a year experimenting with different head shaft combos.
I checked and measured and adjust all my stuff tonight getting ready for new shafts. The speeder tr is a very stable, mid low launch and low spin shaft that produces exceptional ball speed. Dustin johnson maximizes distance by launching the ball high, but with a low spin rate. Need help with which shaft for my epic driver page 2. Reduce the spin rate on your driver pga professional robin symes explains how to lower your spin to get a lower ball flight, and increase your distance with. Shafts are typically identified by launch or trajectory characteristics in five categories. Aldila ripd nv 65 graphite driver shaft with adapter. Top spin grooved shafts are anodised aluminum with a spinning top that will rotate the flight for an incoming dart to reduce deflection and improve scoring. See more ideas about golf clubs, graphite and golf. My spin rate was way down and my swing speed was unaffected 100110 and i was hitting low bombs. Short game spin is the one area where the bridgestone e6 golf balls make an objective concession to the more expensive balls, though the difference is not as big as you might think.
Upgrading driver need help deciding shaft clubs, grips. Both my darts and these shafts are made by dart world. With a high launch and low spin, the shaft is geared for those searching for extra stability. Those results are based on the averages across all 20 of this years testers. Best low spin driver i know it all depends on the player, conditions, shaft, etc. Hi lonny driver is great i get my desired ball trajectory with 7. Low penetrating trajectory with low spin to optimize your air time and landing angle. The current shaft on my driver is fujikura motore 60 the fujikura motore 60 is the stock shaft option for the r9 supertri driver. Threads are aligned straight and perfect, and the rear portion where the flights attach spin without much friction. Im not a lowspin player, which is one of the target audiences for this shaft, so the added launch and spin of the flt shafts caused my 4 iron shots to fly shorter. Bobka kept about six driver heads in his office, either 6. As the world leader in golf customization, we offer many ways to customize golf balls and much more from the very best brands in golf. My best advice is to find a club you like and can hit well, and then start looking at different shafts, and looking into your numbers on a launch monitor ie.
The new project x black features reduced weight from the original project x graphite for explosive power. However, the cg center of gravity in the ls tec has been forward to significantly reduce spin. The lower spinning g model with the higher launching di shaft was the perfect combo for what i was looking for. By launching the ball high with low spin, i was able to create 310 yards of distance with just 107 mph of clubhead speed. Low launch, low spin 3 wood shafts general equipment.
The chart is only helpful in showing the advantage of keeping the spin down if you have a swing speed in excess of 100 mph, which is beyond the average. We are often told with modern drivers how that to maximise distance we are looking for a high launch angle with low spin. High launch shaft vs low launch shaft how much difference is. What works and fits him really doesnt mean much to the vast majority of the people watching those videos. The lessened spin and the longer ball flight make the fujikura vista pro 60 an ideal upgrade for any. The shaft is only available through a true temper performance fitting center like fairway golf. This shaft should allow you to add loft to your driver head for higher launch with low spin.
The torsenbased quattro system also offers an advantage, in the opposite function of distributing torque to the road wheels, namely engine braking. I have put quite a few of these into good players fairway woods with great results. I currently have an ust axivcore tour green shaft, mid launch low spinning shaft, feels ok. Oct, 2016 how the world long drive champs hit a golf ball farther than anyone on the planet this week, we watched world long drive beasts send 430yard rockets off the tee. The xphlexxx agera was on average one of the highest spinning shafts, however, when we isolate shots with draw spin technically, a left tilted axis, it presents as the lowest spinning shaft in the test. Some of that i think has been caused by a grip problem that i just figured out yesterday.
Jan 07, 2020 best golf drivers for distance and accuracy in 2020. There is consistently less spin and a better angle for hitting the ball. How do the fubuki shafts and the px tour issue shafts compare. But i had some time to kill yesterday, so wandered over to the local golf retail store. If youre butt trimming from 4645 i wouldnt worry about it too much. The ping anser driver comes available with 4 stock shafts, which i think is. For those who are looking for a bit more specificity, perhaps a bit more information about what might fit you best, today were breaking down the results a bit further and showing you which drivers performed best for our faster swing. Best golf drivers for distance and accuracy in 2020. Aldila launchspin chart use this chart to compare launch and spin characteristics of the latest aldila shafts. This suggests that the shaft can have a significant influence on accuracy.
Blue offers a midhigh launch with ample spin for maximum versatility and balanced performance. I purchased this set to replace a broken shaft on one of my darts. Feb 18, 2017 how to spin your chip shots learn how to impart maximum spin on those shots around the green, so you can get up and down when you thought you were dead. The reason i ask for your thoughts i have gained around 1520 yards with 9015d and hit it pretty straight. Hitting down on the ball with the driver is a distance killer. Best high launch low spin driver shafts toronto golf. I am looking for recommendations on the best low spinning drivers on the market. Understanding golf shaft launch and spin true fit clubs. The vertical groove driver that could change golf equipment.
The differences are in weight, with the lighter shafts also more suited for slower tempos and the heavier pro 73 more suited for. With a 9 driver, the club would have to start well below the ball and be rising upward at an impossible angle to apply topspin. Project x graphite has established itself as the low trajectory, low spin alternative for the better player. As expected, the flt shafts caused 4 iron shots to launch higher 0. It also is low spin, paired with the low spin head, i got my spin numbers down where i need them. I have an insanely quick tempo and really needed something to keep the ball lower with less spin. Keeping tabs on popular driver shafts, tour trends. Search by name, filter by weight or launchspin characteristics, and compare specs sidebyside. Depending on the course i can take the lw out and have a free space to put another club in be it hybrid, 2iron, etc. With a high launch and low spin, the shaft is geared for those searching for.
Pgtaa professional golf teachers association of america. The shafts are listed from top to bottom in the chart for highest to lowest launchlowest spin characteristics so that you can see how the tip stiffness of the shafts becomes the key element for offering a progressive lowering of the launch and spin for the same driver head. Apr, 2017 graphite shafts are designed for the golfer with slower swing speeds and most golfers will realize an increase in distance as a result. Nov 07, 2012 shafts made from highgrade graphite are designed to deform less and perform more consistently at impact. Shaft choice for new driver posted by the rodfather on 6217 at 12. Mitsubishis diamana series with the r, b, and w shafts, being high, medium, and low spin, respectively. In my testing, i found a gap of roughly 10% when comparing the spin of a tourcaliber ball to the e6 soft.