While low launch and low spin shafts generally feel stout and boardy, the ctaper feels firm. I can hit lower but it takes way to much manipulation in my swing to achieve a consistent strike. Low spin and stout feel make it a must test before installing. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. So today every shaft maker and head maker is claiming low spin, its all relative to the players preception of what low spin is compared to drivershaft setups they have tested. Mar 05, 20 i bought the 2012 cobra amp driver great driver unfortunately launched too high with the stock rip stiff shaft ss about 110 115mph. With a high launch and low spin, the shaft is geared for those searching for extra stability. After 4 shaft changes i now have a grafalloy prolite stiff flex installed, which seems to be the best fit for that head yet. Officially the shaft is classified as a diamana prototype, and mcilroy used it to. Need help with which shaft for my epic driver page 2. However, the cg center of gravity in the ls tec has been forward to significantly reduce spin. Any suggestions on mid to high launch driver shafts that have low spin. The face geometry of the new zl encore, along with the weight port, allow for a higher launching and lowering spinning shot when struck low on the face.
Mitsubishis diamana series with the r, b, and w shafts, being high, medium, and low spin, respectively. All you need is a torch, a visemounted shaft puller, and some epoxy. The kbs ctaper iron shaft is amazingly accurate, responsive, and easy to control. Tech talk top of the line low spin shaft shootout golfwrx. Its hard for me to tell without seeing you actually swing but the shaft might not be kicking right for you or you may be adding loft and flipping at impact causing the loft to increase. Additionally, the ls tec has a rougher face design, another feature incorporated into the design to help bring spin rates down. The vspin comes standard with a le professionel tip. Now, as most of you know, the stock ping shafts are fairly flexible compared to aftermarket shafts. It launches a bit high for my taste and has way too much spin so when i slice not often, maybe once a round it big time slices. I bought the 2012 cobra amp driver great driver unfortunately launched too high with the stock rip stiff shaft ss about 110 115mph. Apr 29, 2004 driver shaft to lower spin and increase roll out. In the range of the green theres the dis and kiyoshis both of which are great shafts. This tightens the middle and tip of the shaft allowing us to soften the butt which will promote playability and feel without increasing spin.
Overall this is a decently forgiving driver, but it has more feel and responsiveness than drivers in pings g series. Taking a look at popular driver shafts on the pga tour. Each series of shafts was tested by one of four different golfers. Mar 15, 2016 low penetrating trajectory with low spin to optimize your air time and landing angle. Search by name, filter by weight or launchspin characteristics, and compare specs sidebyside. Thats an incredibly difficult question to answer, but that didnt stop us from trying to find out. Trajectory tuning technology ping has added adjustable to the hosel without adding weight or bulk to to the design. Info choosing the best shaft for your game golfworks. But i had some time to kill yesterday, so wandered over to the local golf retail store. The shaft is only available through a true temper performance fitting center like fairway golf. Jan 03, 2012 plano, texas, december 27, 2011 adams golf nasdaqcm. Mar 10, 2015 myth low spin shafts are always lower spinning than high spin shafts. The lessened spin and the longer ball flight make the fujikura vista pro 60 an ideal upgrade for any driver.
The loft of your driver creates the primary amount of backspin thats imparted on the ball. Some shafts ive hit seem to have softer tips hibores gold shaft that result in a higher launch. With the fukikura options, the speeder profiles are pretty solid some are classic for a low spin, low launch slightly heavier shaft. Ping g, ping g ls tec, ping g straight flight tec performance. This is probably a holy grail type question, but is there a driver shaft that gives a midheight, tight dispersion, but lowers spin. With todays adjustable drivers, making the right shaft choice is even more important than ever before. Cobra is actually releasing a 48 driver called the long tom for 2012. The guy was talking about the older style heads had the weight forward in the heads and the new. I got a great club fitter to pull a fubuki stiff shaft out of my callway ft square driver 2009 version best move ever low spin driver, great results total cost.
Mar 01, 2016 aldilas feel a little bit stiffer and come out low with less spin. Mid to high launch low spinning shafts general equipment. What you want to look for is a higher launching shaft that feels more stable read. Callaway big bertha alpha 816 dbd, taylormade m1, titleist 915 d2d3, cobra king ltd performance. The boron fiber also reduces torque, which can offer better energy transfer, more accuracy and better feedback especially for skilled, highswingspeed. However, since this is glg or, if youve ever read any of my yahoo. The same categories apply to the spin characteristics. So right now im using a taylormade burner superfast 2. Some players will see this chart and think they need to shop for stiff tip shafts in s or x,and only complicate their misery. If you have no trouble turning the club over and are looking to take the left side out of play, the agera looks really good. This shaft is a reduced diameter conical taper shaft that enables the skilled shooter to achieve greater english on a shot when you need it.
