reshafting sq max 9.5

thehobbit · April 5, 2006

need help,

just picked up sq max 9.5 with stock rayon stiff in it. Like the way the shaft performs at about 80% swing but I find myself swinging through it at 95-100% so I can't go after it when I'm feeling good.

my 80% numbers are

105 swing speed

158 ball speed

255 carry at about 13 degrees launch although I am getting little roll at best even though I play a draw

95% swing

112 swing speed

170 ball speed

268 carry at about 12 degrees launch although I can sometimes balloon the launch to 15 which kills everything, but again my usual draw although pretty is stopping dead like a 5W

recently played a ignite 460 9.5 with a UST irod stiff in it and find that with similar swings I get roughly the same carry but about 30-40 yards of roll, with drives consistently landing between 285-315.

find I am more consistent with the SQ and I don't like the feel of the IROD shaft (it has none), although I put it in as a spec issue. Am looking to keep the same carry but increase the roll, like the feel of ys6+ but balloon it. money is not an option, feel is a neccessity, and don't really want to cross over 72 grams or so, played the 757 for a while but I am not a super hard loader, and while my great days were great, my not so great days were putrid. Suggestions would be appreciated greatly. I fit other people at the pro shop but can't seem to fit myself right. I'm going crazy. help please Just some notes - play about a half a stroke better than scratch, and my driver is easily the weakest part of my game - very long hitter but stuggle with a consistent carry and roll, my spin and launch numbers vary, can be as low as 1800spin and as high as 3500 spin and can launch as low as 9 and as high as 15, do work the ball with the driver ( primary shot high draw, secondary low cutter, third, choked down low draw - the roller as I call it)