What The Heck did Club Champion do to me?

[EDWARDSR]

Good evening my fellow wrx'ers... So I went into Club Champion did the whole fitting thing which was great, purchased a Ventus 7x shaft for my Taylormade Head.. all was great!

 

Then my club arrived and after a few range sessions, something just wasn't quite right, so I sent the shaft down to our fellow wrxer @Nessism (who is phenomenal with club work by the way).... to change the grip on the shaft and also install the tip in a different playing setting...

 

Long story short... He texts me a few photos showing me that some random stuff was INSIDE the Ventus shaft! Has anyone ever seen or experienced this? What should I do?

 

[MrMojoRisen]

That is bizarre. Club champion usually does good work. I would call the club champion you went to and show them the pictures and let them correct their mistake. I am sure they will give you a credit of some sort.

[LarryN]

looks like a Shotmaker insert

[nikeblades00]

Wth. I have zero expertise in shafts or club building but Wtf is that rod? How much did they charge you? They better take care of you .

[GoIrish17]

Looks like someone used WAAAAY to much epoxy, and possibly let it cure with the top of the shaft pointing up.

[halliedog]

I never realized Nessism had had such lovely hands, but he might want to look into that hang nail on his thumb? Those can get painful if not treated early.

[youngunz5840]

Wow did they need to get your sw up and ran out of hot melt so decided to put 20g of epoxy up the shaft

[EDWARDSR]

> @youngunz5840 said:

> Wow did they need to get your sw up and ran out of hot melt so decided to put 20g of epoxy up the shaft

They fit me into a D1 swing weight, so I'm not sure

 

 

I sent their corporate email address an email asking for someone to get in touch with me tomorrow so I can share pictures and talk about the next steps.. I'll keep everyone posted on here

[SubaruWRX]

What exactly is that?!?

[EDWARDSR]

> @SubaruWRX said:

> What exactly is that?!?

 

THATS WHAT I SAID!

 

 

[winn0040]

That has to be some sort of new world record for epoxy usage. Now the real question is did they mix lead powder in with it?

[Nessism]

> @winn0040 said:

> That has to be some sort of new world record for epoxy usage. Now the real question is did they mix lead powder in with it?

 

It weighs 14 grams so...

[Yanki01]

what in the world.

[Brooky03]

Looks like a homemade attempt at a shotmaker

[Jc0]

I'm wondering if that is actually from one of the forming aids when they make the shaft. Seems way to big to be anything from the club building process.

[EDWARDSR]

This is from club champion all,

 

“The “rod” you found inside the shaft was a mixture of tungsten powder and epoxy. We built your driver to a specific swing weight and that’s how we achieve that. Depending on the grip size makes a huge difference in overall swing weight. Since we put a larger grip on your club with extra wraps of tape we needed to build your club to keep the weight of the club from being too light. Now if something didn’t feel right with the club that’s what were here for.”

[Yanki01]

is it even D1 SW and what kind of grip?

[VNutz]

I guess the explanation makes sense, but that's an awfully curious way to build for that. I can't help but wonder if the tungsten/epoxy mix would throw off how the shaft flexes. Would have been better off adding weight to the head via weights or hotmelt, but I'm not sure either would be possible not knowing what head it went in.

 

Edit: missed that it's a TM head. Simply should have put in an extra weight. Silly.

[Puttersaurus Rex]

Yikes. That is scary to see from such a big outfit like CC.

 

They should have hot-melted your head, and matched the specs of your total build (club head weight, shaft weight, grip, and tape layers). Did they have your club head for the build? Or just the custom shaft build?

[BirdieBob]

So.......the shaft instead of being a 7x, became a 8/9x? Put the damn weight in the head!!!

Which TM head? Can't add weights to it?

[EDWARDSR]

> @Yanki01 said:

> is it even D1 SW and what kind of grip?

I never check D1 swing weight, but it was gripped with midsize golf pride tour velvet plus 4 with a ton of wraps under it. (Didn’t like that feel, hence why I sent it to @Nessism to dial it in! Whewww)

 

 

> @"Puttersaurus Rex" said:

> Yikes. That is scary to see from such a big outfit like CC.

>

> They should have hot-melted your head, and matched the specs of your total build (club head weight, shaft weight, grip, and tape layers). Did they have your club head for the build? Or just the custom shaft build?

 

They had my club head with it, so they had the total spectrum

 

 

 

> @BirdieBob said:

> So.......the shaft instead of being a 7x, became a 8/9x? Put the **** weight in the head!!!

> Which TM head? Can't add weights to it?

 

It was my M5 head, and no they didn’t unfortunately, but most definitely can

 

[ronstars]

> @BirdieBob said:

> So.......the shaft instead of being a 7x, became a 8/9x? Put the **** weight in the head!!!

> Which TM head? Can't add weights to it?

 

Holy Signature Batman!!!!!!!!

[Krt22]

There is no way in hell a grip and extra wraps will required 14g of goo down the shaft unless you are playing it super short, even then hot melt should have been added to the head. I would check SW with and without extra goo.

[sniper]

Have you thought about contacting Fuji to get their thoughts on this process?

[EDWARDSR]

> @sniper said:

> Have you thought about contacting Fuji to get their thoughts on this process?

 

I haven't, I definitely should

[Golfrnut]

There are really no words...

Other than this is why I'm glad I do my own stuff.

[Krt22]

> @Golfrnut said:

> There are really no words...

> Other than this is why I'm glad I do my own stuff.

 

Same. For the premium CC charges for builds, this is pretty bush league.

[Golfrnut]

> @Krt22 said:

> > @Golfrnut said:

> > There are really no words...

> > Other than this is why I'm glad I do my own stuff.

>

> Same. For the premium CC charges for builds, this is pretty bush league.

 

I could see buying something like that off the BST and it being someone's 'great idea', or a rouge club builder doing it....but for it to be an 'accepted practice' is a little mind-boggling.

 

I'm just as impressed that Ness was able to get it out of there. Perhaps it's something they build in-house then cut to length and shove down the shaft. I almost think it would have to be.

[Olde Maroon]

Bah, all you WRX superstars talk all day about wanting a "tip stiff" driver shaft and when someone goes above and beyond to deliver for you all you do is complain. Some people will never be happy... ?

[EDWARDSR]

> @"Olde Maroon" said:

> Bah, all you WRX superstars talk all day about wanting a "tip stiff" driver shaft and when someone goes above and beyond to deliver for you all you do is complain. Some people will never be happy... ?

 

This was more of an exploratory post as I’ve never seen anything like that and @Nessism who is highly respectful here on the wrx ALSO has never seen anything like this... so I wanted to create a discussion to strike up conversation about this. Not necessarily complaining, just wanted to know why