There are plenty of ways to reduce spin on a driver, such as trying a shaft that is stiffer in the tip section, a heavier shaft or opting for a club with. There is consistently less spin and a better angle for hitting the ball. How do the fubuki shafts and the px tour issue shafts compare. The korea golf association has taken its marquee event off the 2020 calendar, the korea open. Thp tv decided to go straight to the source and discuss this topic with a top shaft. There are so many variables, that club fitters and players alike almost have to have a 6th sense to determine what is the best shaft for their game. Low launch, low spin 3 wood shafts general equipment. My greensinregulation have gone up by 50% because i am hitting shorter irons into the green. Dec 26, 2016 the xphlexxx agera was on average one of the highest spinning shafts, however, when we isolate shots with draw spin technically, a left tilted axis, it presents as the lowest spinning shaft in the test. The list is sorted by mpf, with the most flexible shafts at the top of the list and progressing to the extra stiff shaft options. The motore f1 55 is available in regular, stiff, and extra stiff flexes, and features a mid kick point. Throw a 8095 gram xflex spin killer of a shaft in there and maybe you get close to optimum spin numbers. Shafts highlighted in green are new additions for 2020. Almost all drivers now have optimal cg center of gravity for this.
May 14, 2009 mid to high launch low spin quality shaft if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. But there is a way to get closer to that 17 degree mark and it doesnt involve using a 25 degree driver which would spin the ball way too much anyway. Although swing has a major affect on spin, there are many shafts that can help bring the spin number down. Low spin driver shafts clubs, grips, shafts, fitting. Where the ball strikes the club face affects distance more than anything else. Adgf announces the new speedline fast 12 ls low spin driver combining adams industry leading aerodynamic technology with adjustability.
Design, and the most advanced materials are trademarks in all graphite design shafts, making them the highest quality premium golf shafts on the market today. I have always loved the look and feel and sound of titleist drivers. Currently have the callaway xr pro driver with the stock stiff flex shame on me swing speed is 1117. Alta 55 has higher launch in the softregular with midlow in the stiffxstiff. For those who dont know me, my tempo is pretty slow and i dont load the shaft too aggressively. Nov 28, 2017 for a while now, golfers have heard about the high launch and low spin shaft that is almost a unicorn. Shafts are typically identified by launch or trajectory characteristics in five categories. See more ideas about golf drivers, golf clubs, drivers. The following shafts are the ones that have worked pretty well for me in the past, especially when i was playing more regularly and had around 110mph clubhead speed. Adams golf launches speedline fast 12 ls driver the golf. Jasonp is right, there really isnt such a beast that exists.
Titleist 915 d2d3, nike vapor fly pro, nike vapor flex 440. Dec 14, 2016 although swing has a major affect on spin, there are many shafts that can help bring the spin number down. Adams golf launches speedline fast 12 ls driver the golf wire. Getting a better trajectory is expected when you buy one of the best driver shafts on the market and this specific option certainly does not disappoint.
If youre looking for distance then go with a 70 gram or lighter shaft but if youre going for pure accuracy 90100 grams. The diesel golf shaft features a low spin and torque graphite design to help the golfer gain additional distance on the drive. Each shafts key specifications are added, allowing for quick comparison. Looking for a low launch and low spin driver shaft. New focus on shaft science has helped pros, amateurs golfweek. It launches low, and keeps spin down better than anything else and feels similar to maybe a vs proto but smoother. I think the hibore is a high launch low spin driver. I was at a place called golf tec today checking out new shafts. Dustin johnson maximizes distance by launching the ball high, but with a low spin rate.
So it sounds to me that if your driver was well fit, and youre still looking for high launch low spin, its probably just a matter of you hitting it a little bit low off of the heel that is causing a bit of a spin spike. As h mentioned above, you can swap out shafts on any driver head. A properlyfit golf shaft bends forward just a little bit when someone with a late release reaches the ball. Ely today presented its 2012 new product lineup at the annual pga merchandise show in orlando, fla. Best high launch low spin driver shafts toronto golf. Low launch, low spin 3 wood shafts general equipment talk.
Stock shafts for 2016 selected aldila rogue blacksilver stock option in. Looking for a low launching low spinning iron shaft. Aldila launchspin chart use this chart to compare launch and spin characteristics of the latest aldila shafts. I am currently in the market for a new driver and shaft and was thinking i need to go custom fit rather than the stock setups.
