What shaft do you guys use in your Driver

I use the same shaft as you right now, the ProLaunch 65S, which does put a pretty darn high ball flight on the ball, but I also have a Cleveland Comp 9.5º head, which I think I am either going to opt for a lower launching head, or a different shaft. I had an NV in a previous Comp, and I think it was a little smoother than the ProLaunch. I really think I need to get a lower launching shaft so I can find more fairways, so the options are either put something like a regular Grafalloy Blue in there, or get a 905S with a shaft that works well for me.

The ProLaunch was a really good shaft earlier in the year when I was having some trouble getting the ball up in the air (I was casting, so I was getting low inconsistant screamers :help: ) but after the 2 weeks that it took to fix that my ball flight went from really low to wicked high. The ProLaunch is a really good shaft if you are trying to get the ball up in the air, but it isn't the smoothest shaft in the world by any means :tongue:

- Bryan

i have a ust proforce tour reserve stiff in mine. I hit it much better than my old nv in regular. I hit my driver really high with a 10.5 loft so i might go down a degree in loft

Speeder 757 stiff.. on the stiffer end of stiff... i love it not whippy loads and unloads really well. i like how stout of a shaft it is, but still smooth.

i use the stock pro launch in the G2, 65S.  i know its a bit weak, but it fits me so well.  I get great launch, nice high drives even though i use an 8.5.  I was at golf galaxy earlier and was so intrested in the aldila pink NV 65S, but why change something that works well.

 

how about your guys shafts?

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After going through different shafts, for optimum distance, all that matters is what you get to launch properly with little spin. I use an aldila prototype x and if fits well althought its a little light, 70 grams, but one of my good friends tried out all the demo's at our home course and he liked a 65 R. Yeah, regular. He swings it pretty fast too, he's up their by me, and the ballflight is perfect, which makes no sense.

Aldila NV 65-S. Perfect weight for me and really smooth.

I use the Aldila NV65 S. It really works for me. The Pro Launch is also a very nice shaft.

i use the stock pro launch in the G2, 65S.  i know its a bit weak, but it fits me so well.  I get great launch, nice high drives even though i use an 8.5.  I was at golf galaxy earlier and was so intrested in the aldila pink NV 65S, but why change something that works well.

 

how about your guys shafts?

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After going through different shafts, for optimum distance, all that matters is what you get to launch properly with little spin. I use an aldila prototype x and if fits well althought its a little light, 70 grams, but one of my good friends tried out all the demo's at our home course and he liked a 65 R. Yeah, regular. He swings it pretty fast too, he's up their by me, and the ballflight is perfect, which makes no sense.

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Actually it makes perfect sense allow me to explain... this system has been created by tru temper...its the shaft lab.......most people think that Swing Speed=load(of the shaft)=flex; your typical A=B=C except that A doesnt = C, swing speed doesnt designate flex.....flex is determined by ho you load and unload the shaft which is measured properly by the clubs that are attached to the computer system of the shaft lab.

go to True Tempers website to check out the shaft lab.

DaN :tongue:

So, Dan, are you saying that swing speed has no effect on how the shaft loads? Allow me to explain, the resistance caused by the air on the club head (more so than the shaft it self) will cause the head to lagg with a certain swing speed. Even the smoothest swinging person in the world would get lagg with a suffcient swing speed. Take Els for example, almost no loading at the top but he accelerates into a c. 130 mph club head speed at impact which means that over that time he is swinging the club head 130 mph, and with his current driver (460cc) the ammount of surface area that the air can have resistance to is greater and the air thus slows the head slightly making the head lagg and shaft bend.

If you need a better explionation PM me.

As for shaft, I'm playing An Aldila NV 75S fully inserted and tipped out to play 44.5" and just over an X flex. The deep bore in my 905S really changes the flex.

So, Dan, are you saying that swing speed has no effect on how the shaft loads?  Allow me to explain, the resistance caused by the air on the club head (more so than the shaft it self) will cause the head to lagg with a certain swing speed.  Even the smoothest swinging person in the world would get lagg with a suffcient swing speed.  Take Els for example, almost no loading at the top but he accelerates into a  c. 130 mph club head speed at impact which means that over that time he is swinging the club head 130 mph, and with his current driver (460cc) the ammount of surface area that the air can have resistance to is greater and the air thus slows the head slightly making the head lagg and shaft bend. 

