High Kick Point Driver Shaft

[Pete O'Tube]

Can anybody recommend high kick point shafts so that I can get the spin rate UP. My swing speed is about 90-95 mph and I can't get enough spin on my G series LS Tec Driver. (900-1200 rpm)

 

Yes, I should change the driver to a standard G and ditch the shaft, but I can't afford that. I can, however, afford £50 on a new shaft.

 

Any help out there??

[Stuart_G]

If your spin is that low, the problem isn't really the shaft and certainly not the stiffness profile as a direct contributor.

 

First thing to do is check your impact location on the face with foot powder spray or impact tape.

[Pete O'Tube]

If your spin is that low, the problem isn't really the shaft and certainly not the stiffness profile as a direct contributor.

 

First thing to do is check your impact location on the face with foot powder spray or impact tape.

 

Just had a fitting. The impact location is fine. Centre of the face (+/- my inaccuracies).

 

I'm wondering if the launch monitor is wrong. I was surprised when the fitter said that he couldn't tell me what my swing speed was as it was extrapolated from the ball speed and the 'smash factor' which stayed steady at 1.45. No printout as the computer crashed at the end.

 

A few years ago I was trying to get fitted for a G25 and the same launch monitor had the rpm very low. I went to a golf store and checked out other drivers and bought a BB Alpha with the stiff Fubuki shaft in the end (Poor choice of club). The rpm was significantly higher at around 2500rpm.

[Stuart_G]

It could be an accuracy issue. Any radar based LM indoors w/o a metallic sticker on the ball can give questionable spin results, particularly if there is not a lot of room between the hitting point and the screen. And of course, there are other potential LM set-up issues that could effect accuracy. When possible, it's best to get the specific model LM used.

 

The fact that the LM didn't measure club head speed, by itself, is not much of an indication that the spin could be wrong as well. Some LM's just measure ball data, and not club data. gc2 is a common example but there are others.

[Pete O'Tube]

Thanks, I may need to get fitted somewhere else as well to see if there's any difference.

[grochol17]

Two thoughts:

 

1) If your spin really is ~1000 rpms, I don't think the ball would fly very well. It seems to me like it should be blatantly obvious out on the course if your spin is actually that low.

 

2) If you do have spin issues, since your impact is good the next step is to loft up either +0.6 or +1 on your current driver. All other things being equal, more loft always equals more spin.

[Pete O'Tube]

Two thoughts:

 

1) If your spin really is ~1000 rpms, I don't think the ball would fly very well. It seems to me like it should be blatantly obvious out on the course if your spin is actually that low.

 

2) If you do have spin issues, since your impact is good the next step is to loft up either +0.6 or +1 on your current driver. All other things being equal, more loft always equals more spin.

 

 

I have noticed that some of my drives seem to fall out of the sky if I hit it a bit too high on the face. However, if I get it out of the middle then the flight is good. I have lofted up by 1 degree which helped.

 

Still, looking for a high kick point shaft. What about a Matrix Radix 6 ?

[Stuart_G]

I have noticed that some of my drives seem to fall out of the sky if I hit it a bit too high on the face. However, if I get it out of the middle then the flight is good. I have lofted up by 1 degree which helped.

 

Hitting high on the face will always result in the loss of a lot of spin - which you need to keep the ball airborne. No shaft is going to fix that. Instead, work on making sure you don't hit it too high on the face (e.g. maybe making sure the tee height doesn't get out of hand).

[Pete O'Tube]

I have noticed that some of my drives seem to fall out of the sky if I hit it a bit too high on the face. However, if I get it out of the middle then the flight is good. I have lofted up by 1 degree which helped.

 

Hitting high on the face will always result in the loss of a lot of spin - which you need to keep the ball airborne. No shaft is going to fix that. Instead, work on making sure you don't hit it too high on the face (e.g. maybe making sure the tee height doesn't get out of hand).

 

Yes, I've been playing around with tee height and find the orange 2.75" tee is too high and the purplish 2.25" tee is too low. Gone back to a wooden tee at 2.5" and having more success.

[GolferRy785]

No shaft is going to fix your issue - I would try to work on hitting more up on the ball and make sure your tee height and shaft length are properly fit.

 

I used to play a "standard" length 45.5" driver and teed the ball up extremely low cause otherwise I caught the ball too high on the face....now I play a 44" driver with the S/W adjusted and tee the ball up about half ball above the crown and I noticed my attack angle, spin and everything has improved....

[Justsomeguy]

Diamana Red M+. Really flexible tip section. You'll spin the s*** out of it. And they're cheap on you know where.

[Bobb3rdown]

Tensei red would probably work well. I recently tried a tensei blue and it helped increase my spin considerably compared to my stock kuro kage black. Will be picking it up next week

[Pete O'Tube]

Thanks guys. I have moved and also changed to a G400 10.5 head on the Tour 80 shaft. The spin and carry is so much better now.