Across all swing speeds, the lower a ball is launched, a higher spin rate is needed to. For a while now, golfers have heard about the high launch and low spin shaft that is almost a unicorn. The range across all testers was 333 rpm to 1076 rpm on an individual basis. Some of that i think has been caused by a grip problem that i just figured out yesterday. Understanding golf shaft launch and spin true fit clubs. Consistent ball speed across the face and very low spin rates help to reduce the effects of misshits. The heavier weight will slow down the swing speed a little. Callaway golf presents 2012 new product lineup callaway golf. The lessened spin and the longer ball flight make the fujikura vista pro 60 an ideal upgrade for any. Plano, texas, december 27, 2011 adams golf nasdaqcm. If you look at the chart above of shafts available for titleist drivers in 2015, you can see a pretty linear slope from low launch and spin to high launch and spin. The fubuki will launch higher with more spin and feel smoother. The fast 12 ls driver is adams golfs lowest spinning aerodynamic driver ever, and is the only driver in the industry with length adjustability. If a shot were struck low on the clubface, the tendency for a typical driver would be to launch low and have dramatically higher spin.
Grabbing the bulk of the industrys attention is the new razr fit driver, the first fullyadjustable driver from callaway and the embodiment of several proprietary and performanceenhancing technologies. In a simulation with all other factors equal, hitting just 12 34 below. The black is the midlaunch, midspin option, the silver offers more feel with a midlaunch and midlow spin. The diesel shaft is available for both ladies and mens drivers, unlike other highend driver shafts, and is a popular choice for use by professionals on the pga tour. My current driver is on its fourth shaft with the second and third shaft being the same only it was tipped an inch on its second iteration. My best advice is to find a club you like and can hit well, and then start looking at different shafts, and looking into your numbers on a launch monitor ie. The chart is only helpful in showing the advantage of keeping the spin down if you have a swing speed in excess of 100 mph, which is beyond the average. Reduce the spin rate on your driver pga professional robin symes explains how to lower your spin to get a lower ball flight, and increase your distance with.
Discussion aldila tour blue in a lot of driver shafts. Probally has something to do with center of gravity and moi. All lowlaunch, lowspin shafts have stifftip designs, but the addition of boron puts the tensei ck pro white in a class of its own when it comes to lowering launch angle and spin rate. The average spin difference between the highest spinning and lowest spinning shaft on an individual basis was 687 rpm. If youre looking for a low spinning shaft for your driver or fairway.
Maybe the launch it high and low spin approach has been in need of more of the launch it high. The px will launcher lower with less spin and feel much tighter. Nows the time to swap steel for graphite in your iron shafts. Low spinlaunch shaft clubs, grips, shafts, fitting. Hitting down on the ball with the driver is a distance killer.
Email for help choosing the correct aldila shaft for your game. This can make a 10 degree driver launch lower than 7 degrees not optimal. I currently have an ust axivcore tour green shaft, mid launch low spinning shaft, feels ok. You can expect to have a smooth swing with evenly distributed weight, which always makes hitting the ball easier to control. Perhaps a trip to a demo day to try a tour blue in xstiff with my 9 head should be on the calendar. The xphlexxx agera was on average one of the highest spinning shafts, however, when we isolate shots with draw spin technically, a left tilted axis, it presents as the lowest spinning shaft in the test. In addition, the runnerup finisher at the lyoness open on the european tour played the oban devotion 85 gram shaft in his fairway wood en route to a total of 16 under. Move the ball up in your stance, get some axis tilt away from the target and tee the ball up higher to catch it on the upswing. Mar 14, 20 the heavier weight will slow down the swing speed a little. Mid to high launch low spin quality shaft if this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. For those that dont want to spend the big money, fuji pro tour spec is the one jb holmes uses in driver and fairway. Answers, you should know im going to use a lot more than just one word the shaft has one main job to do.
In a typical driver fitting, for example, a low trajectory shaft may produce a 9 degree launch while a midhigh trajectory shaft may only increase the launch to 11 degrees, and spin may only increase from 2,500 to 2,900. In the past, cobra has offered proprietary shafts as stock options, but every aspect of the zl encore is accounted for with this highend shaft offering. Im curious what some of the best high launch low spin driver shafts are that some of you would recommend. Discussion in golf equipment talk started by nututhugame, jan 10, 2010. Myth low spin shafts are always lower spinning than high spin shafts. Viking vspin performance shaft pool cues and shafts. The oban kiyoshi purple hybrid is a high launch and low spin high performance composite shaft designed using the same pattern as the highly acclaimed kiyoshi purple driver shaft.
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