 

If you need a better explionation PM me.

 

As for shaft, I'm playing An Aldila NV 75S fully inserted and tipped out to play 44.5" and just over an X flex.  The deep bore in my 905S really changes the flex.

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I am justr saying that SS doesnt automatically determine flex.....most tour players are fit to what they think FEELS best not what would truly benefit them......i had this same problem when i went onto the shaft lab.....it fitted me for softer but i cudnt imagine myself palying softer so the guys are making me a few demo clubs to see how i like a sofer flex.....we were afraid that id hook a softer flex because i have such a hard release at the bottom.

dan

I have a UST Proforce Gold 65 Stiff in my Driver. But I don't know how deep it is in the head.

Right now Im playing an Aldila NV65 Regular flex, I usually use stiff flex, but I broke my old shaft. And I got the NV for free at work one day so I put that in my driver so I can at least swing the thing again until I can get enough money to put something else in.

A the minute i am using a nv65 Stiff. It is a great shaft. It works perfect for me with my 905T (great driver). I could not handle a X shaft or similar so i just stick to the one that works.

Jack

Same thing happened to me as Dan when I got fitted for a shaft. They kept suggesting an S- flex, but I just didn't like the feeling of any of the ones i tried. I ended up with an IverX, which is pretty stiff, but it's working and I can't complain.

I use a fuji 757 in my driver (s) flex my ball speed last time i measured is in the 160 region so i think that equates to about 110-115mph, i dont bother with an x flex because i think with a slightly softer shaft you can get away with a lot more plus the 757 is pretty stout anyway and i hit it well best shaft ive ever tried, in my 3 wood i use a fuji vista pro 80 (s) flex, another greatshaft that is a perfect match for a fairway wood and then dynamic gold s300's in the rest of my clubs 2-lw, i always stick to the analogy of a slightly softer flex will do you more good than a too stiff shaft.

My Speeder 757 frequencis on the Rifle scale to about a 6.8to a 7.0 somewhere in there i dont remember which.

V2 in my 3wd frequencies to just above a 6.5

My rifle Flighted iron shafts frequency to a 7.2.....dont ask i ordered 6.0's from Titleist and they are 6.0's but rifle makes all of there hafts for the old lofts on iron so my 2 iron shaft is actually a 1 iron shaft and my 3 iron is a 2 iron shaft and so on an so forth. aka Hardstepped(not on purpose) i will have tru 6.2 in my new set in the spring.

DaN "goose" :tongue:

I personally play a a purple ice in x flex. It suits my game and I need every bit of the 85 grams. :tongue:

i just recently switched to a diamana x flex from a ust proforce tour reserve stiff

I have an Aldila VS Proto 65-X untipped in my Cally FT-3.

Adam

Grafalloy Blue X tipped and cut to make overall driver length 43.75".

3 wood has pro 95 fuji X tipped and cut to 41.75"

Switching to Aldila NV pink 75 x to same specs in my new driver and 3 wood.

diamana "m" (notice m) in a stiff flex

i have a Graphit design Tour AD M´-75 stiff in my driver.

love it.

Currently i have a Fuji Tour 65 S PLatform in my R5 Tour and i have a Diamana 73 S in my R7. I have just purchased a Aldila Cinamon PROTO 65 X to start to use

I've just installed a Diamana 73s in mine R7.

same shaft and club as you bridgestonekevin, 8.5 g5 prolaunch 65s

I play an Aldila NV 75 s in my driver. At golf galaxy this shaft seemed to be the best for me: launch angle of 13.7* and my drives were landing just short of 300, and roll included ended up past it. Not a bad shaft for my game right now. Sometimes I wonder if I should be in an X flex, but this is fine for now, so I'll stick with it.

Diamana 73 Stiff, tipped 3/4" SST pured.

Swingspeed 108 mph, quick swing tempo .88sec with high transition speed. I probably need something a little stiffer in transition.

Both Drivers.... FT-3 and X-Drive 435 use only ROMBAX.. best shaft out right now.

i have the stock stiff flex in my r580xd which is a noodle and i have a harrison cb70 R flex fully inserted in a 975J and it flexs around x-stiff x-stiff plus

prolaunch 65s in my 983k

prolaunch 75s in my 510tp tour

i love the prolaunch and it fits me so well, i dont want anythin else