Advice on a LD setup

[ttaylor0024]

So I was getting fitted for some irons the other day and the fitter pulled me aside and asked me to hit his driver to see the numbers on it out of the blue. Driver was a Cally XHot 2 with a 48" XXXX stiff shaft, and later he told me that he was won a few regional LD competitions, and that I had the SS to be competitive, which was clocked at 135mph on average. That will pick up as I gain the muscle back I lost in my training the last 12 weeks (15lbs).

 

My question is, what's the difference between these LD shafts I'm seeing? I'm thinking of going with a 49" in the 6.5* X Hot 2 head, however I have no clue the characteristics of these shaft options, are there any recommendations? I currently game a 9.5* Superdeep with a RIP 70x 43" if that helps at all.

 

Thanks for the help, and I'm looking forward to trying something new!

[NavyLD12]

My best advice to you is to contact House Of Forged or other LD shaft makers and talk to them most are very helpful.

[VinceRKG]

Going to a LD setup is a big big change in not only feel of club but swing as well. Your going from a controlled swing to a fast as you can who cares where its going swing. So the LD shaft is longer, by 2-3 inches, the loft of head is lower, so your having to swing slightly upward and teeing the ball higher, than your having to swing your butt off as your using a stiffer shaft from going longer length and over swinging. Its not a golf club so do not make it feel like one either. Leave swing weight as is, and just swing for the fences hoping it goes straight. Its either your swing is accurate over swinging or its not.